Introduction
Regarded as the Quad camera beast and whatnot, Honor 20 Pro is the most expensive of the trio launched in May 2019 which includes Honor 20 Lite, Honor 20, and the costly Honor 20 Pro. The phone is a perfect blend of beauty and performance tucked under a smaller form factor in a phone which has a punch-hole front display with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner that soon inspired a series of smartphones from Huawei and other smartphone makers.
The phone comes packed with an avalanche of features, and in fact, we used the phone for a while and didn’t get to use all its functions thanks to the plugin by Magic UI as well. After extensive trying it out, here’s a detailed review on this powerful yet slick mid-range smartphone that hits high notes at a price tag affordable to the masses.
No doubt Honor 20 Pro is a well-designed smartphone, but it is not a flagship powerhouse which I made clear after referencing it with OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro. The LCD panel is a compromise and doesn’t allow brighter display tech OLED to enter so there’s no HDR and no in-display fingerprint scanner as well included in OnePlus 6T that was released almost at the same price tag.
Meanwhile, the phone manages to impress the masses with its camera array, i.e. a quad-camera setup at the back with a single punch-hole sensor at the front. The photos look punchy and vibrant and have a video bokeh effect that is not available on devices. Huawei has its own set of AI and AR features mounted on its smartphones, which means Honor 20 Pro is no different.
As for the software, it is still Android 9.0 Pie and will be updated to Android 10 although this has formed to schools of thought. The phone may get the update as the company promised along with all incremental updates with GMS. On the other hand, it is also a chance that the U.S. strips it away from GMS just like it did with Huawei Mate 30 series and all other launched after that.
The phone has a decent price tag although it is currently out of stock on Amazon and Flipkart but will be available across retail outlets.
