It may seem like ancient history at this point, but the Honor View20 launched just a few months ago. We've been bombarded with flagship launches since then, so Pocketnow's Joshua Vergara took a step back and revisited this phone. Does it still stand up to the newer devices on the market?

Honor View20 XDA Forum

Joshua remarks that the View20 is still more than powerful enough to keep up with the competition and battery life has been very good too. Honor talked a lot about gaming enhancements when the phone was launched, and Joshua says they do improve the experience. Especially the cooling system that keeps the device from overheating. One area where the device is a little lacking is the camera, but the affordable price tag makes up for it. Check out the full video below!

Specs

Honor View20

Design

In-screen camera (display hole), V shape color edge, Nano texture with aurora effect

Display

6.4-inch 19.25:9 IPS LCD manufactured by AUO, BOE, CTC, or LG*; 2310×1080 (398ppi), 4.5mm display hole91.82% screen-to-body ratio

Rear Cameras

48MP Sony IMX586, f/1.8 lens, 1/2″ CMOS size, 0.8µm, Quad-Bayer pixel binning, 78-degree angleSony IMX316* 3D Time-of-Flight (TOF) sensorLED flashVideo Recording: 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fpsSlow Motion: 720p@960fps

Front Camera

25MP Sony IMX576*, f/2.0, 27mmVideo Recording: 1080p@30fps

Mobile Platform

CPU: 7nm HiSilicon Kirin 980 (2x ARM Cortex-A76 @ 2.6GHz, 2x ARM Cortex-A76 @ 1.92 GHz, 4x ARM Cortex-A55 @1.8 GHz)GPU: Mali-G76 MP10

RAM

6/8GB LPDDR4X @ 2133MHz

Storage

128/256GB

Ports

USB Type-C (3.1), 3.5mm headphone jack

Connectivity

Dual SIM, Dual 4G VoLTE, 1.4Gbps Cat. 21 LTE, Bluetooth 5.0, Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, A-GPS/GLONASS, NFCLink Turbo, IR blaster

Security

Rear-mounted fingerprint-scanner

Battery

4,000mAh, 4.5V/5A fast charging (22W Super Charge 1.0)

Software

Honor Magic UI 2.0.1 (Android 9 Pie)

Pricing

6GB RAM + 128GB storage: €569/£4998GB RAM + 256GB storage: €649/£579

Colors

6GB RAM + 128GB storage: Midnight Black or Sapphire Blue8GB RAM + 256GB storage: Phantom Red or Phantom Blue

Note: Huawei/Honor has stopped providing official bootloader unlock codes for its devices. Therefore, the bootloader of the View20 can’t be unlocked, which means that users cannot root or install custom ROMs.