If you are willing to ignore the controversy related to Huawei and Honor in the Android smartphone market, then Honor 20 AI seems to be a strong mid-range smartphone. How is its performance in common use? Let’s know …
Honor 20i Design
Honor 20I Polycarbonate comes with the rear panel. Gradient design is used here. Honor It is claimed that 3D photolithography process has been used to get such a finish in the phone. We have reviewed the phone’s Phantom Blue variants. At the top it comes with a royal blue shade and as soon as he goes down, a bright purple color impression is seen.
Honor 20i has a Phantom Red and Midnight Black variants. The midnight black variant does not have dual tone finish. Rim used to connect the rear and front panels is made of plastic and it comes with glossy finish.
The grip is good due to curved edges. But the phone slips in the hands. On the glossy surface of the rear panel, the fingers of the fingers are easily fallen. It does not remain untouched by scratch marks. We found that the middle part of the rear panel was flaxing.
Power and volume buttons are on the right side. It is easy to reach them. The hybrid dual-sim tray tops. Here you will be able to use two Nano SIM cards or one SIM and microSD card. The 3.5mm headphone jack and micro-USB port have got a place on the lower back.
The triple rear camera setup in vertical position comes with bulge. But this is not too much. The fingerprint sensor is slightly inward. Our finger reached it easily. We have no complaint with speed of fingerprint recognition. It is also accurate.
There is no problem in using this phone with one hand. The phone sounds thin due to the edges, while it is not so. Honor 20i gives a very solid feeling, except for the problem of flax on the rear panel. Talking about the design, it will be liked by users who want gradient design and Panchi Colors.
Honor 20i Specification and Software
Honor 20I has a 6.21 inch full-HD+ (1080×2340 pixels) display, 19.5: 9 with aspect ratio. The screen to body ratio is 90 percent. The panel’s pixel density is 415 PPI. To reduce blue light emission, it has got Tuv Rheinland certification.
In this phone of Honor Huawei The octa-core Kirin 710 processor has been used. Clock speed is 2.2 GHz. There are 4 GB RAM for jugalbandi. Honor 20i’s inbuilt storage is 128 GB and it is possible to use microSD card up to 512 GB if needed.
There are three rear cameras on the back of Honor 20i- 24-megapixel primary sensor with f/ 1.8 aperture, 2 megapixel depth sensor with f/ 2.4 aperture and wide-angle camera of 8 megapixel. The front panel has a 32 -megapixel sensor with F/ 2.0 aperture.
There is a 3,400 mAh battery to revive the phone. There is a 10 watt charger to charge it. In addition to the phone in the retail box, there will be a charger, a micro-USB cable, SIM Ejector, TPU cover and some important papers.
Talking about software, Honor 20i will run on EMUI 9.0.1 based on Android 9 Pie. Our Review Unit May 2019 was running on Android Security Patch. EMUI 9.0.1 comes with many features and customization.
Apps like Honor Club, Hike, Honor Store, App Gallery and Phone Clone will be available in the phone. Ride mode, SOS, recorder, flashlight are also part of the phone as an app.
Third party apps like Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Netflix, Camera 360 and Wego videos are also already installed. Some of these apps also send disturbing notifications. The good thing is that they can be relieved. You will also get a digital balance. There is also a bedtime feature.
Honor 20i Display and Performance
Honor 20I has a 6.21 inch full-HD+ (1080×2340 pixels) screen. It will be known for crisp content and vibrant colors. The viewing angles are good. The level of brightness is also sufficient. We did not need to take it above 80 percent even in sunlight.
The panel of Honor 20i brings overschurated colors. In comparison, the level of details in the Honor 20 display is also better.
We found that there is a little warm in the temperature default of the Honor 20I display. But you can choose it in ‘Vivid’ color mode by going to display settings. Apart from this, there is also an option to control the display timature.
To reduce battery consumption, the smart resolution feature automatically tone the full-HD+ resolution and makes HD+. Honor 20i also has a reading mode to improve reading experience. It gives the display yellow tint.
The phone has not received the Widevine L1 DRM certification. This means that users will not be able to watch the content in Amazon Prime Video and HD resolution on Netflix.
Talking about the performance, Kirin 710 used in Honor 20I is a trusted processor. The phone never slowed down in common use. Even if 10-15 apps are running in the background. It was very smooth to switch between the apps. Swipe -based navigation went on without any hindrance.
Talking about gaming, PUBG Mobile in Honor 20i runs on medium graphics settings. Asphalt 9: Legends also ran without frame rate drop. However, in the game with powerful graphics, we sometimes faced input lag.
Vibration feedback of the phone is very aggressive. There is also no way to reduce it.
Honor 20i camera and battery life
Honor 20I is one of the selected smartphones found for less than Rs 15,000 that comes with three rear cameras. Fantastic macro shots can be taken from the phone. The phone took many beautiful close-up shots. There was no shortage of details in them and Colors also became Vibrant captains. However, we have seen better depth control and age detection in the camera of Redmi Note 7 Pro and Realme 3 Pro.
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The phone takes a little more saturated photos in daylight. These pictures look good on the phone. But the lack of details and sharpness on the big screen is clearly visible. Enabled AI mode helps the dynamic range and colors are also boosted.
The dynamic range of the phone falls behind in high light. It often captured soft and washed out colors. When the ambient light improved, the camera captains photos with fine sharpness and depth of field.
In the camera app, the portrait mode did a good job of highlighting the focused object. Edge detection was also good. But the background blur was often unique. It is good that we did not face the problem of focus lock.
The 32 -megapixel front camera captures bright selfie. There is no shortage of details in them. However, the indoor camera uses Honor 20i whitening and it makes background elements slightly. Edge detection in portrait selfie was not correct.
You will get features like portrait lightening effects, AR Lansage, Live Filters and Background Filters. The wide-angle sensor works well to capture the wide frame.
The phone has a night mode for low-light photography. But it does not give very impressive results. Honor 20i’s night mode brings colors under low-light conditions. Insiences the age of objects. But the pictures that are captains have a lot of noise and a granny texture. Night mode does not work with selfie camera.
Normal mode (top) and wide-angle mode (bottom) tap to see full size photos
Users in aperture mode can change the point of focus with the help of depth sensor. In addition, Blur Effect can be adjusted.
From Honor 20i, you will be able to record full-HD videos at the rate of 60 frames per second. As far as quality is concerned, the camera struggle to lock the focus. But due to lack of stabilization, video is captained with jerk.
Talking about battery life, Honor 20i’s 3,400 mAh battery supported the whole day. During this time, we used the phone for social media, web browsing, listening songs on wireless headphones for about two hours, sometimes phone calls and 45 minutes of gaming. Many times, the phone’s battery could not run even throughout the day after playing more games.
In our video loop test, Honor 20I supported 15 hours 11 minutes. The charger in the retail box takes about 2 hours to make full charge of the battery. Power saving and ultra saving mode are fully effective in reducing battery consumption.
Our decision
Honor 20I appears to be a competent handset, but sometimes it does not seem as much as cheap phone than its own. When it comes to performance, the phone has no problem in daily use. Gaming also does not disappoint. EMUI is equipped with many features.
Honor 20i gave mixed results in the camera department. There are many features for users to use. But in performance it is slightly weaker than its rivals, especially in night mode and portrait mode.
At a low price Redmi Note 7 Pro ,Review) And Realme 3 Pro ,Review) There are more benefits. They come with better build quality, good cameras and strong performance. Recently launched Vivo Z1 Pro There is also a good option. It costs Rs 14,990.
You Oppo k1 ,Review) Can also consider about which comes with competent hardware and reliable performance. And this phone also has an in-display fingerprint sensor. Honor 20i is not the best option in today’s date at a price of Rs 14,999.