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MOBILE AWARDS
onor’s first ever 5G phone to
become available in Europe has
a string of top specs to tempt
you away from the more established
names. Although, of course, as Honor
is a Huawei brand, there is one thing
missing: the Google Play Store.Kicking and screening
The first thing to note is that the View 30
Pro gets a generous 6.57in FHD+ display
offering 400ppi and a screen-to-body
ratio of over 91%. There’s a slim bezel with
a dual-lens punch-hole camera and it’s all
metal and matt glass.
Innards include the top-class Kirin 990
processor, 8GB of RAM and either 128GB
or 256GB of storage. A 4100mAh battery
with wireless charging is designed to
last all day, and there’s a side-mounted
fingerprint scanner.Zoom and gloom
The rear triple-camera setup includes a
40MP Sony primary sensor for improvedlow-light photography. It’s backed up by
an 8MP telephoto lens with 3x optical, 5x
hybrid and 30x digital zoom, and a 12MP
ultra-wide offering a 109°-equivalent
field of view. In terms of selfie shooters,
you get the combination of a main 32MP
sensor and a secondary 8MP ultra-wide
for ‘classic’ group shots that you’ll regret
you posted in the morning.
So the hardware is tip-top – it’s just
the software and apps that remain the
elephant in the phoneshop, forcing you
to find alternatives to all your favourite
Google services. Oh well, at least it looks
good, and is soon to be available in ocean
blue, midnight black, ‘Icelandic frost’ and
sunrise orange. No official word on pricing
just yet, but expect to pay around the
£600 mark.HONOR VIEW 30 PRO
Tech specs
O6.57in FHD+ LCD OKirin 990 O8GB
RAM O40MP + 12MP + 8MP rear, 32MP
+ 8MP front O4100mAh O128GB/256GB
O163x76x9mm, 206gH
Price £tbc / hihonor.com