Huawei’s sub-brand launched Honor 20
series smartphones in India on 11th June, 2019 at an event in New Delhi. The Honor
20 series phones include Honor 20 Pro, Honor 20 and Honor 20i. The
Chinese company had launched Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro in May at
an event in London. Honor 20i was also launched in China in April.
All the three models will be available in India on Flipkart and also
on the company’s own eStore.
According to Honor, Flipkart will
begin selling Honor 20 from June 25. On the other hand, the Honor 20i
will be made available from June 18 via Flipkart and other offline
retailers. However, Honor hasn’t said much about the availability of
Honor 20 Pro and has just said that the phone will be available “very
soon.”
As far as pricing is concerned, Honor
20 is priced at Rs 32,999 for the 6GB RAM and 128 GB storage variant.
The Honor 20 Pro will retail in India at Rs 39,999 for thethe 8GB of
RAM and 256GB storage option. The cheapest Honor device, however,
will be the Honor 20i and will take on Redmi series devices in India.
The Honor 20i is priced at Rs 14,999 for the 4GB RAM and 128GB
storage variant.
Honor 20 Pro will be made available in
the sole Phantom Blue colour in India. The Honor 20 will be
available in Midnight Black and Sapphire Blue colours. Colours
like Gradient Red, Gradient Blue, and Magic Night Black colours will
come with Honor 20i.
As for the specifications, Honor 20
Pro is powered by the 7nm Kirin 980 processor with dual-NPU and up to
8GB of RAM. Inbuilt storage is offered up to 256GB. The regular Honor
20 also runs on a HiSilicon Kirin 980 SoC, paired with dual-NPU, GPU
Turbo 3.0, and 6GB of RAM. The Honor 20i, on the other hand, is
powered by the octa-core Kirin 710F SoC paired with the Mali G51MP4
GPU, up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage.
Design wise, there isn’t much
difference between Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro. Both the models have a
6.26-inch “All-view” IPS LCD with a 4.5mm hole punch in the
top-left corner for selfies. Honor had bragged about having the
smallest punch-hole in the category with a screen-tobody ratio of
91.6%. The punch-hole display of both Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro holds
the 32MP selfie sensor. At the back, Honor 20 Series comes with a
V-shaped color gradient with a gleaming effect. The company is
calling the design on the back their “Dynamic Holographic
Design”.
For Optics, Honor 20 Pro and Honor 20
have a quad camera setup. Honor 20 Pro comes with a primary 48-MP
Sony IMX586 sensor. The secondary 16-MP super-wide-angle camera comes
with f/2.2 aperture and a 117-degree angle lens. There is also an
8-MP telephoto camera. For selfies, there is a 32-MP selfie snapper.
The budget Honor 20i comes with a triple rear camera setup that
houses a 24-MP main camera, 8-MP ultra-wide camera and another 2-MP
depth sensor. On the front, there is a 32-MP camera with support for
HDR, portrait mode, and face unlock for authentication.