Honor View 20 With In-Screen Camera To Soon Launch In India

Honor, a sub-brand of Huwaei has launched the Honor View 20 smartphone with In-Screen front camera, in China. Following the Samsung Galaxy A8s and the Huawei Nova 4, it is the third smartphone to have this feature. A latest tweet shared on Honor India’s Twitter account states that the View 20 will soon launch in India. Most notably, the smartphone will be exclusively available on Amazon.

Design And Features

The Honor View 20 has a distinctive design with a front and rear glass build. The front of the smartphone accommodates a Full HD 6.4-inch display with a resolution of 2310 x 1080 px. The display panel has a pixel density of 398 ppi and screen-to-body ratio of 85.7 %. The top left side of the display has a small circular cutout which houses the 25 MP In-Display front camera. The earpiece for receiving phone calls is built into the top bezel of the smartphone.

The power button and the volume controllers are placed on the right of the device while the SIM card slot is placed on the left. The top of the smartphone accommodates the 3.5 mm audio jack, IR blaster and the secondary microphone pinhole. The bottom of the smartphone is occupied by the USB Type-C port and the loudspeaker grille. 

The rear of the Honor View 20 has a glossy gradient finish and it harbors the fingerprint sensor and an unconventional dual camera setup. The dual rear camera set up along with an LED Flash is divided into two separate modules. The first circular module in this horizontal alignment houses the 48 MP camera and the second capsule shaped module houses the TOF 3D camera and the LED flash.

Under the hood, the Honor View 20 boasts the Octa-Core Kirin 980 CPU along with Mali-G76 GPU. In terms of connectivity, the device supports 802.11 ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, NFC, and 4G VoLTE. The handset runs on Magic UI 2.0 which is built on top of the latest Android 9.0 Pie and is powered by a 4,000 mAh battery. It is available in three colour options which include Blue, Black, and Red.

Price And Launch Date

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The tweet shared by Honor does not reveal any launch date but the tweet indicates that the launch of the Honor View 20 is imminent. Even though the India specific pricing of the smartphone is unavailable, it is expected to have similar pricing as the Chinese variant. The Chinese variant of the Honor View 20 is available in three RAM + ROM configurations for which the price is as follows:

• 6 GB + 128 GB – 2,999 Yuan (around Rs. 30,600)
• 8 GB + 128 GB – 3,499 Yuan (around Rs. 35,700)
• 8 GB + 256 GB – 3,999 Yuan (around Rs. 40,800)