Honor 20

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Honor 20
Honor 20 PRO
LOGO Honor.svg
HONOR 20 PRO.png
Honor 20 PRO front
CodenameHonor 20: YAL-AL00
Honor 20 PRO: YAL-AL10
Brand Huawei
Manufacturer Honor
SeriesHONOR series
Compatible networks
  • Main card: LTE FDD: B1/B3/B4/B5/B8/B19, TD-LTE: B34/B38/B39/B40/B41 (2555MHz~2655MHz), WCDMA: B1/B4/B5/B6/B8/B19, TD-SCDMA: B34 /B39, CDMA (choose one of primary and secondary cards): BC0 (only for China Telecom (Mainland China + Macau)), GSM: B2/B3/B5/B8
  • Secondary card: LTE FDD: B1/B3/B4/B5 /B8/B19, TD-LTE: B34/B38/B39/B40/B41 (2555~2655 MHz), WCDMA: B1/B4/B5/B6/B8/B19, CDMA: BC0 (800MHz) (only for China Telecom (Mainland China + Macau)), GSM: B2/B3/B5/B8 (850/900/1800/1900 MHz
First releasedMay 21, 2019;4 years ago (2019-05-21) (London, United Kingdom)
Availability by regionMay 31, 2019 (China)
Predecessor Honor 10
Successor Honor 30
Type Slate
Form factor Smartphone+ hard Phone
Dimensions
List
  • Honor 20154.25 mm (6.073 in) Height
    73.97 mm (2.912 in) Width
    7.87 mm (0.310 in) Thickness
  • Honor 20 PRO154 mm (6.1 in) Height
    74 mm (2.9 in) width
    8.44 mm (0.332 in) thickness
MassHonor 20: 173 g (6.1 oz)
Honor 20 PRO: 182 g (6.4 oz)
Operating system Android Pie 9.0
System-on-chip HiSilicon Kirin 980
CPU Octa-core (2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Mali-G76 720MHz and MP10
Memory6 or 8  GB RAM
Storage128 or 256 GB
Battery3,750  mAh
Display6.26 in (159 mm) FHD+ (2,310 × 1,080 resolution)
SoundUSB-C
Rear cameraQuad (48 MP + 16 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP) with Dual-LED and AF
Front camera 32 million pixels, f/2.0 aperture
Connectivity USB-C, Wifi 802.11 b/g/n/a/ac, Bluetooth5.0
Data inputs
List
  • Gravity sensor, ambient light sensor, proximity light sensor, gyroscope, compass
  • GPS (L1+L5 dual frequency)/AGPS/Glonass/Beidou/Galileo (E1+E5a dual frequency)/QZSS ( L1+L5 dual frequency)
Other
  • Fast battery charging 22.5W
  • A fingerprint sensor integrated into the power button
Website www.hihonor.com/global/products/smartphone/honor20/

The Honor 20 is a smartphone made by Huawei under their Honor sub-brand. It is a successor of the Huawei Honor 10 within the Huawei Honor series.

Contents

It was unveiled in London on May 21. [1]

It became available in the United Kingdom on June 21 [2] [3] and in India on June 25, 2019. [4] It retails for £400 in the UK or €499 in Europe. Colors provided are midnight black, sapphire blue and Icelandic white.

Specifications

Hardware

The Honor 20 has a HiSilicon Kirin 980 octa-core processor, a Mali-G76 MP10 GPU, and a 3,750 mAh non-removable battery. It has a 6.26-inch “all-view” display LCD screen. [5]

The phone has four rear cameras including a 48-megapixel main camera, a 16-megapixel super-wide-angle camera, a 2-megapixel depth camera and a 2-megapixel macro camera. [5] [6]

The HONOR 20 shares many core similarities with the Pro version – using the same SoC, for example – but with less onboard RAM at 6GB and only 128GB of native storage. Another difference is that the rear quad camera's 8-megapixel telephoto unit has been exchanged with a 2-megapixel depth assisting unit. The device features the same display and front camera as the Pro version, but the battery capacity is slightly less at 3,750mAh, though it uses the same charger as the Pro version.

The HONOR 20 comes in Phantom Blue or Phantom Black for the global market, Icelandic White for the China market, and is priced at €499. [7]

Software

The Honor 20 launched with Android Pie (version 9.0) and EMUI 9.0. [8]

Reception

On June 18, Honor 20 reached 1 million sales in China. [9] [10]

Selling Price

International version price [11]
Honor 20Honor 20 Pro
€499 (6GB+128GB)€599 (8GB+256GB)
Price of mainland China version [12]
Honor 20Honor 20 Pro
¥2699 (8 GB+128 GB)
¥2999 (8 GB+256 GB)		¥3199 (8 GB+128 GB)
¥3499 (8 GB+256 GB)

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