Honor 20 - a chic smartphone for multimedia

The pursuit of performance in AnTuTu and megapixels in the camera block is starting to die down. Users came to the conclusion that the life of smartphones has been greatly reduced. Literally in a year you need to change the gadget, simply because it is fashionable. Apparently, this trend was imposed on us by the Apple brand. But, it's one thing to get a technologically advanced gadget with some features (iPhone). Another thing is to contemplate the same Android with the same programs for it, being surprised only by the results of synthetic tests. You need a normal smartphone - Honor 20 will solve all problems.

 

 

Exactly a year has passed since the launch of this smartphone. And Honor 20, as after the first start, pleases the user with its performance and ease of use. This suggests that the Chinese have launched an excellent quality gadget on the market. And I really want the Honor brand to delight its fans with the same workable devices.

 

Honor 20: specifications

 

Case material, dimensions, weight	Metal-glass, 154х74х7.87 mm, 174 grams
Screen	6.26 inch IPS matrix FullHD + resolution (2340x1080) 2.5D protected glass with rounded edges Capacitive display, up to 10 touches simultaneously
Operating system, shell	Android 9, Magic UI 2.1
Chipset	HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm), ARM 2xCortex-A76 2.6GHz + 2xCortex-A76 1.92GHz + 4xCortex-A55 1.58GHz
Video card	Mali-G76 MP10
Memory	6 GB RAM and 128 GB ROM
Expandable ROM	No, microSD slot is not provided
Wi-Fi	b / g / n / ac, MIMO, 2.4 / 5 GHz
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0
Mobile networks	2G / 3G / 4G Dual SIM nano (VoLTE / VoWi-Fi)
NFC	Yes
Navigation	GPS / AGPS / GLONASS / BeiDou / Galileo / QZSS
Connectors and sensors	USB-C. Fingerprint scanner on the power button. Light sensors, digital compass, proximity, gyroscope
Main camera	48 MP main camera. Sony IMX586 sensor, f / 1.8 aperture, 1/2 inch size, Ai-stabilization 16MP wide-angle camera. F / 2.2 aperture, 117-degree field of view with support for distortion correction 2 megapixel camera for digital bokeh 2 megapixel camera for macro shooting. Fixed focal length, f / 2.4 aperture, object distance 4 cm
Front-camera	32 MP, f / 2.0 aperture
Battery	3750 mAh, charger 22.5 W (50% in 30 minutes)

 

 

Honor 20 Smartphone Package

 

The packaging is classic for all Honor products. Oversized box with a smartphone, USB Type-C cable, switching power supply and a clip to eject the SIM tray. There is also an adapter from USB to Jack for connecting a wired headset. Some commercial versions of the Honor 20 smartphone come with a protective silicone case.

 

 

As practice shows, the user needs the phone itself and a charger with a cable for it. Everything else, along with a warranty card and a receipt, is loaded into the box and sent for long-term storage.

 

Honor 20 smartphone design

 

In commercials, Honor's management has consistently expressed a love of experimentation. But it didn't work out very well with this smartphone. You can buy Honor 20 in only two colors - black and blue. Even the fact that the case plays with all the colors of the rainbow from different angles did not add any bonuses to the manufacturer. But this is the only visible drawback, then only positive emotions.

 

 

The body itself is made of glass, the frame is aluminum, like the supporting part of the gadget. I am very glad that the frames around the display are minimal. The front camera is offset to a corner. This is not to say that this is a wonderful location, but this solution adds more information to the screen. In just a couple of hours of using the Honor 20 phone, you completely forget about this cut.

 

 

On the top panel there is a light sensor and a noise suppression system. At the junction, between the frame and the screen, there is a speaker grill. There is a notification indicator. On the left side there is a compartment for SIM cards. On the right side is the volume and power button. Below is the speaker, microphone and USB Type-C connector.

 

Screen, interface, performance - usability of Honor 20

 

A bright and vivid picture on the smartphone display indicates that the manufacturer has installed a high-quality IPS matrix. Compared to Amoled, the Honor 20's screen reproduces shades well at different brightness settings. Only the color temperature can confuse - the cold shade is palpable. By default, the color temperature of the Honor 20 screen is 8000 K. But by going to the display settings, you can set warmer colors, for example, 6500 K. In general, the functionality of the screen setting itself is very pleasing.

 

 

A shell for managing your phone for an amateur. At first, I want to personally meet with the developer and ask him a lot of questions. But, literally in a couple of days, you quickly get used to the Honor 20 smartphone and no longer understand why other manufacturers have everything so crookedly implemented.

 

The phone's performance is excellent. Not a flagship, but it is clear that the gadget is aimed at efficiency in work in the next 3-4 years. This is evidenced by a chip operating at the level of Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and 6 gigabytes of RAM. And what is interesting, the video adapter of the phone is very efficient (Mali-G76 MP10). You can safely dive into resource-intensive games, albeit at medium quality settings.

 

Honor 20 smartphone: multimedia

 

Not without flaws. The built-in speakers in the phone are very loud, but sound disgusting in quality. There are problems with low and mid frequencies. The sound in the headset is great. The contrast is felt in any composition. The same situation with wireless Bluetooth headphones - excellent sound quality.

 

 

With cameras in Honor smartphones, problems have never been observed. Considering that this is the same Huawei. Lovers of shooting landscapes in the daytime will appreciate the HDR mode. Shooting nature with him is flawless. The Honor 20 works well with portraits and doesn't blur in motion. But the night shooting upset. The phone does not want to take pictures handheld, even with the correct settings. But one has only to firmly fix the gadget and turn on the automatic shooting mode, the situation changes for the better.

 

Autonomy of the Honor 20 smartphone and conclusions

 

The best part about all Chinese smartphones is battery life. The technologically advanced Honor 20 gadget will boldly last a couple of days without recharging. Maybe more. And this is with automatic screen brightness, working GSM, 4G and Wi-Fi.

 

 

Summing up, we can safely say that the phone is worth its money and will remain popular in the world market for a long time to come. The Honor 20 smartphone is more than a year old, and it is still in demand among buyers. And even the price for it does not want to fall down. You can buy a gadget here.