Honor 20 Pro

  • Released 2019, July
    182g, 8.4mm thickness
    Android 9.0; Magic 2.1
    128GB/256GB storage, no card slot
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  • 6.26"
    1080x2340 pixels
  • 48MP
    2160p
  • 8GB RAM
    HiSilicon Kirin 980
  • 4000mAh
    Li-Po

Honor 20 Pro - 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, July
Body Dimensions 154.6 x 74 x 8.4 mm (6.09 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
Weight 182 g (6.42 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 (~84.1% 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 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM
Main Camera Quad 48 MP, f/1.4, 28mm (wide), 1/2", 0.8�m, PDAF, Laser AF, OIS
8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), 1/4.4", PDAF, Laser AF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
16 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/3.1"
2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide) dedicated macro camera
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 (market/region dependent)
Infrared port 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 4000 mAh battery
Charging Fast battery charging 22.5W (50% in 30 min)
Misc Colors Phantom Blue, Phantom Black, Icelandic Illusion
Models YAL-AL10, YAL-L41
Price $ 386.99 / £ 529.99 / € 499.00
Tests Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 68dB / Noise 72dB / Ring 87dB
Audio quality Noise -92.9dB / Crosstalk -46.8dB
Battery life

Honor 20 Pro - User Reviews

  • Yes I'm not understand why?

  • Honor 20 pro does NOT have an IR blaster. What looks like an infrared on the upper side is actually the proximity sensor.

  • It's disabled by default. Only a software update will make it work again. The lack of the blaster made me refrain from purshasing this phone.

  • Why cant i use the ir blaster on honor 20 pro

  • Does honor 20 has ir blaster?

  • Hi. Is this phone a good recommendation for photography? Overall, is the specs worth the price? Thx.

  • Why the phantom black color is violet? Why the phantom blue color is green? These guys should learn English before giving stupid color names. It is ridiculous to call colors with wrong names.

  • No IP certificated (waterproof) ?

  • This devise is flagship hardware. Especially the camera is very amazing sharpness photo and video even after zoom in 20 to 30 times. I am wow. Battery can last me 1 day as a heavy user gamer. Screen as good as super amoled. Not to mention 256gb for photo and video :). Con is I am Samsung user before this. Still not so familiar with the OS. Glad I dare to buy even a lot of negative comments

  • Hi. Honor 20 has a way better camera than mate 20 Pro bro

  • The handset comes with USB-C headphones and a headphone plug converter

  • yes

  • Is there gorilla glass front or back?

  • if this doesn't have Headset port? then how we will use ear phone???

  • Does it have the 128gb version?

  • Is it dual speaker?

  • But it has world'sl argest aperture canwra f1.4. So,,the night photography suppose to be better. Moreover, nova 5T lacks with telephoto 3x zoom.lense that honor 20 pro has... I dont know the sound quality and displa.....

  • I would say is overpriced for the specs. Not worth it, below par screen, below par camera, the UI is light years behind that of Samsung One UI, sound quality average at most. If you want something similar, get Nova 5T instead, at least that worth the price as is way cheaper than 20pro.

  • Now that's a lot of lacking... lol

  • Nearly same price mate20 pro...the only difference this honor20 pro lacking from the mate20pro is oled screen, card slot, leica lens, wireless charging, ip68 water n dust resistant & barometer sensor...otherwise, everything nearly the same.

  • I heard the screen is ips lcd in stead of amoled. Does it support hdr10? Can you stream YouTube snd Netflix in hdr mode? What's the music quality through earphones? It doesnt have dolby atmos, but how far huawei 9.1 can cope up with this?

  • overall good, battery cap. sure can stand before sun raise till midnight of normal use..... no lagging while playing 3d games... very fast camera shooting speed ....size fit to hold by one hand to operate....worth to paid for this price....

  • Anyone real user of this smartphone, please share your overall experience .....

  • honor p20 pro

  • one plus 7 much better. Oxygin OS. Faster and smoother

  • This or the OnePlus 7? Need to choose one

  • Take the P30 then.

  • Settings> wireless& networks>mobile networks>VoLTE calls. But be sure that your network provider is supporting that function.

  • How do I enable volte. Is there a secret menu?.

  • This is movement detector

  • I am afraid, that this only looks like IR blaster, but this is proximity sensor... :(

  • is this phone waterproof? any what is the experience of camera,battery,sound and ui on this unit?

  • Does this phone supports hdr on YouTub, Netflix??

  • how is the display compared to amoled and what is the qualityof music with earphone?

  • Just tested this phone...the small camera telephoto is amzing details sharp....but the macro lens was abit of a let down...overall, phone apps was smooth n fast....4k mah battery can easily get u 2 days of normal using.

  • its only 500€

  • P30 if your want expandable memory, OLED, in display scanner, notch, and headphone jack. Both have very similar cameras and performance.

  • How about Honor 20 Pro and Huawei P30?

  • No we shouldn't accept that.

  • It looks like it has an IR blaster (black dot on top rim), however, my remote control app (Galaxy Universal Remote) cannot detect it. Disappointed.

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  • Yes it does

  • Does Honor 20 Pro have the IR Blaster unlike the Honor 20?

  • The price is very high

  • Come on, new phones will have no 3.5mm jack and you have to accept it whether you like it or not! And besides it supports USB type C to 3.5mm adaptor for your old school headphone jack.

  • Looks like it's better than mate 20 though the screen is a bit smaller. Got ois on main n telephoto while mate 20 series ois is only on telephoto.

  • if only it has a headphone jack!!!!

  • well said, couldn't agree more..!!

  • Check your network providers supported bandwidths. 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)

  • I'll keep purchasing Huawei even if they get banned. Best price/quality ratio. And if they get banned I will get an even higher discount

  • Doe anyone know if this phone will work in the UK?

  • Apple iPhone for 2019. will have notch, for 2020 will have full screen.

  • Never sell the battery and overall performance for that shitty pop camera xD You want Samsung marketing or Huawei performance ?!! I'm shure most of us need huawei's performance and not that stupid pop-up camera ;)

  • Guess you're not familiar about "licensing contract" and which phone models will only be affected by Trump's ban just in case he wants to commit the same mistake? Do you know why he lifted his earlier ban which not only affected Huawei but US businesses as well?

  • By now Honor 20 pro is already a dated phone, the trend is pop up cameras with full screen, notch are so 2018. Huawei ia not completely out of the bush yet, Trump can always make another ban & there goes the phone your pay a hefty price for.

  • Hooray,US approved Huawei can purchase US series components and software from now.Honor 20 pro could marketing to many countries as soon as possible,goodddd!!!

  • Eventhough it has the f/1.4 aperture, the 48MP camera is the for Quad Bayer pixel binning. But with that vast aperture, low light should be excellent since it "allows more light to the sensor, which reduces shutter speed times to cut down on blur, and reduces sensor noise"*. *Source:

  • Between Honor 20 pro and Huawei Mate 20 which should I choose? Is the Honor 20 pro has better cameras as compared to Huawei Mate 20 since it has a 48MP main camera with f1.4 aperture (world largest aperture). Besides that, it also support the ultra clarity mode that is very useful. But in another hand, Huawei Mate 20 has it Leica optics.

  • The maker of this phone is also Huawei. so sooner or later this phone will be banned from US.

  • It's being sold in 5 hours time in China with Android

  • Replace "pro-­-and" with "pro-­and" . Now the url is correct. Or search for "honor 20" when url is faulty

  • Yes, its started selling 20i in India with the price RS15K. Based on sales of this, they will launch 20 and 20 Pro after 1-3 weeks.

  • They just want to make sure that you are hearing highest quality sound. If you can pay $$$$$ for the phone, why you cant pay few more $$ to buy a USB ear phone. You can also go for a APT-X supported Bluetooth earphone.

  • That's wrong they are on the verge of launching it in India - Read this article for your reference -

  • It looks like a very nice phone but w/o 3.5mm jack that's a very pity..

  • Agree!

  • Deffinnetly P30 pro

  • They missed the cut-off for certification before the trade ban came in - this phone is currently unrealisable.

  • will honor 20 pro will release ? in my country only pre order for honor 20 only. i wan to get either honor 20 pro or mate 20, any suggestion?

  • Wanted the P30 initially but also wanted to wait for the final Honor 20 Pro specs and reviews and got somewhat disappointed. Fixed Focus average quality wide angle? 2mp macro lens? both of them are rather disappointing, the 2mp even kinda useless i think. also, concerining the drop in price of the p30 (around the same as the H20pro due to the android ban), the p30 is just the better choice by today. Yes, the H20pro has more ram and storage, but thats about it. The better camera, the IP53 protection, to some the headphone jack, the amoled - its just too sweet compared to the H20Pro.

  • Nope

  • IP68 waterproofing needed to stay alive when it gets wet; out in the wild.

  • Huawei P30 come with OLED screen and IP53 dust and splash protection. If that doesn't matter, honor 20 would be better choice.

  • When will this phone come out? I am this close to buy p30 pro just because I feel the urge to buy new phone right now. P30 pro might be superior but sometimes I feel with that high price it is not that worth it.

  • So honor view 20 cost is high in my country, $100 difference from p30 (non pro). Honor 20 pro would be price just like the p30. Should I go for p30 or honor 20 pro? Huawei and honor price didn't even go down here in my country even with the ban situation. I can't even order online since we cannot order electronics device here without approval. Sux. :(

  • P30 Pro has Amoled display, but screen size is bigger, 6.5 inch. Honor 20 pro is IPS screen. If you like handy phone, go for H 20 Pro. If you are a big screen lover and ready spend more, P30 is better choice. H 20 Pro has dedicated macro camera.

  • I like this phone, but still debating whether to get p30/p30 pro or this honor 20 pro. If I go with the p30 series I feel like I'm gonna pay premium price without really using all the features available in the p30 pro though that 10x zoom really tempting. The features of this phone kinda sufficient for me, with nice compact flat screen, IR blaster, and useful quad camera setup with OIS. I don't really need wireless charging and reverse charging since I don't really own many wireless devices. Price should be lowered a bit though IMO for this Honor phone.

  • Honor 20 pro vs Huawei p30 pro which one the better?

  • True and security updates will still come, thanks to Googles effort anything with 7 and up will have app support for a very long time!

  • False the security updates are still coming, tough new versions of Android will not...

  • Camera : 48 MP, f/1.4, 28mm (wide), 1/2", 0.8µm, Laser/PDAF, OIS it is the best now in the word, the only F/1.4 Camera in the world. if you only take picture at night photography, so this is best phone for night details !

  • Who needs honor or Huawei phones now? I don't have any of these:-)

  • Here in my country, we need NFC for read and top up our e-money card.

  • Amoled display use Samsung devices

  • NFC...nope.

  • Was searching for pre order for this phone (Honor 20 pro) but it seems that only the non pro version will be available in global market. I read some article and they say Honor 20 pro might not received the google certificate hence It will come out with no google play installed. So it will be only available for China. :( I really hate Trump for this! None of this will happen if he doesn't do the freakin ban!

  • Many of the phone i owned previously had NFC & never once i use it, NFC is totally useless in my country, so far only Samsung pay using NFC in my country & nobody actually use Samsung Pay. NFC is totally rubbish in many countries.

  • now they also selling at high prices...

  • Why for only a short time ? The only problem with it is that it won't have Android updates but google can't drop it's services from already exiting devices

  • am using huawei mobile and i will use it for ever waiting for new OS and am exciting to test it i hope come soon and for me i dont need any of google service just a little youtube i will open it with my laptop and maybe with new OS it come a new thing like youtube Be strong Huawei/Honor

  • Nope it isn't! 600 euros and no OLED...

  • Why this highend phones do not have NFC.

  • An amazing smartphone. Very unfortunate.

  • Who cares? It will be useful only for a short period of times. Bye your Honor, bye Huawei...

  • Good value for this LCD display, really?

  • It will be supported for more than 90 days 3 years with security patches 2 years with major android updates (new emui versions but no new android versions Q and R) It won't drop google services because it was released before the ban

  • It has google services Amoled has burn in and cause headaches all flagships have amoled so it's good to have an alternative(now there is 2 with zenfone 6) there are a lot of other phones with amoled if you love getting headaches Ip68 is waste of money making the phone waterproof without useless certification made by unkown company with no warranty so I prefer saving money from that crap certification

  • Nice one, just a shame with this damn ugly hole in the corner, good value for the money :-)

  • READ THE THREAD! I was talking about wireless charging.

  • Support it for 90 days only.

  • Lol seriously? That's the price of a featurephone WITH a 3.5mm jack. But you think the jack itself costs that much?

  • No amoled display, no ip68 rating. Furthermore no Google services! Price is 600 euros? Ridiculous!

  • No NFC?

  • not an answer, no one thought about removing jack till silly apple did, sick of that company and silly other company who copy.

  • Are not really dead, buddy. Just on 1/4. Google saw Huawei is on top, they get them down. Why, Google, why? Why, Trump, why? They wasn't spying, anyway. After faking photos, more trouble. That's bull$%&#!

  • What are talking about?

  • A great phone hindered by the Huawei ban and the lack of an OLED screen

  • It has android

  • no 3.5 jack? oh and no android?!

  • Maybe Honor decided that it wasn't worth adding an extra £25 onto the phone's price just so lazy people don't have to spend half a second plugging in a cable. It seriously isn't hard to plug in a cable.

  • What about magic 2.1 ?

  • I will get every smartphone which is ban from US government.

  • Great specs, love the punch hole, yeah just to piss off Trump im going to buy it.

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

  • Gonna buy this phone thanks to tramp

  • USA Goverment forced all US companies to ban Huawei. That includes Google (No more official Android and google apps support), Gorilla Glass, Microsoft (no more windows laptops), Qualcomm (no more Snapdragon phones), Intel (no more laptops based on intel) and there is more

  • Are the specs official? How in the hell it has usb 2.0? outrageous

  • DOA. Poor Huawei/Honor

  • What's with that wallpaper?

  • The US changed it's mind... for now.

  • No wireless charging these days?

  • Painting in the ass xD

  • RIP Android. I will switch my mobile device OS as soon as possible. I do not like google

  • Go read some news about what is going on today

  • Dongle life and Bluetooth headphones batteries are a painting in the ass.

  • A must have on your phone. Headphone Jack on Galaxy S10e, S10, S10+ and S10 5G. Samsung just love the headphone jack. It's a good thing to have one on your phone. I'm using it right now! Yay I believe?

  • I can't believe they get banned from Google. Very very unffortunatte.

  • Pls help Honor 20 Pro or Honor View 20

  • I like Huawei I'm mate 20 pro user and I was used mate 20 and my opinion LCD display is good for your eyes then LED display anyway for me Huawei is best

  • *The Honor 20 Pro and Honor 20 don’t have an AMOLED display, so there is no in-display fingerprint scanner. Rather than go with a rear-mounted design, the fingerprint scanner is on the side where it doubles as the power button.* No AMOLED is a no go for me.

  • Huawei and sub brand Honor is the 2nd largest phone manufacturer, next to Samsung especially this 1st quarter of 2019, and its so sad that US brands and manufacturer MUST cut the ties between them, this is such a great phone, sadly you cant update this for the next 3 months.

  • Rip Huawei

  • Headphone jack is a must !!

  • Your comments have nailed the issue nothing to do with spying. Just trump throwing his teddy out. Because ape are third largest supplier. Make a decent camera phone like Huawei then you will be top. Simple

  • No doubt it will get banned before it leaves the production line. With all the daft paranoia. Makes me laugh. I say step back into reality.

  • Who has headphone jack in 2019. Lol. Next you will want a keypad back or maybe monochrome screen. Lol

  • Do not buy Samsung either he had that before the iPhone! O3O

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  • No jack confirmed 🤒🤒🤒

  • Correct. I appreciate bro.

  • It doesn't look like it has 3.5mm slot, update the spec sheet.

  • Very expensive, Note 9 is available in the market for 470$. Price should be below 500$.

  • There is no 3.5mm audio jack on this phone by looking at the photos? Where is the truth then? :)

  • Apple win? Lol no, mate. They'll regain that 2nd spot but they won't beat Sammy, that's for sure

  • Screen too small for this aspect ratio. Why did they make two versions with the same screen size? Ridiculous.

  • I do not like Apple either. I have never used Apple products, because of the closed ecosystem.

  • Me too, Huawei and honor makes good phones and I trust that they do not spy on us as there is no evidence to say so. Trump is such a stupid man, he just wants Apple to win, because of that I'm never buying an apple product in my life ever again.

  • I like how the phone looks! It is sad the ban will make this to kinda fail. :( Anyway the CEO seems to be a nice man! :) I wish the best to Honor!

  • Huawei designers didn't realised there is a hole in the screen?