Honor 20 with Quad Camera and Honor 20 Lite with Triple Camera setup Launched

At its global launch of the Honor 20 Series of smartphones, Honor has also launched the Honor 20 and Honor 20 Lite smartphone, alongside the Honor 20 Pro. The Honor 20 Lite was already announced in Malaysia a few days back and has now been globally launched at an event in London.

Honor 20

In terms of design, the Honor 20 comes with a 3D Triple Mesh technology design with four-sided 3D curved glass and a 6.26-inch punch-hole, all-view display on the front. For authentication, the smartphone comes with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, which according to the company can unlock the smartphone in 0.3 seconds. The fingerprint scanner also doubles as a voice assistant button.

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Under the hood, the Honor 20 is powered by a 7nm-based Kirin 980 AI chipset, paired with up to 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up to 128GB of UFS 2.1 ultra-fast storage. It comes with a 3750mAh battery with 22.5W SuperCharge that promises up to 50% charge in 30 minutes and runs on Magic UI 2.1 based on Android 9.0 Pie. Other hardware specifications for the Honor 20 include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS, USB Type-C, Virtual 9.1 Surround Sound, Dual-microphones, and Huawei Histen 6.0.

In terms of camera, the Honor 20 sports a pro-grade quad camera setup on the rear (48MP primary sensor Sony IMX586 sensor with f/1.8 aperture + 16MP 117-degree ultra-wide angle lens + 2MP depth assistant lens + 2MP macro lens with f/2.4 aperture). And a 32MP AI front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture and 3D portrait lighting for selfies on the front.

Honor 20 Pricing and Availability

The Honor 20 comes in three colors: Sapphire Blue, Midnight Black, and Icelandic White. It comes in 6GB + 128GB variant, priced at €499.

Honor 20 Lite

The Honor 20 Lite smartphone was already announced by Honor a few days back at an event in Malaysia, and now the company has globally announced the device specifications and pricing.

To jog up your memory, the Honor 20 Lite features a 6.21-inch LCD display with 2340×1080 pixels screen resolution, 415ppi pixel density, and a notch at the top. It is powered by an Octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 710 processor, paired with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Other specifications include USB 2.0, GPS, NFC, and a fingerprint scanner. The smartphone has a 3400mAh battery and runs on EMUI 9 based on Android 9 Pie.

In terms of optics, the Honor 20 Lite features a triple camera set up on the rear (24MP primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture + 8MP ultra-wide sensor with f/2.4 aperture + 2MP depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture). And on the front, a 32MP camera with f/2.0 aperture for selfies.