The Honor 20i's impressive design, quality cameras and optimised operating system make it an all-round package.
Chinese
smartphone giant Huawei’s sub-brand Honor will launch the Honor
20-series in India on June 11. The series includes the Honor 20
Pro, Honor 20 and the Honor 20i. Of the three, the Honor 20i, with
design and features inspired by its premium siblings, is going to be
the most affordable in the series. Here are the phone’s first
impressions:
Design
The
Honor
20i is an impressive device with a curved gradient glass-like
design on the back, a thin chassis made of plastic of the same colour
as the back cover, and curved glass on the front covering a waterdrop
notch on the screen. The phone has a lightweight build, which is
comfortable to hold and operate for extended hours.
Though
the phone’s overall design is fresh, its plastic frame and
polycarbonate cover on the back seem frail. Besides attracting
fingerprints, the body seems to get scratched easily. The glass
covering the screen seems to have some sort of protection; it
withstands regular day abuses without any damage to the screen.
Camera
The
Honor 20i has a versatile triple-camera module on the back, featuring
a 24-megapixel primary camera, an 8MP ultra-wide and a 2MP depth
sensor.
On
the front, it has a 32MP selfie camera. The rear-camera module seems
to be a good one. It has a portrait mode, night mode, aperture mode
and a pro mode that provides manual control over granular settings,
such as ISO, shutter speed, exposure value and focus.
The
phone’s front camera also looks like a performer, but the images
are post-processed heavily and turn out unnatural. Social media
enthusiasts might appreciate the Honor 20i front camera.
Software
The
Honor 20i boots the Android Pie operating system-based EMUI 9.0.1
user interface, which is a heavily customised skin with value-added
features for ease of use. The phone supports Huawei’s gesture-based
navigation, which, different from what the Android offers, is one of
the best among Android-based smartphones. Though the software seems
optimised and works smoothly, it is important to know that the phone
might face troubles getting future OS or security upgrades from
Google due to an ongoing tussle between Huawei and the US
administration.
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