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The Honor 20/Honor 20 Pro pair has a very complex and dramatic history of appearance: they came out against the backdrop of sanctions, certification problems and the threat to Huawei to cease to exist as a smartphone manufacturer altogether. As of the time of the announcement, Honor 20 Pro simply should not have seen the light, at least in Russia, but still did it by the end of summer. We meet


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Honor 20, a detailed review of which was published on 3DNews back in June, was presented simultaneously with the Honor 20 Pro. But for a long time he remained alone on the market — for reasons that the company did not fully explain. The release of the smartphone, which was supposed to become the flagship of the Honor brand (along with the Honor View 20), was postponed — and it seemed like forever. As far as Huawei as a whole is storming today, the situation with Honor 20 Pro turned out to be so shaky. However, he still came out.

We have already written about the differences between the regular and Pro version in the material dedicated to the release of this couple. In short, they are minimal, but they concern a key element in a modern smartphone — the camera. Both Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro have four cameras, but they are different. They use different main modules — with the same sensors (Sony IMX586 with a resolution of 48 megapixels), but with different lenses (aperture f/1.4 against f/1.8). The key difference is related to the telephoto module. It’s just there in Honor 20 Pro — 8 megapixels, f/2.4, it provides the smartphone with 3x optical zoom and 5x hybrid zoom. Together with the optical stabilizer available on both the main and telephoto cameras, this allows you to count on a fundamentally different level of shooting.

Honor 20 (right) and Honor 20 Pro (left)

Honor 20 (right) and Honor 20 Pro (left)

The remaining differences can be classified as cosmetic. Some — in terms of design (the block of rear cameras is organized differently) and body colors — in the truest sense of the word. Others, which relate to the amount of memory and battery — in a portable one. Be that as it may, this is not very different smartphones. But a substantive conversation about each of them individually is quite appropriate, we just talked about some of the things in the Honor 20 review, so today’s material will be more concise, with an emphasis on the camera.

⇡#Specifications

Honor 20 Pro Honor 20 Huawei P30 Pro One Plus 7 Pro Xiaomi Mi 9
Display 6.26″ IPS
2340 × 1080 dots, 412 ppi, capacitive multi-touch		 6.26″ IPS
2340 × 1080 dots, 412 ppi, capacitive multi-touch		 6.47″ OLED
2340 × 1080 dots, 398 ppi, capacitive multi-touch		 6.67″ Fluid AMOLED
3120 × 1440 dots, 516 ppi, capacitive multi-touch		 6.39″ AMOLED
2340 × 1080 dots, 403 ppi, capacitive multi-touch
Protective glass No information No information No information Corning Gorilla Glass (version not specified) Corning Gorilla Glass 6
CPU HiSilicon Kirin 980: eight cores (2 x ARM Cortex A76 @ 2.6GHz + 2 x ARM Cortex A76 @ 1.92GHz + 4 x ARM Cortex A55 @ 1.8GHz); HiAI architecture HiSilicon Kirin 980: eight cores (2 x ARM Cortex A76 @ 2.6GHz + 2 x ARM Cortex A76 @ 1.92GHz + 4 x ARM Cortex A55 @ 1.8GHz); HiAI architecture HiSilicon Kirin 980: eight cores (2 x ARM Cortex A76 @ 2.6GHz + 2 x ARM Cortex A76 @ 1.92GHz + 4 x ARM Cortex A55 @ 1.8GHz); HiAI architecture Qualcomm Snapdragon 855: One Kryo 485 Gold core 2.85GHz + three Kryo 485 Gold cores 2.42GHz + four Kryo 485 Silver cores 1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 855: One Kryo 485 Gold core 2.85GHz + three Kryo 485 Gold cores 2.42GHz + four Kryo 485 Silver cores 1.8GHz
Graphics controller ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 720 MHz ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 720 MHz ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 720 MHz Adreno 640 Adreno 640
RAM 8 GB 6 GB 8 GB 6/8/12 GB 6/8/12 GB
Flash memory 256 GB 128 GB 128/256/512 GB 128/256 GB 128/256 GB
Memory card support Not Not Yes (Huawei nanoSD only) Not Not
Connectors USB Type-C USB Type-C USB Type-C USB Type-C USB Type-C
SIM cards Two nano-SIMs Two nano-SIMs Two nano-SIMs Two nano-SIMs Two nano-SIMs
Cellular 2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz CDMA 800
Cellular 3G HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHz HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHz HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHz HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 MHz HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
Cellular 4G LTE bands 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 38, 40, 41 LTE Cat. 4 (up to 150 Mbps), bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 LTE Cat. 21 (up to 1400 Mbps), bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 34, 38, 39, 40 LTE Cat.18 (up to 1200 Mbps): bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 34 , 38, 39, 40, 41, 66 LTE: bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 28, 38, 39, 40
WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
NFC There is There is There is There is There is
Navigation GPS (dual band), A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS GPS (dual band), A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS GPS (dual band), A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS
Sensors Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass) Light, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), IR sensor Light, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), IR sensor Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass) Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass)
The fingerprint scanner There is There is Yes, on screen Yes, on screen Yes, on screen
Main camera Quad module, 48 + 8 + 16 + 2 MP, ƒ/1.4 + ƒ/2.4 + ƒ/2.2 + ƒ/2.4, optical stabilization, hybrid autofocus, LED flash Quad module, 48 + 16 + 2 + 2 MP, ƒ/1.8 + ƒ/2.2 + ƒ/2.4 + ƒ/2.4, phase detection autofocus, LED flash Quad module, 40 + 20 + 8 MP (periscopic) + TOF, ƒ / 1.6 + ƒ / 2.2 + ƒ / 3.4, phase detection autofocus, optical stabilization, dual LED flash Triple module: 48 MP, ƒ/1.6 + 8 MP, ƒ/2.4 + 16 MP, ƒ/2.2, hybrid autofocus, dual LED flash Triple module: 48 MP, ƒ / 1.8 + 16 MP, ƒ / 2.2 + 12 MP, ƒ / 2.2, hybrid autofocus, dual LED flash
Front-camera 32 MP, ƒ/2.0, fixed focus, no flash 32 MP, ƒ/2.0, fixed focus, no flash 32 MP, ƒ/2.0, fixed focus, no flash 16 MP, ƒ/2.0, fixed focus 20 MP, ƒ/2.0, fixed focus
Nutrition Non-removable battery: 15.2 Wh (4000 mAh, 3.8 V) Non-removable battery: 14.25 Wh (3750 mAh, 3.8 V) Non-removable battery: 15.96 Wh (4200 mAh, 3.8 V) Non-removable battery: 15.2 Wh (4000 mAh, 3.8 V) Non-removable battery: 12.54 Wh (3300 mAh, 3.8 V)
The size 154.3×74×8.4mm 154.3×74×7.9mm 158×73.4×8.4mm 162.6×75.9×8.8mm 157.5×74.7×7.6mm
Weight 182 grams 174 grams 192 grams 206 grams 173 grams
Hull protection Not Not IP68 Not Not
Operating system Android 9.0 Pie, Magic UI skin Android 9.0 Pie, Magic UI skin Android 9.0 Pie, EMUI shell Android 9.0 Pie, OxygenOS shell Android 9.0 Pie, MIUI shell
Current price 320$ 220$ $620 for 256 GB version $420 for 6/128 GB version, $420 for 8/128 GB version $220 for 6/64 GB version, $220 for 6/128 GB version

Honor 20 Pro — information about the filling according to the CPU-Z application

⇡#Appearance, ergonomics and software

At first glance, Honor 20 and 20 Pro are the same smartphone, just called differently. When you look at them from the front, it is — the design is identical. The screen with a diagonal of 6.26 inches spilled over the entire front panel, occupying 91.4% of its area and admitting only an island of the front camera in the upper left corner. A tiny “chin” and a narrow space above the display, where, nevertheless, it was possible to place a conversational speaker, in fact, do not count.

But with a second look, especially thrown at the smartphone from behind, you can already notice the difference. The camera unit in Honor 20 Pro is organized differently: due to the presence of a laser rangefinder that helps the hybrid autofocus system, I had to move the flash away from the main unit with three lenses, combining it with a tiny macro camera optics. The general style, of course, remained unchanged.

Honor 20 Pro, front panel: in the upper left corner - the front camera, right under the top edge - a slot for the earpiece with a status indicator

Honor 20 Pro, front panel: in the upper left corner — the front camera, right under the top edge — a slot for the earpiece with a status indicator

Honor 20 Pro, rear panel: in the upper left corner — a block of three cameras and a laser that helps autofocus, a little to the right — a flash and an additional macro camera

But the dimensions have changed. Two of the Honor 20 Pro’s four cameras are equipped with optical stabilizers, which in itself could have caused the gadget to be a little puffy. In addition, it has a more capacious battery (4000 mAh versus 3750 mAh). As a result, the Honor 20 Pro is half a millimeter thicker than the Honor 20. And eight grams heavier. By itself, this is not felt in any way in practice, the gadget is perceived in much the same way — relatively compact, it fits easily into any pocket, and with a certain skill it can be controlled with one hand. These are the advantages of using a screen with a diagonal of 6.26 inches versus 6.4-6.7 inches, as is most often the case now when we talk about near-flagship devices.

Honor 20 Pro, left side: slot for two nano-SIM cards

Honor 20 Pro, left side: slot for two nano-SIM cards

Honor 20 Pro, right side: lock key combined with a fingerprint scanner, as well as a volume key

Honor 20 Pro, right side: lock key combined with a fingerprint scanner, as well as a volume key

Honor 20 Pro is available in two colors: turquoise (Phantom Blue) and dark purple (Phantom Black). Both look great — the glass case shimmers, changing color depending on the lighting. Both Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro claim to be the most beautiful smartphones of the year. With one amendment — the joints on the rear panel are made inaccurately, the glass is glued with a noticeable gap.

Honor 20 Pro, upper edge: microphone and IR sensor

Honor 20 Pro, upper edge: microphone and IR sensor

Honor 20 Pro, bottom: microphone, USB Type-C port and main speaker

Honor 20 Pro, bottom: microphone, USB Type-C port and main speaker

The set of controls and functional elements as a whole, located around the perimeter of the smartphone, is identical in Honor 20 and 20 Pro: the fingerprint scanner is inscribed in the lock key, there is no mini-jack, but there is an IR sensor. Neither moisture protection nor wireless charging, despite the glass case, was added to the Pro version.

The fingerprint scanner, unlike the Honor 20, does not cause negative emotions. Relatively small in size, the capacitive sensor works stably here, but without hypersensitivity. At least from a careless touch, the smartphone is no longer unlocked in your pocket. The manufacturer obviously finalized this moment in the firmware. The face recognition system using the front camera is also in place, it works fine. But it is more reliable to use all the same a fingerprint scanner.

Lock button combined with a fingerprint scanner

Lock button combined with a fingerprint scanner

There are no differences in software between Honor 20 and 20 Pro, and it could not be. Both smartphones run on Android version 9.0 Pie with a proprietary Magic UI 2.1.0 shell — in fact, the same EMUI, but with several proprietary services like the Honor store (where you can buy more devices from both this brand and Huawei), a specific selection of themes and screen wallpaper and the presence in some basic applications (like the theme store) of advertising. Honor 20 Pro is not the cheapest smartphone, but such is the fate of discount brands. You have to pay for everything, one way or another.

And if there were no questions about working with the fingerprint scanner this time, then there were questions about the general behavior of the gadget — unlike Honor 20, which just did not show obstinacy. The smartphone regularly showed obstinacy when trying to connect to Wi-Fi networks, roamed when connected to a Bluetooth headset (I had to restart the gadget), disconnected from the mobile Internet several times for no reason. Probably — and almost certainly — these are problems of a particular instance, but the general trend is not encouraging. The smartphone seems to reject an unfriendly operating system in anticipation of its own, the authorship of Huawei.

⇡#Display and sound

The Honor 20 Pro has exactly the same display as the Honor 20, which is rather sad news. Recall: the G20 used an ordinary liquid crystal panel with an IPS-matrix with a diagonal of 6.26 inches and a resolution of 2340 × 1080 pixels (19.5: 9 format). The pixel density is 412 ppi.

When you deviate your gaze by 35-40 degrees, the contrast drops sharply, although the colors are not distorted. The touch coating responds to ten simultaneous touches. The oleophobic coating is average, but a protective film is pasted on the screen by default, it is not necessary to remove it.

Measured maximum brightness level is 442 cd/m2 — better than in Honor 20, but this difference should be attributed to software features: despite the fact that we measure the operation of displays with auto-adjustment to external lighting turned off, it is impossible to completely turn off automation in modern gadgets. In any case, the screen will adapt to external lighting, raising peak brightness. In this case, he reacted — under similar conditions — as follows. In any case, there will be no problems with the readability of the image on both gadgets in any light. In bright light, the brightness rises forcibly, reaching a peak of up to 600 cd / m2colors are distorted and contrast drops sharply, but you can use your smartphone without problems.

The default contrast ratio in operation mode is 1022:1. The characteristic is the same as for Honor 20 — “mediocre”.

In the screen settings, you can either enable eye protection (mode with the warmest colors), adjust the resolution (HD or Full HD) or font size, or change the color rendering — choose between two profiles (normal and bright) or set the color temperature you need. As with the Honor 20, I measured color reproduction in two preset profiles, without individual temperature adjustments. By default, the smartphone works with a bright profile.

Honor 20 Pro, gamma in vivid color mode. The yellow line is the Honor 20 Pro performance, the dotted line is the reference gamma

Honor 20 Pro, gamma in vivid color mode. The yellow line is the Honor 20 Pro performance, the dotted line is the reference gamma

Honor 20 Pro, color temperature in vivid color mode. The blue line is the Honor 20 Pro, the dotted line is the reference temperature

Honor 20 Pro, color temperature in vivid color mode. The blue line is the Honor 20 Pro, the dotted line is the reference temperature

Honor 20 Pro, color gamut in vivid color mode. Gray triangle - DCI-P3 coverage, white triangle - Honor 20 Pro coverage

Honor 20 Pro, color gamut in vivid color mode. Gray triangle — DCI-P3 coverage, white triangle — Honor 20 Pro coverage

The manufacturer tweaked the display setting — where the Honor 20 showed simply distorted colors without a full-fledged expansion of the color space, the Pro version still «holds out» coverage to DCI-P3. Color rendering, however, cannot be called accurate anyway. The gamma is below normal (1.99 with a reference value of 2.2), and the curves fall off a lot in the highlights. The color temperature «dances» in the range from 7,800 to 10,500 K, there is no stable median here. In any case, the tones are cold, far from the reference temperature — however, this is exactly what many will like. But hardly anyone will like a highly distorted color picture: the average Delta E deviation on the Color Checker scale is 8.53. Yes, there is an expanded color space and cool colors loved by many, but the picture will be far from the «author’s». I recommend either adjusting the image yourself using the tools available on your smartphone, or turning on the “standard” color rendering mode.

Honor 20 Pro, gamut in normal color mode. The yellow line is the Honor 20 Pro performance, the dotted line is the reference gamma

Honor 20 Pro, gamut in normal color mode. The yellow line is the Honor 20 Pro performance, the dotted line is the reference gamma

Honor 20 Pro, color temperature in normal color mode. The blue line is the Honor 20 Pro, the dotted line is the reference temperature

Honor 20 Pro, color temperature in normal color mode. The blue line is the Honor 20 Pro, the dotted line is the reference temperature

Honor 20 Pro, color gamut in normal color mode. Gray triangle - sRGB coverage, white triangle - Honor 20 Pro coverage

Honor 20 Pro, color gamut in normal color mode. Gray triangle — sRGB coverage, white triangle — Honor 20 Pro coverage

In the «normal» color mode, the gamma curves also behave incorrectly, and the average is already 1.77, but otherwise the color reproduction is much closer to normal. The color temperature curve is stable, keeping close to the reference 6,500 K. The average deviation for the extended Color Checker palette (shades of gray + a wide range of color shades) is 3.64 with an upper limit of 3.00. The color gamut is close to sRGB.

In terms of working with sound, Honor 20 Pro repeats the usual “twenty”. There is no mini-jack, but there is a complete adapter from USB Type-C to an analog audio jack, so you can use a smartphone with wired headphones out of the box — today not even all manufacturers allow such a luxury. Consider, for example, OnePlus with their compulsion to buy wireless Bullets (no headphones or adapter included). The sound quality is average, no frills. The same applies to Bluetooth — LDAC is not supported, but aptX and aptX HD profiles are announced. There are no complaints about the volume level, and they are impossible in most cases when we talk about wireless data transfer. Although occasionally there are still failures, as in OPPO Reno. The external speaker is monophonic, located on the lower edge — it is not very loud and does not particularly shine with sound quality.

⇡#Hardware and performance


The Honor 20 Pro is based on the HiSilicon Kirin 980. So is the Honor 20, and the Honor View 20, and the Huawei P30 Pro, and the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, and… the list goes on for quite some time. Huawei’s internal development cannot compete with the annual distribution of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8xx, but the company’s smartphone range is so wide that it can even come a little closer to the industry’s flagship.

The platform consists of eight cores: two ARM Cortex-A76 clocked at 2.6 GHz + two ARM Cortex-A76 clocked at 1.92 GHz + four ARM Cortex-A55 clocked at 1.8 GHz. Graphics subsystem — ARM Mali-G76 MP10, operating at a frequency of 720 MHz. The manufacturing process is 7 nm.

The performance level is enough to quickly complete all daily tasks and demonstrate enviable gaming abilities, which are backed up by the game mode with the GPU Turbo 3.0 add-on. The latter is more concerned with cutting off background applications than somehow optimizing current processes, but the result is above all. True, the performance margin of Honor 20/20 Pro (like Huawei P30 Pro) is noticeably lower than that of Xiaomi Mi 9 or OnePlus 7 Pro.

Alas, the capabilities of the Honor 20 Pro are limited by the same feature as the Honor 20 – a weak cooling system. The CPU Throttling Test benchmark shows a decrease in frequency to 52% of the maximum. But the average performance level is slightly higher than that of the Honor 20 — 136 GIPS versus 112. When running high-tech games with 3D graphics, you will definitely have problems associated with sagging clock speeds. Yes, for some time the same GPU Turbo 3.0 mode will help you, but in general — a rather sad story.

With applications that work with neural networks, Kirin traditionally does well, and the Ludashi AI Mark synthetic test demonstrates this.

The Honor 20 Pro comes with 8GB of LPDDRX 4 RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.1 storage. You can be sure that you will not have problems with memory of any type — there will be enough RAM, and most likely you won’t have to be sad because of the lack of a memory expansion slot. Although, of course, the rejection of a microSD slot (or even a proprietary nanoSD) is difficult to welcome from a rational standpoint.

⇡#Communications and wireless communications

Honor 20 Pro is equipped with an LTE modem that works with 4G networks — but it is not known which category. However, there is probably nothing in the world of networks of this category, so there is no need to worry about the data transfer speed: it will be as large as the operator network allows. In theory, it should have been so, in practice, both the speed and the stability of the connection did not impress me at all. With LTE, you can interact with both slots for SIM cards (nano-SIM). The list of supported ranges is exhaustive. Most likely, you will not feel any problems not only in the CIS, but also in a variety of foreign trips.

Honor 20 Pro, dual nano-SIM slot

Honor 20 Pro, dual nano-SIM slot

All the wireless modules necessary for a modern smartphone are in place: dual-band Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 5.0, NFC with Google Pay support, and dual-band GPS, which allows you to record a perfectly accurate track of your movements. The navigation module also works with GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS systems. I spoke about the instability of the Wi-Fi connection closer to the beginning of the review. I attribute the problem primarily to software imperfections, and not to the quality of the built-in modem — most likely identical to what we have in Honor 20, which had significantly fewer problems with Wi-Fi.

⇡#Camera

The Honor 20 Pro has four cameras, giving you a completely different shooting experience and image quality than the Honor 20.

The main camera, at first glance, is the same as in the usual «twenty» — a Sony IMX586 sensor with a resolution of 48 megapixels, physical dimensions 1/2» (the size of an individual pixel is 0.8 microns). But there are two important features: the presence of an optical stabilizer here and much more aperture optics — ƒ/1.4 against ƒ/1.8. Together with hybrid autofocus, which, along with the phase method, also uses contrast, with laser sensors, this dramatically improves the ability to shoot in low light and in the dark. Honor 20 Pro in this regard is approaching the Huawei P30 Pro, even if it does not catch up with it. Nevertheless, this smartphone can take good quality pictures both at dusk and at night, especially if you activate the night shooting mode with combining frames taken at different exposures.

On the left — a picture in normal mode, on the right — in night mode

However, even the shots taken in the “pointed and pressed the shutter” mode, without a five-second wait for shooting and gluing, look good.

The second camera is a 16-megapixel wide-angle (focal length — 13 mm) module with a 1 / 3.1 » sensor and aperture optics ƒ/2.2, without autofocus and stabilizer. It is just no different from what is installed in Honor 20. But the third camera makes a fundamental difference between these two models. Instead of a conventional depth sensor, this is an 8-megapixel 1 / 4.4 ″ sensor with an aperture lens ƒ/2.2 and a focal length of 80 mm. It provides 3x optical zoom relative to the main camera of the Honor 20 Pro and more than 6x when counting from the wide angle. The most important details — both hybrid autofocus and optical stabilizer work with the telephoto module.

The picture produced by the zoom module pleases with both detail and color reproduction — in difficult lighting conditions it can noticeably “blue” when the AI ​​assistant is turned on (there is a typical example above), but it even suits some shots. Despite the small size of the sensor and the low aperture, the use of the zoom is quite possible in the twilight. Night scenes are already, perhaps, too much, but the range of application of a three-fold zoom is really large. The five-fold hybrid zoom also shows itself very well — loss of detail is already noticeable here, and in some places the clumsy work of software “thinking out” sharpness, but the overall impression is still good. At least on Instagram* These pictures are not embarrassing to post. The wide-angle camera pleases a little less — the smartphone corrects optical distortions well, but the color reproduction, as well as the dynamic range, can be described as average at best. In the dark, shooting with a wide-angle module is already difficult.

Examples of shooting on a macro camera

The fourth camera is solely responsible for macro photography — and it moved from Honor 20 without any changes. This is a two-megapixel module with aperture ƒ/2.4, which allows you to shoot from a distance of 4 cm from the subject. But no further — the focus is fixed just at this distance, it is impossible to change. Pictures come out with a resolution of exactly 2 megapixels — this is not a hybrid method that combines an image from several cameras.

There was no place for a depth sensor in this family of cameras, but this does not prevent the Honor 20 Pro from feeling confident when shooting portraits: three focal lengths are available, there is software blurring of the background, which works no worse than in Honor 20 (where the depth sensor was ), there is a switchable beautifier.

On the left — shooting «without the use of artificial intelligence», on the right — with its «use». It’s very hard to see the difference

The built-in «artificial intelligence» in Honor / Huawei already works in the usual way for all modern smartphones — it recognizes many scenes and adapts the picture based on this knowledge. As a rule, the same operations are performed — the contrast and saturation are raised. This time, I did not notice any bust, as well as artifacts. As well as the impact of AI on the quality of images in general. At least when the corresponding setting was disabled, nothing happened. Probably, we again dealt with some software problems.

The camera application is common for smartphones with EMUI (Magic UI): horizontal navigation, a set of familiar settings. There is an augmented reality mode with the ability to both display animoji on the screen instead of yourself, and apply various masks to your face. A «professional» mode is available with manual settings, but without the ability to shoot in RAW. There is HDR (you need to enable it separately, it is disabled in the basic format), panorama stitching.

Honor 20 Pro, even despite some problems with the firmware, in terms of shooting capabilities and quality, can compete not only with direct competitors in its price category “under $400”, but also with other flagships. This is an outstanding smartphone in terms of photo capabilities, which is inferior in this regard only to gadgets priced one and a half to two times higher.

But in terms of video recording, the Honor 20 Pro is almost no superior to the Honor 20. “Almost” — because it still has video recording with an expanded viewing angle and a three / five-fold zoom, the base “twenty” does not have such a range. The rest is the same as in terms of quality and formats: 4K at up to 30 frames per second, digital stabilization is already available when shooting at maximum resolution. There are video modes with intelligent color extraction and background blur, which we first saw on the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. Slow motion up to 960 fps at 720p and 120 fps at Full HD are available.

4K video example

The front camera is the same as in Honor 20: a 32 megapixel module embedded in the corner of the screen with aperture optics ƒ/2.0. The picture quality is very good, you can shoot in both natural and artificial light. There is no autofocus and flash, just as there are no unnecessary regrets about this.

Offline work

Honor 20 Pro received a battery with a capacity of 15.2 Wh (4000 mAh, 3.8 V). This is not much (by 250 mAh), but more than the Honor 20, while maintaining approximately the same filling and the same display. It is logical that in terms of autonomy, the Pro version is slightly superior to the usual one. Even that one had no serious problems in order to last a day without recharging (you don’t demand more from a modern smartphone), Honor 20 Pro demonstrates even more freedom in this regard.

In our traditional test with HD video playback at maximum brightness, with Wi-Fi enabled and auto-update, the smartphone lasted 10 hours and 20 minutes — exactly 20 minutes more than the Honor 20. For a device with an LCD display, the result is good.

For charging, a USB Type-C (USB 2.0) port is used, and the Huawei Super Charge (4.5 V / 4 A) proprietary fast charging system is included, which allows you to charge the battery by 50% in about half an hour. It takes just over an hour and a half to fully charge the device. Wireless charging is not supported.

⇡#Conclusion

Honor 20 Pro is a smartphone whose key advantages are centered around the camera. In its price category, it simply has no competitors in this regard. A six-fold optical zoom, a dedicated macro module, the ability to freely shoot in low light (there is optical stabilization on both the main and telephoto modules) — no one in the middle price category has such comprehensive capabilities. This is an obvious choice for those who care about the quality of photography in a smartphone (in video, the Honor 20 Pro is not bad, but nothing more).

Otherwise, this is the same Honor 20, with more memory, a slightly more capacious battery and the same drawbacks: an LCD display, problems with throttling, the simultaneous absence of a mini-jack / retractable elements and declared moisture protection, as well as instability in interaction with wireless networks — however, the latter can be attributed to the problems of the firmware of a particular instance.

The Honor 20 Pro was originally created as a contender for the title of the brand’s best-selling gadget — and, albeit belatedly, it still gets to the market. It is unlikely that it will «go in» as well as it could have done at the beginning of summer, but its main quality — the quality of shooting — is still ahead of all competitors.

Advantages:

  • nice design and great colors;
  • compact and well-balanced body;
  • excellent cameras — both rear and front;
  • good hardware.

Disadvantages:

  • issues with throttling/switching to lower cores;
  • no moisture and dust protection;
  • no mini-jack;
  • firmware problems.

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