Friends+Design
- Premium, attractive design - with a outer glass shell that has a beautiful gradient design - this is certainly of the best looking budget flagships at the moment
- The front feels modern, and cutting edge too, with an 'all screen' experience, and the front camera accommodated into a modern 'hole-punch', much like the Galaxy S10 series
- The phone feels quite lightweight and compact, and fits well in hands
- The tactile feedback of the power button and volume keys is good
- The physical fingerprint scanner mounted on the power button is fast/responsive
- Face unlock is very quick too
- The glass body however, like all glass bodies, is slippery, and attracts fingerprints easily - so you will probably be using a case
Display
- Crisp, vivid 6.26-inch full-HD+ display - with good sunlight legibility
- It is not AMOLED though, so the quality is not quite as punchy as the OnePlus 7
Software
- Honor's Magic UI is feature-rich, and one the highly customized Android UIs
- If you are an Android purist, and prefer stock like Android and minimal bloat, you should look elsewhere
Performance
- Top-notch flagship performance, with the powerful Kirin 980 at the core (lies somewhere between Snapdragon 845 and 855 in benchmarks) - you will get butter smooth performance, no matter what you throw at the phone
Camera
- Excellent quad-lens module on the rear - virtually the same as the amazing camera setup on the Huawei P30 Pro - except that it has a depth sensing lens, instead of a zoom lens on the P30 Pro
- There is a primary 48-megapixel Sony IMX586 sensor along with a 16-megapixel ultra-wide angle lens, an 2-megapixel depth assist and lastly a 2-megapixel macro sensor - the last sensor allows users to take images in closest (4cms) proximity possible
- You will get some incredible photos in daylight, especially with AI-scene detection enabled - the shots have great details, contrast levels, brightness and sharpness - and the HDR is easily class-leading
- Low-light photography is very good too, and again, segment leading
- The 32-megapixel selfie shooter is very good too
- Overall, the camera setup on the Honor 20 is excellent for the price bracket, is comparable to the best of flagship camera phones, and is definitely a notch ahead of OnePlus 7, which will likely be its primary competitor
Battery
- Very good battery life with a solid 3750mAh battery, plus a power efficient chip - you will comfortably get a day of use, even with heavy usage
- 22.5W SuperCharge fast charging support - it charges a cool 20 percent in 15 minutes, and 100 percent in 1.5 hours - which is pretty impressive
Verdict
- Overall, Honor is really taking the fight to the OnePlus camp here, and presenting a more-than-worthy alternative to the OnePlus 7 - if you prefer a stock like Android approach, or really want an AMOLED screen, then OnePlus 7 would still be your go-to, but if you are looking to have the best design and camera instead, take a good hard look at the excellent Honor 20
