After its official announcement in its home country of China, the Honor View 20 has finally been launched . The phone, one of the first to hit the market with a hole-punch display, has been unveiled in Asia to be showcased in all its glory. Let's explore all the details.
Honor View 20: features
While we wait for its global announcement—which will happen in less than a month in Paris, remember—we have no choice but to take a look at its Chinese counterpart and learn all about the features of this new Honor flagship. As you know, the most distinctive feature of this smartphone is that it joins its sibling, the Huawei nova 4 , and the Samsung Galaxy A8s in offering a 6,4-inch Full HD+ display that does away with the notch in favor of a hole-punch cutout for the camera.
Under the hood of this smartphone lies a 7nm octa-core Kirin 980 processor, supported by 6 or 8 GB of RAM, as well as features like the new Link Turbo , which, they explain, optimizes the phone's data download speeds by simultaneously combining LTE and Wi-Fi. It also boasts Liquid Cooling and GPU Turbo 2.0 technology , designed to enhance the gaming experience, along with the new GPU Cloud , for remotely playing certain games ( Tomb Raider and Need for Speed ​​are included).
Regarding the front-facing camera , the Honor View 20 features a 25MP sensor located in the top left corner of the screen—the hole diameter is 4,5mm, smaller than the 6,7mm of Samsung's phone, for example. As for the rear camera system , it consists of two sensors: a 48MP Sony IMX586 with an f/1.8 aperture, and a 3D Time-of-Flight (TOF) sensor, responsible for creating and capturing 3D images and augmented reality experiences.
The phone features a rear-mounted fingerprint reader and a 4.000 mAh battery with Super Charging fast charging. It also includes Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi, and NFC support. Android 9.0 Pie manages all the phone's resources with the help of the EMUI 9 custom interface. This interface is further enhanced with certain changes that Honor has dubbed Magic UI , designed to offer a fresher look.
The folks at Android Central have had the chance to play around with the phone for a while and point out that it reminds them a lot of the Mate 20 Pro 's interface —though it's not entirely clear what's new. We'll have to wait for the Paris event to make a comparison and give you a better firsthand account of the qualities (and advantages) that this fresh touch the Chinese company is boasting about brings.
Honor View 20 prices
Although we'll know its price in euros in a month, it's still useful to know its price in China. The Honor View 20 with 128GB of internal storage is priced at 2.999 yuan (381 euros) for the 6GB RAM version , while the 8GB RAM version costs 3.499 yuan (446 euros).
The company has also taken the opportunity to announce a special Moschino edition with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal storage for 3.999 yuan (about 510 euros).