Honor unveils View20 with punch-hole display; smartphone to be an Amazon-exclusive device
The company had showcased the device, earlier this month at an event in Hong Kong.
By ET Online |
Agencies
This is the first smartphone from Honor to sport a punch-hole display, which aims at skipping the notch cutout. The notch became a defining feature of 2018 smartphones.
It is also packed with the best Huawei and Honor has to offer, a top-of-the-line processor and a 48MP rear dual camera setup.
Honor announced in partnership with Amazon.in that the Indian variant of the smartphone, will be sold exclusively through the e-commerce website.
The View 20 comes with a 6.4-inch LCD display with a resolution of 2310x1080.
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The display has a punch-hole cutout at the top left corner of the display, giving the smartphone a screen-to-body ratio of 91.82%.
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The device is powered by Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset based on a 7nm process. The View 20 runs Magic UI 2.0.1 based on Android Pie 9.
For selfies, the handset offers a 25-megapixel sensor with f/2.0 aperture and fixed focus support. Honor V20 is backed by a 4000mAh battery and comes with Link Turbo technology that enables the users to switch between data and Wi-Fi on its own.
The smartphone packs a 4,000mAh battery and supports fast charging and has connectivity options which include Dual 4G LTE, Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (dual-band—2.4GHz and 5GHz), A-GPS, and USB Type-C.
In China, Honor V20 is priced at CNY 2,999 for the 6GB RAM variant. This roughly translates to Rs 30,000. The other variant is priced at CNY 3,499 (approximately Rs 35,000). In India, Honor View 20 is likely to be priced between Rs 25,000 to Rs 35,000.
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