Smartphone Review Huawei Honor View 20

A promising company Huawei is an amateur to set very difficult goals. In pursuit of the best, the organization is rapidly gaining momentum and increasing the demand for satisfied customers. While getting a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience. The data obtained, through trial and error, are embodied in a wide variety of areas of the organization.

Today, the enchanting plan of the organization is embodied in a very beautiful smartphone from the Honor View 20 subsidiary, which can surpass all competitors and rival flagships in performance.

Product brief description

The smartphone was first presented to the public on December 26, 2018. The show took place in Beijing, and the world premiere will take place on January 22 in France.

An interesting fact is that the Honor View 20 was the very first smartphone to be equipped with a honeycomb screen - there is a round cutout for the front camera. This decision came to the engineers in the desire to do something new, which the company had never produced before, and the idea came true very successfully.

The rest of the presented gadget is made according to the "latest fashion". It has a very attractive design that will be warmly received by any audience. Excellent performance, backed by the most advanced proprietary technology, and a large battery that can provide enough power for full operation.

Technical specifications

Screen

The description should begin with the most important novelty - the screen. The basis for the smartphone was a 6.4-inch display with an aspect ratio of 19.25: 9, this ratio is unusual, thanks to it the body turned out to be more elongated, unlike other models.

The flagship received a resolution of 2310x1080 - an excellent indicator that guarantees high image quality. There are also excellent viewing angles close to maximum, which also has a positive effect on the comfort of use. Separately, a solid oleophobic coating pleases, now you can safely use the gadget without worrying about traces on the display.

It's also worth talking about the display brightness calibration. The unit is equipped with a robust automatic setting, which allows you to comfortably work with your phone at night. However, automation is barely enough for intense lighting - the colors fade a lot. Therefore, as a safety option, there is a forced adjustment menu in which you can correct the effect.

Own development was named All-View Display.This made it possible to place a hole for the front camera with a diameter of 4.5 mm in its part. However, according to the company, the optics hole is not one in the typical sense of the word. The bottom line is that the camera lens is installed directly under the screen without violating the integrity of the pixels. Thus, it turns out that the matrix is ​​a continuous web, and the camera is located under it.

The use of this technology has allowed us to achieve a record ratio of the front area of ​​the smartphone. The matrix occupies 91.8% of the total space, which looks very impressive.

Design

Many words have been said about the notorious design of the device. The presented device is worthy of all the praises voiced at the press conference.

The case is assembled from high quality glass and 6061 aluminum alloy, there is also a special coating on the back cover, which is used to create an almost invisible nano-texture layer. The procedure is called nanolithography and is commonly used to create integrated circuits. With this action, Honor's engineers tried to strengthen the body and increase tactile perception.

The front panel is almost entirely occupied by a bezel-less display. There are no bangs or chins, instead there are very small areas of the body and minimal frames.

The back is made entirely of high-strength glass. The horizontal hole for the optical module is located in a classic way - in the upper corner of the panel. The lower part has placed the brand logo on itself. A remarkable fact of the coloring is the solar overflow forming the original drawing.

The frame consists entirely of aluminum, on its surface there is a 3.5 mm Mini Jack cutout, and the lower part contains a USB Type-C output. There is also a cutout for a SIM card on top. The earpiece speaker is located above the screen, the main one - near the USB at the bottom, along with a microphone.

In the factory configuration, there are several options for gradient colors of the case.

Optics

Excellent optics are an attribute of any flagship smartphone. The model incorporates the most advanced developments allowing you to take wonderful pictures.

Main camera

The model has an optical element called Sony IMX586. The main beauty of the node can be called a mind-blowing resolution of 48 MP, obtained thanks to the technology, which will be discussed below.

The most modern sensor can produce an incredible resolution of 8000x6000 pixels, which is quite a lot for a smartphone. The technology is based on a unique design that gives a pixel size of 0.8 microns, which not only made it possible to reduce the dimensions of the device to 8 mm, but also to increase productivity.

This uses a Quad Bayer filter that uses the same colors of adjacent pixels in a 2x2 matrix. This turn of events guarantees improved image quality when objects are poorly lit. The result of this "confusion" is obtaining a low noise level and maintaining the brightness of the frame, and the dynamic range is 4 times higher than that of similar devices.

At the same time, the resulting frame rate can also boast a high indicator.

• 4096x2160 - 90 frames;
• 1080 - 240 k.f .;
• 720 - 480 k.s.

These values ​​are sufficient to produce excellent quality recordings.

The general parameters are complemented by an LED flash and support for the function of determining the distance to objects in the frame. There is also a hybrid auto focus, electronic frame stabilization.

The cherry on top is the active support of artificial intelligence, which greatly facilitates the user's fate.

Front-camera

The front-facing optical module is presented in a less prosaic way - it is a 25 MP sensor with HDR support.

There is also a complete set of additional software. There is a mode of automatic focusing of the image, good possibilities for editing pictures (fortunately, a modern processor supports all this stuff).

Thus, you should not count on incredible pictures, but the device will obviously not upset the lovers of selfies or video conferencing either.

Audio

Audio accompaniment is performed according to the first category. The integrated stereo speaker delivers enough volume to be heard from another room.

The sound quality in the headphones also does not make manufacturers blush - the output has juicy bass and decent mid / high frequencies.

The factory has installed several playback modes, and for a more thorough calibration of the sound, the user is invited to adjust them manually using a functional equalizer. At the same time, the volume is enough even for thrill-seekers.

The speaking part leaves positive emotions. The user can hear the caller well. The increased comfort of the conversation is obtained by high-quality cutoff of extraneous noise on the microphone.

Performance

Since the smartphone is a flagship, the hardware is made in the last category. The most modern chip and support for all possible technologies are on board.

operating system

The flagship smartphone requires the appropriate software. The device is equipped with the latest Android 9.0 operating system by default. The basic component has been thoroughly redesigned for a unique shape, using Huawei's own design - the Magic UI 2.0 shell, which provides additional performance to the flagship.

It has full support for the most modern programs and add-ons. Collaboration is possible with a number of demanding systems and devices of the latest generations.

CPU

The Honor View 20 smartphone is equipped with the latest generation HiSilicon Kirin 980 high-performance processor. The flagship chip is based on 7nm process technology. Two quad-core clusters Cortex-A55 and Cortex-A76, deliver frequencies of 1.8 and 2.6 GHz, respectively. An NPU is also available. The Mali-G76 MP10 graphics accelerator is also tandemly connected.

This hardware is enough to run and successfully maintain the most modern games or demanding applications at maximum settings without a single hang-up or stumbling. This is facilitated by the presence of GPU Turbo 2.0 technology, which effectively overclocks the 3D accelerator.

Manufacturers assure that the power reserve will last several years in advance.

The reduced temperature environment of the device is obtained thanks to passive cooling technology, which is increasingly common in smartphones. The device is equipped with special copper tubes, which effectively remove excess heat from the chip, allowing it to work even faster and longer.

An additional incentive to buy is the AnTuTu score of over 315,000, which means a lot.

Memory

The basic configuration includes 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of permanent memory. The top version uses an extended 8/256 GB for RAM and long-term storage, respectively.

Optional for particularly demanding users, the permanent storage can be swung up to 400GB using a Micro SD card.

This will be enough to store a huge amount of information, games or media content.

Battery

The autonomy of the smartphone is provided by an integrated element built using Li-Po technology with a capacity of 4 Ah.

The battery life is 2.5 - 3 days with moderate use. With active gaming, the battery lasts about 8 hours. The time of continuous conversation is limited to 25 hours.

There is support for Super Charge fast charging, the smartphone fully replenishes the charge in an hour and a half. Unfortunately, there is no wireless module.

Communications

Modern technologies require the support of many components and this smartphone can boast of this.

Communication and connections

The possibilities of communication are disclosed here impeccably. On board there are:

• 4G LTE module;
• Complete dual band Wi-Fi transmitter;
• Bluetooth device of the latest generation 5.0;
• Complete palette of wired connections.

A remarkable fact is the Link Turbo technology, which allows you to overclock your Wi-Fi connection to the maximum speeds for the fastest loading of applications.Peak efficiency provides for synchronous operation of two data transmission channels. The company has previously installed the module on other devices, but in the View 20, the technology's potential is fully revealed.

Also, the advantages of the smartphone are support for full-fledged satellite navigation (QZSS, A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO and BDS) and support for the operation of two SIM cards, which can work both synchronously and alternately.

Outcome

• spectacular design;
• large frameless screen;
• high-performance processor of the latest generation;
• excellent optics;
• the presence of NFC USB Type C modules and a 3.5 mm jack.

• slippery body;
• not very high quality matrix calibration.

The Huawei Honor View 20 smartphone is a prominent representative of its lineup and the pride of the manufacturer. The main characteristics create a large reserve of power for several years to come, and a well-developed design part is able to attract many enthusiastic looks.