Android Advisor - UK (2019-06)

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16 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 63


REVIEW


Even at this price you shouldn’t expect wireless
charging, but there’s 22.5-watt Super Charge which
fills up the 4,000mAh battery in about an hour.
Design-wise, Honor is making a big deal about
the world’s first Dynamic Holographic ‘glassback’.
And it does look good, with a real depth thanks to
the Triple 3D mesh technology used. But it doesn’t
catch the light as well as the ‘V’ design on the rear
of the View 20. The 20 Pro is a fraction thicker than
would be desirable and there’s a hollow sound when
you tap the back with your nail. Neither of these are
a big deal, but they mean the 20 Pro doesn’t feel
the premium phone that it is.

Display
This is the one area where the Honor 20 Pro hasn’t
gone all out. It’s a completely flat LCD screen, unlike
the OLED displays with curved edges on some
competitors, notably the OnePlus 7 Pro.
With a 1080p resolution, it’s nothing really
special:  it’s perfectly adequate for most people. But
it’s worth noting that it doesn’t support HDR, and
doesn’t have an always-on clock option.
Thethinbezelsmeanthere’sa 91.6percent
screen-to-body ratio, so the Honor 20 Pro isn’t as
large as you might expect. It’s still a big phone, but
it’s not unwieldy.

Cameras
This is what the Honor 20 Pro is all about, and why
Honor uses the tag line ‘Capture Wonder’ for the
phone. There are four cameras on the back, a 48Mp
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