Honor V20 With 'Hole-Punch' Selfie Camera Design Launched - Honor, The sub brand of networking and telecommunications equipment and services company Huawei launched a new smartphone in China dubbed as Honor V20 also known as Honor View 20. The smartphone comes with 'Hole-Punch' Selfie Camera Design which is similar to Huawei Nova 4 smartphone. Apart from Specifications, Honor also revealed price and availability details of the smartphone.
Key specifications includes a 48 mega pixel Sony IMX586 rear sensor, HiSilicon Kirin 980 SoC, a 25 megapixel selfie snapper, 4,000 mAh battery with support for fast charging
Honor V20 Smartphone Specifications -
| Honor V20 | Details |
|---|---|
| GENERAL | |
| Release date | December 2018 |
| Launched in India | No |
| Form factor | Touchscreen |
| Battery capacity (mAh) | 4,000 mAh battery unit with support for fast charging (4.5V/ 5A) |
| Removable battery | No |
| Resolution | 1080 pixels x 2310 pixels |
| Fast charging | Yes |
| Wireless charging | No |
| DISPLAY | |
| Display size | 4 inch full HD+ TFT LCD display |
| Ratio | 19.5:9 aspect ratio |
| Measures | 75.4 x 156.9 x 8.1 mm (height x width x thickness) |
| Screen to body ratio | 91.82 percent |
| Weight | 180 grams |
| Pixel density | 398 ppi |
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Notch | No |
| HARDWARE | |
| Processor | Octa core (2 Cortex A76 cores clocked at 2.6 GHz + 2 Cortex A76 cores clocked at 1.92 GHz + 4 Cortex A55 cores clocked at 1.8GHz) |
| Processor make | 7 nm HiSilicon Kirin 980 SoC (System On Chipset) |
| RAM | 6 GB and 8 GB of RAM |
| Internal storage | 128 GB and 256 GB of onboard storage |
| MicroSD slot | No |
| Expandable storage | No |
| CAMERA | |
| Dual rear camera setup | Yes |
| Rear camera | First - 48 mega pixel Sony IMX586 primary camera sensor with f/1.8 aperture Second - 3D Time of Flight (ToF) camera sensor |
| Rear flash | Yes, LED flash |
| Rear camera features | 960 fps slow motion video recording support, autofocus, AI HDR, and LED flash support |
| Front Dual camera setup | No |
| Front camera | 25 mega pixel front camera sensor with f/2.0 aperture |
| Front flash | No |
| Front camera features | AI photo, night scene, portrait, fun AR, time apse photography, slow motion |
| SOFTWARE | |
| Skin | MagicUI 2.0.1 |
| Operating system | Android 9.0 Pie |
| CONNECTIVITY | |
| Wi-Fi | Yes |
| Wi-Fi standards supported | 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| GPS / A-GPS | Yes |
| FM Radio | Yes |
| USB Type C | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v 5.0 |
| Number of SIMs | 2 |
| Wi Fi hotspot | Yes |
| Headphone Jack | Yes |
| OTG support | Yes |
| SIM 1 | |
| SIM Type | Nano SIM |
| GSM / CDMA | CDMA |
| 3G | Yes |
| 4G / LTE | Yes |
| SIM 2 | |
| SIM Type | Nano SIM |
| GSM / CDMA | CDMA |
| 3G | Yes |
| 4G / LTE | Yes |
| SENSORS | |
| Fingerprint | Yes, rear |
| Proximity sensor | Yes |
| Compass / Magnetometer Sensor | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes |
| Accelerometer Sensor | Yes |
| Gravity Sensor | No |
| Ambient light Sensor | Yes |
| Price | CNY 2,999 (around Rs. 30,400) for 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB internal storage variant CNY 3,499 (approx Rs. 35,500) for 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB internal storage variant |
| Variants | 6 GB of RAM + 128 GB internal storage 8 GB of RAM + 256 GB internal storage |
| Color | Charm Blue, Red, and Midnight Black |
Diving into the details, the Honor v20 smartphone flaunts 6.4 inch full HD+ TFT LCD display with a resolution of 1080 pixels x 2310 pixels, 19.5:9 aspect ratio, 91.82 percent screen to body ratio, 398 ppi pixel density, 16.7 million colours, measures 75.4 x 156.9 x 8.1 mm (height x width x thickness) and weighs 180 Grams.
The smartphone is powered by 7 nm HiSilicon Kirin 980 System on Chipset coupled with 6 GB / 8 GB of RAM options and 128 GB / 256 GB of onboard storage options. The handset sports octa core processor (2 Cortex A76 cores clocked at 2.6 GHz + 2 Cortex A76 cores clocked at 1.92 GHz + 4 Cortex A55 cores clocked at 1.8GHz). Moreover, There is no dedicated microSD card so Storage can not be expanded.
Moving onto the camera details, the Honor V20 handset comes with dual rear camera setup with a 48 mega pixel Sony IMX586 primary camera sensor with f/1.8 aperture and a secondary 3D Time of Flight (ToF) camera sensor to capture the depth of an image.
Rear camera features 960 fps slow motion video recording support, autofocus, AI HDR, and LED flash support. On the front, there is a 25 mega pixel front camera sensor with f/2.0 aperture and fixed focus support. Front Camera features include AI photo, night scene, portrait, fun AR, time apse photography, slow motion, and much more.
In terms of connectivity, the Honor v20 includes Bluetooth v 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (dual band, 2.4GHz and 5GHz), GPS / A GPS, Dual Sim, USB Type C, 3.5 mm headphone jack, WiFi hotspot, FM radio, 4G Volte etc. Sensors on board include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, digital compass, gyroscope, rear faced fingerprint sensor and a proximity sensor.
On the whole, the smartphone backed by a massive 4,000 mAh battery unit with support for fast charging (4.5V/ 5A) and the handset boots MagicUI 2.0.1 based Android 9.0 Pie out of the box.
Honor V20 Price and Availability -
As mentioned above, the smartphone comes in two variants. One with 6 GB of RAM + 128 GB of Internal storage priced at CNY 2,999 (around Rs. 30,400) and other with 8 GB of RAM + 128 GB of Internal storage priced at CNY 3,499 (approx Rs. 35,500). Though, the handset will launch globally on 22nd January.
The company has also launched Moschino Edition of Honor v20 smartphone priced at CNY 3,999 (roughly Rs. 40,600) and this variant comes with 8 GB of RAM + 256 GB of Inbuilt storage. The device will be available for purchase in Charm Blue, Red, and Midnight Black colour option, while the Moschino Edition comes in Red and Charm Blue colour options
Customer can Pre order Honor v20 smartphone from Tmall, Vmall, Jingdong, Sunning.com with shipping beginning from December 28. The company claims that the device comes with 'hole-punch' selfie camera design with the sensor placed on the top left edge of the smartphone. The cutout is just 4.5mm in size, and is very non invasive. The dual rear camera on the back panel is aligned horizontally with a rear fingerprint sensor mounted in the center.
More details -
Earlier, the Chinese maker launched a budget smartphone called Honor 8C. Key features of the smartphone includes Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 SoC, artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to recognise facial features of users, 19:9 display panel with a traditional notch, dual rear camera setup, 4 GB of RAM, Adreno 506 GPU, HDR support to improve photo quality, 4,000 mAh battery unit that supports 5V / 2A (10W) charging, LED flash, and much more.
Honor 8C smartphone comes in two variants, the first variant comes with 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of Internal storage priced at Rs. 11,999 and the second variant is comes with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of inbuilt storage priced at Rs. 12,999. Both the models comes in Aurora Blue, Magic Night Black, Platinum Gold, and Nebula Purple colour options.
In terms of specifications, The smartphone has a 6.26 inch HD+ TFT IPS LCD panel with a resolution of 720 pixels x 1520 pixels, 19:9 aspect ratio, 86.6 percent screen to body ratio, measures 158.72 x 75.94 x 7.98 mm and weighs 167.2 grams. The device bears dual rear camera setup a 13 mega pixel primary sensor and a 2 mega pixel secondary sensor. For selfies, there is an 8 mega pixel camera sensor with an f/2.0 aperture and a selfie toning light.
Connectivity includes 4G VoLTE, single band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v 4.2 LE with aptX, GPS / A GPS, a Micro USB port, GLONASS, BeiDou, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Sensors on board include an accelerometer, electronic compass, ambient light sensor, fingerprint sensor, and proximity sensor.
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