Honor View 20 : Hands On Review

The Honor View 20 is one of the best flagship phones of 2019. A 48MP camera, 256GB of storage and a punch hole display mean this isn't the kind of phone we normally expect from Honor.

Pros

• Great battery life
• Intelligent use of the punch hole display
• AI camera

Cons

• No wide and zoomed camera lenses
• No official water resistant

Design

Honor view 20 comes with its unique design. There is a light reactive layer that sits under the top glass. There are three premium colors options- red, black, blue. 

The design of Honor View 20 is so bold and eye-catching. The View 20 is 75.4mm wide and 8.1mm thick, which is similar to Oneplus 6T. There is a 3.5mm headphone jack too, on the top.

The View 20 has a fingerprint sensor at the back. The phone also has an IR blaster, which will treat like a universal remote from the phone. 

Display

The Honor View 20 comes with a6.4-inch 1080x2310 resolution screen. It has an LCD display rather than an OLED display, pixel density is closed to Samsung Galaxy Note 9.

There is a punch hole notch in the screen, as the notch looks quite interesting. There's only a 4.5mm circle been removed from the front of the phone.

Although, Honor had told that View 20 is the next generation gaming phone. There is also an option to get night light also.

Camera

The camera is also a highlighted feature in Honor View 20. The phone comes with the dual rear cameras. But the second camera is a TOF 3D camera, not the zoomed and wide angle camera. But you can shoot 2x zoom photos clearly.

The first rear camera has a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor which provides the information of these shots. The phone is extremely good at optimizing dynamic range, making images clear even when the sun blares at you, right in the center of the image.

The phone also has an AI scene mode, which attempts to recognize the object and settings to get the perfect image. The rear camera has an option to shift 48MP to 12MP.

Here are some of the camera samples of this Honor View 20:

Battery

Honor View 20 has a 4000mAh battery and provides the 2-day full battery usage. The phone also comes with the Fast Charging mode to speed your phone charging

Along with the phone, there is a USB Type-C port for fast charge your phone. The phone can charge 0-100% in 1 hour 20 minutes of constant charge. The phone's charging is quite good.

There is no wireless charging, however, in this price range, the wireless charging is a common option in the phones.

Performance

The phone can handle many applications at a single time. As the company said that the phone gives the best gameplay at 60 fps. The phone has the processor of HiSilicon Kirin 980 for the best gaming experience. The phone comes with the varient of 8GB/6GB RAM and 256GB/128GB internal storage.

The phone works smoothly on any application and the notch is much attractive part of the phone.

Verdict

The Honor View 20 is an excellent phone for almost everything you need, but the phone is especially competent at gaming. The reliable and long battery life, large screen, excellent cameras, and wireless tech are real stand-out features, with only the finish of the handset and the lack of an edgeless screen the minor sharp in an otherwise the phone is excellent.