Honor 20 camera review

Can the budget-priced cousin of the Huawei P30 Pro offer the same camera performance for a fraction of the price?

Honor 20
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Digital Camera World Verdict

The Honor 20 has all the ingredients of a top-tier camera phone, apart from the four-figure price. Image quality isn't quite on par with phones like the Pixel 3 or Galaxy S10+, but it comes close, yet the Honor 20 is around half the cost. But stick around for the Honor 20 Pro and you'll likely get an even better deal.

Pros

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    Quad-camera setup

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    Large, notch-less screen

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    Relatively low price

Cons

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    No telephoto camera

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    Image quality not quite the best

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    No MicroSD slot

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Honor's latest 20-series phones come in three variants: the Honor 20 Pro, Honor 20, and Honor 20 Lite. With the Honor 20 Pro still awaiting launch, so we're reviewing its more mainstream - and even more attractively priced - stablemate, the Honor 20.

Boasting four rear-facing cameras and camera tech straight from camera phone masters Huawei (Honor is a youth-orientated sub brand of Huawei), the Honor 20 is out to offer premium phone camera performance at a mid-range price point. 

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