Review By Expert: HONOR 20 PRO Review

Review By Expert: HONOR 20 PRO Review: 

Review By Expert: HONOR 20 PRO Review

The Best Honor to date has four Cameras with Macro Lens and costs less than 600 euros:

Immersed as we are in full technological seism at world level by the blockade of United States to Huawei, now included in the Entity List that prohibits them to do business with North American companies and that can leave them out of Android, Honor has preferred to go ahead and present its new batch of telephones. The one that Honor calls Honor 20 Series and that is composed of three models: the Honor 20 Lite that we already knew and the new Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro.

It is precisely this last one that occupies us now, and that lands with an Android that for now will remain updated until August 19, unless new ones arrive from North American lands. The Honor 20 Pro that, from this very moment, leads the catalogue of the Chinese manufacturer and that bets for a high level of power, as well as for four rear cameras that serve as mirror of the P30 Pro of its matrix, Huawei, presented a few months ago.

Or, at least, it is unique at the moment. We already lived something similar when the Huawei P30 bet on RYYB sensors thanks to the Sony IMX600 modified by Huawei and Leica. In this Honor P20 Pro we have, however, a different use of lenses. Here there is no TOF 3D sensor to improve the depth reading but the camera seeks to address something that until now was not being done, or not specifically, and is macro photography.

For this we have a lens that, however, is somewhat short on the megapixels of its associated sensor. Only two megapixels but that nevertheless offer us the possibility of photographing objects to only 4 centimeters. We'll see, though, what maneuverability those two megapixels leave us when it comes to making a few cuts. You'll have to experience what it's like to use a native macro lens on a mobile phone.

The Honor 20 Pro introduces a dedicated macro lens, but we'll see how its two-megapixel sensor performs.

But this macro sensor is only one of four mounted on the Honor 20 Pro. As a primary we already find the well-known IMX586 from Sony. This gives us not only 48 megapixels but also the possibility to fuse them together for more light and 12 megapixel photos. This camera also has what is, from now on, the brightest lens on the mobile market. A f/1.4 aperture, a technical achievement that will soon be imitated by other manufacturers but which will make its debut on board this Honor 20 Pro.

In the other two sensors we came across a 16 megapixel with super wide angle lens. 117th of amplitude with an f/2.2 aperture, and with software distortion correction, a help so that this type of lenses do not produce aberrations of form. And the fourth camera? Then 8 megapixels with f/2.4 lens and telephoto capabilities. That is, optical zoom. Count Honor that we will have 3 pure magnifications, 5 magnifications with hybrid zoom and 30 magnifications with digital zoom only.

And to accompany this whole package we will have optical stabilization and PDAF focus for 48 and 8 megapixel cameras, 4K video recording and various modes assisted by artificial intelligence. Like AI Ultra Carity mode, AIS Super Night mode or AI Color mode. What about the front end? So we have 32 megapixels for selfies, with a f/2.0 lens, FullHD video recording capability and three-dimensional studio lighting, provided by the artificial intelligence of the software. A photographic equipment that we are willing to squeeze.

The Power of Huawei's top Ranges in 2019:

No more, no less. Huawei is now betting on his Kirin 980 with double NPU in the top ranges, and this Honor 20 Pro has this chip in front of the operations. It couldn't be otherwise. It also comes with a single version, although quite powerful, both RAM and internal storage. According to Honor, the 20 Pro will arrive in Spain with 8GB and 256GB. But no microSD to put in our mouths. Although 256GB give for a lot.

As for the screen, the Honor 20 Pro has a panel of 6.26 inches FullHD+ and 19.9:9 (2.340 x 1.080) perforated in the upper left corner, so we have notch and barely top frame. The fingerprint reader is not integrated in this screen, nor in the back, but in the side of the phone. A position that we have seen before and that is placed, according to Honor, in the natural position of placing the finger when we hold the phone in our hand.

To power this Honor 20 Pro we will have 4,000 mAh of internal battery, without the possibility of removing it, and which has a fast charge. Specifically, with the SuperCharge brand of the house, with 22.5W maximum charge power and should charge from 0 to 50% in just half an hour. The phone is not small, as we speak of 154.6 x 74 x 8.4 millimeters and a weight of 182 grams for its glass body that we can buy in two colors: Phantom Black and Phantom Blue. Curiously, one is purple and the other is green.

In addition to all that is told, the Honor 20 Pro boasts cooling thanks to the sheet of graphite placed on the battery that promises to be 1.5 times more efficient than copper and 1.3 more than graphite flakes. In connectivity we have 4G, WiFi 5 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0 and GPS compatible with all services currently known.

We will also enjoy Huawei Listen 6.0 and Virtual 9.1 Surround sound integrated in the EMUI 9.0 that covers Android 9.0 Pie in this phone. Of course, we will have the Turbo 3.0 GPU that is already integrated into other phones in the house and improves the gaming experience.

Honor 20 Pro Versions and Prices:
As we have commented, the Honor 20 Pro comes in two colors but only one version of RAM and internal storage. So we can get it in Phantom Black and Phantom Blue at a price of 599 euros for its version with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of memory.