Are you thinking of buying a Honor 20, but you doubt between the normal or Pro version? Well, after having been testing the two terminals, I am going to try to get you out of the big doubt. Get comfortable and continue reading to find out the best and worst of these new smartphones from the Asian firm. Forward.
Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro in video
Honor 20 Pro and Honor 20, analysis and opinion
Honor, like Huawei, has spent quite a turbulent few months and that, of course, has been paid for by its phones. The Honor 20 and 20 Pro should have been on the market earlier, enjoying a better distribution, however, it's all over lagging behind several weeks, without a doubt, causing a significant slump that the firm hopes to recover in the best way it knows how: offering good benefits and a good purchase price.
And, hey, it seems that the play has not gone wrong with this couple. The Honor 20 Pro is a beautiful, easy-to-grip phone with a careful design although without being especially outstanding - it will not take away your sleep. Even so, it is attractive, especially in the blue color that we have been able to test, with a holographic effect that, yes, avoids a too bright finish that I think in the end does nothing more than saturate and tire the viewer a bit. Although nothing slips in the hand, I find it particularly striking how easy it slides due to surfaces with which they are only slightly inclined, something that is influenced by both the materials of the casing and the protrusion of the rear photographic system itself, which causes a step a little steeper than usual.
As for its screen, it is wide (it is a 6,26-inch panel) of the IPS type with FHD+ resolution (2.340 x 1.080). Despite not being AMOLED it looks pretty good, with good definition, vivid colors and a brightness that fights well outdoors. Something, however, that you should know is that this phone shows the same problem that the View 20 had in its day: the edges have a very light shading around the entire perimeter, almost imperceptible, but that you will be able to appreciate when, for example, you see images of light tones. The same phenomenon occurs around the hole in the screen that houses the front camera and its explanation seems to simply lie in a panel quality that is not exactly the best that Honor could have chosen. In any case, what has been said is something very little annoying, but that you should know.
Inside the phone runs the latest processors from Huawei (except for the new Kirin 990, released today in the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro phones). The chip Kirin 980 it pushes everything smoothly, giving the smartphone agility and power, combined with 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB of ROM and a Turbo 3.0 GPU specially designed for the most gamers. And it is that just like Honor has done in other of its models, the Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro take special care with the gaming sector, which will find that it can run quite demanding titles with total fluidity and without any type of lag -in the video can you see me making a fool of myselfor playing Fortnite with a skin also exclusive to Honor.
Another important thing you should know about this phone is that the device has a fingerprint reader but it is integrated into the side, in the chassis, very much in the style of the old Sony Xperia phones. It is true that it is a position that not everyone likes and that it could even feel somewhat "old-fashioned" but the truth is that its reach, when holding the phone, is comfortable and it also works incredibly fast with a rate of virtually zero error. In case you don't like it, you can always use the facial recognition, another system just as effective and fast as the fingerprint reader. to your liking.
As to , I hope you are not too demanding with him because he is precisely a one of the worst things about this team. In addition to not being too powerful or polished, it comes out of a single speaker placed on the side that you can cover quite easily depending on how you hold the phone. It also does not have a 3,5 mm port, a connector that many will miss.
The battery, in any case, surely manages to supply these small drawbacks. The Honro 20 Pro has a 4.000 mAh module with a 22.5W fast charge, more than enough to last two full days with an average use of the phone -seriously, if you don't leave the house much and use Wi-Fi, you can even go to bed the second day with a considerable amount of battery on the phone. If you get to play a lot or make a very heavy from the terminal, you can also take advantage of it throughout the day without worrying about the cable.
And now we are going with the best of this team: its photographic system. The Honor 20 Pro has no less than four sensors: the increasingly popular 48-megapixel sensor with a very bright f/1.4 aperture -although by default, the phone automatically shoots at 12 MP-; a 16 MP wide-angle f/2.2 type sensor; an 8 MP (f/2.4) telephoto lens with 3x optical, 5X hybrid and 30X digital zoom; and a 2 MP macro photo sensor.
As you can already imagine (and if not, now you are going to see some examples) with these four cameras you have practically covered all the captures that you can think of on a phone (or at least the most common ones), so that it can be said very loud and of course the photograph of this phone is Very versatile. Not only that. In addition to its possibilities, the results (which are what count) are quite good, in such a way that you will find photos that perform quite well during the day (you have a 48 MP sensor with ultra-sharp mode), at night (special mention to a night mode very successful) and even in somewhat difficult situations with light that is too harsh. Sometimes it can do a bit aggressive processing in some scenes, but in general, what has been said: what I see is very satisfactory - always taking into account the price range in which we move, which does not exceed 600 euros.
Photo day (12 MP)
Photo day (12 MP)
Photo Macro mode
Day Photo (48 MP, Ultra Sharp Mode)
Photo day (from left to right: 1X, 3X and 5X)
Night photo (12 MP)
Indoor night photo (12 MP)
Night photo (Left: night mode activated – Right: night mode not activated)
I really liked what I found in this phone that also performs well in carrying out portrait photos -examples below these lines-, where you will also be able to zoom (2 and 3 magnifications), something unusual in this modality -yes, do not expect exactly the same quality as when you shoot in 1X. The focus of the phone is quite fast, the interface is full of options and its artificial intelligence system, which has been activated in all the photos that you will see below, is really useful and intelligent, despite the redundancy.
As for the front camera, at 32 MP and with an f/2.0 aperture, it also takes more than decent selfies (they soften a bit; I think they lack more detail and texture), so you'll be equally delighted with its performance here. Example photo below.
El Honor 20, for its part, becomes a practically exact copy of his brother. In this analysis I have been able to test it in black, and I guarantee that if it were not for that, I would be confused all the time about which phone I have in my hand. In fact, in the grip I am unable to distinguish them and that this Honor 20 "dry" is a tad lighter and thinner, but the difference is almost imperceptible. Same design, processor, GPU, fingerprint reader, screen... everything is repeated (with its pros and cons, of course), only now we have a phone with 6 GB of RAM (instead of 8 GB) and only 128 GB (compared to 256 GB for its brother).
The battery has also diminished slightly (at 3.750 mAh) but still has a 22.5W fast charge. In practice, this means that instead of ending up something baggy on day two, you'll either hit it tighter or miss it if you go a bit over 'average' wear. Even so, I consider that it is still a good autonomy, but not as good as that of your brother.
The biggest differentiating drawback, for my taste, is in its rear cameras. The wide angle and the macro remain intact, but the 48 MP sensor becomes a little less bright (nothing serious, f / 1.8) and the telephoto lens disappears, in favor of a 2 MP and f / 2.4 depth sensor. , to which I do not see much sense or much utility if we compare results with the Honor 20 Pro.
Portrait mode photo
Portrait mode photo
Photo day (12 MP)
Photo day (12 MP)
Night photo with Night mode activated
Honor 20 vs Honor 20 Pro: so which one do I buy?
Putting things like this (and as long as you haven't seen the video yet -where I made you a big spoiler-) and with a price difference between the two brothers of only 100 euros (the Honor 20 Pro is worth 599 Euros and the Honor 20, 499 Euros), I think that it is much more worth betting on the Pro version. Just like other times the jump to the older brother does not compensate so much, here I do believe that the set (more RAM, memory, battery and more useful photographic options - you will get a lot out of it more use of the telephoto lens than of the depth sensor, since the Pro also takes good portrait mode photos on its own-) make the Honor 20 Pro emerge victorious from this comparative analysis. The last word, as always, is yours.