Honor 20

  • Released 2019, June
    174g, 7.9mm thickness
    Android 9.0; Magic 2.1
    128GB storage, no card slot
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  • 6.26"
    1080x2340 pixels
  • 48MP
    2160p
  • 6/8GB RAM
    HiSilicon Kirin 980
  • 3750mAh
    Li-Po

Honor 20 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Launch Announced 2019, May
Status Available. Released 2019, June
Body Dimensions 154.3 x 74 x 7.9 mm (6.07 x 2.91 x 0.31 in)
Weight 174 g (6.14 oz)
Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 6.26 inches, 96.2 cm2 (~84.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~412 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 9.0 (Pie); Magic 2.1
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)
CPU Octa-core (2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Mali-G76 MP10
Memory Card slot No
Internal 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM
Main Camera Quad 48 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/2", 0.8�m, PDAF
16 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/3.1"
2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide), dedicated macro camera
2 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
Features LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps; gyro-EIS
Selfie camera Single 32 MP, f/2.0, 0.8�m
Features HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
 Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
32-bit/192kHz audio
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes
Radio No
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Features Sensors Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Battery   Non-removable Li-Po 3750 mAh battery
Charging Fast battery charging 22.5W (50% in 24 min)
Misc Colors Midnight Black, Sapphire Blue, Icelandic white, Phantom Blue
Models YAL-L21, YAL-AL00, YAL-TL00
Price $ 348.99 / £ 320.00 / ₹ 24,999
Tests Performance Basemark X: 44871
Display Contrast ratio: 1170:1 (nominal)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 68dB / Noise 72dB / Ring 87dB
Audio quality Noise -96.3dB / Crosstalk -52.1dB
Battery life

Honor 20 - User Reviews

  • Face unlock or not

  • No

  • Is it dual speaker?

  • Honor 20 has 89h endurance rating and S10e has 83h endurance rating. They are not so different.

  • Yes, android 10 beta will available at late september

  • no ir blaster, its senzor proximity for brightnes

  • I`m wondering if Honor 20 is going to receive regular updates since Huawei has these problems with the US government??

  • Better thn gorilla in Samsung phn have

  • No gorilla glass protection??

  • can anyone confirm if the IR blaster is working. have been getting conflicting reviews about it.

  • Galaxy s10e have very bad battery. Buy Huawei phone with OLED display. Huawei battery life is awesome.

  • mi 9 if you don't have proplem with battery

  • Honor 20 or note 9 ??

  • I think you should buy Samsung S10e if you're in budget. Super AMOLED of Samsung is the best in the market. IP68 rating, compactness, and others flagship previleges (update OS, etc).

  • Does honor 20 worth that money, or to give some extra money and buy s10e or p30 or even p30pro?

  • Honor 20 or Xiaomi Mi 9???

  • u dont even got the phone mate i, i can see there is a ir blaster at the top right of my phone

  • Yes, you have the phone^^, but your Honor 20 dont have the IR blaster.

  • There's a ir blaster mate I literally have the phone

  • No. It did not have infrared port. The censor on top of your phone is the light censor, not the infrared port.

  • Hi. Actually HONOR 20 did not have infrared port. Ya..didn't have infrared port.

  • Mi9 (better CPU, better screen, much better and premium look and feel)

  • Mi 9

  • Buy mi9

  • Only good processor .

  • Honor 20

  • Guys, mi9 or this? Give me some opinions plss

  • Review please

  • honor 20 infra red not function.. frust after call customer services.. what honor option..

  • Will gsmarena do a review?

  • can u use gpstest to test whether it has dual frequency gps which have L1 and L5 sats

  • do it have dual frequency gps?

  • Awesome Device. Its Punch Hole camera. That have better than Pop Up Due to water resistance etc. When it is launching in pakistan. Still waiting

  • You need an application for a specific device, select one from play store or huawei app gallery

  • How can I use remote control on honor 20

  • Got the phone on same day as it was released on 21st june in UK. Love it, top notch features, you won't regret it. Go for it guys.

  • on huawei official vmall online shop, both honor 20 and 20 pro have NFC. honor 20 is not sold in Singapore yet, hope it will be.

  • No, vV5 is actually an area code, probably the one with sate photo post post from the same area as me.

  • YES

  • Please does it have NFC?

  • Wait. Are u the vV5? The one with the satay photo?

  • Seen this model sales date lag lag from early Jun till now!!! Would be GG(bad) coming soon.Huawei cut oversea market sales 60%.Source from Huawei.

  • Apart from being blacklisted, this phone has no attractive features that other cheaper phones have. You can go for either Samsung M40 or even better for K20, K20 Pro and have a better phone for significantly less price.

  • We are many people out here not addicted to Google and would love not to support US. And we wait for the new OS to... Soooooo, no problem at all. In the long term US will have the big loose not Huawei, wait and see (y)

  • No IP68, No Ois on camera, no amoled screen but price is 33k Indian rupees? Ridiculous!

  • So this is the best answer directly in the face

  • You are in the right, android system improves with little improvments, there are nothing dramatic.

  • Honor 20 sales has be halted despite retail shop already collect deposit for pre sales, it has been 2 weeks & there is no news on when will it be release, each time i ask the shop their answer is there ar3 waiting for local Huawei instruction. The shop too refused to make a refund for my deposit (though is a small amount equals to $25) still this create a very bad image for Huawei. Huawei should either release the stock or refund their customer & cancel the sales. Now there just let us hang in half way, do we dare to support Huawei in future?

  • Even Android was updated many times, there were no significant changes in OS or performance. They just changed the name, It just increased the size of the OS. That leads to use more CPU and RAM. Hope new OS will be optimized as iOS.

  • All high-end honor phone support NFC. Its just common feature of BT. So, they have not mentioned it.

  • But Hongmeng will be the antidote so they won't die and this will also become a wake up call for other brands not to rely on Google which might trash them just like Huawei.

  • That's not a focused opinion, if you was taking a look at this phone here is because you were interested on it, so please avoid this kind of uselesss comments.

  • It doesn't matter, a small price to pay for priceless protest against the American Bully's. Gonna get my self one just to see Trump jumping up & down.. lol

  • Please don't, i wish to see all China brand phone to joint force, Google will file it's chapter 11 soon.

  • This model and all others old models would die slowly on future without any update.

  • I am waiting to activate their new operating system and I hope there will be more upgrades and interesting things after ''19 august'' in fact I would like to do it today

  • It was launched locally yesterday with an enticing price. If not for the uncertainties that happened a couple of days ago, I'll definitely purchase this beauty. Wait and see how this ban will affect Huawei.

  • The Huawei/Honor phones still have 3 months to work with Google before their US Trading license is revoked. Please calm down. The decision may be undone by then.

  • Gonnq get a Honor 20, just to pissed off Trump,.. hahaha a small price to pay for a priceless satisfaction... anyway this phone cost $400 in country.

  • viva huawei!!!

  • Yes and no Yes: honor was banned just like huawei No: this phone is launched before the blacklisting so it supports google services(and won't drop them) the only problem that this phone won't get a major updates so no android Q but it will still get security patches and I think that huawei will push some emui updates with new features to compensate the lack of android updates

  • Y'all is blind, can't you see the IR port on the top!

  • nobody in their right mind will pay 500 euro for a blacklisted phone not getting major google updates lol

  • Is honor affected with the ban as well? Just being technical here. Tnx

  • Only in upcoming phones

  • 500 euro after this news that huawei is banned from google ? haahahaa

  • So, it is a major downgrade compared to Honor 10 except for SoC? What the hell, Huawei/Honor?

  • I do not see in the characteristics - NFC? (regular and Pro version). Is this some gsmarena mistake or the NFC really missing?

  • LOL The wallpaper

  • No, but it's a cheaper alternative.

  • i think they should have added the headphone jack to this model, but cut it from the pro model, like they did it with the view series.

  • the honor view10 has been awesome for the last year or so that i've had it. I am always looking to up grade my camera though. trying to see if the p30/p30-pro is the best or are there any other huawei/honor phones with a comparable camera?

  • is it better then mate 20?

  • its essential to mee too. i shut down TV´s on restaurants. hehehe

  • I own honor 10 for 7 months and its perfect. IR 3.5 mm jack. Good battery life. Dont have aby problems for now.

  • This phone is kinda like a p30 but will cost 2999 chinese yen which is 400 euros. Not bad at all. Samsung a70 is around 400 euros with its sd 675 but this honor 20 has a kirin 980.

  • Thanks for the answer. So what do you think about the honor phone? How's the user experience of magic ui/emui? As well as the overall aspect. I'm contemplating between this upcoming phone or view 20. One of them would be my first honor/huawei phone.

  • I owned, honor 8,9,10 and they had IR. SO, I hope it will be in honor 20 too. This would be the low cost version of P20 Pro. Images shown above is honor 10.

  • Is it "quite confirmed" that the phone will have IR blaster? This feature is essential for me.

  • I think is not the final design ?? also maybe it will be 5G

  • Finally welcome No huawei / honor phone in February except the MateX. i miss that