- Analysis by KJ David
The Huawei Honor 20 is a semi-flagship-caliber smartphone that's all about photography, blustering with a quad-camera setup 
that lines up with those of some of the best imaging-driven phones featured here on Phonerated. Its ambitious multi-lens setup consists of a high-resolution 48-megapixel primary camera for standard photographs, a 16-megapixel wide-angle cam for landscape photography, a 2-megapixel dedicated macro camera, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor for portrait shots.
Taking into account its other pros and cons, however, the Honor 20 is by no means a flawless smartphone. For one, its storage memory peaks at only 128GB 
, which does not sound that high-end, compared to the 256GB or 512GB on-board memories boasted by some full-blown flagship contenders.
We also cannot help but mark its 3750mAh battery as a con, seeing that a few models with less-auspicious specs lug 4000mAh (or larger) batteries.
As of this review, this Honor model was among Huawei's fastest, being powered by the AI-driven Kirin 980 triple-cluster eight-core chip that's made up of a dual-core 2.6GHz main cluster, a dual-core 1.92GHz cluster, and a quad-core efficiency cluster running at 1.8GHz. By the way, don't forget to check out our list of the fastest phones here. Its engine is accompanied by a hefty 6GB RAM .
Up front, the Honor 20 touts a 6.26-inch 1080p notch-free display with an expansive aspect ratio of 19.5:9 , bringing to mind some of the leading phablets on the market. Since its does not have a display notch, its 32-megapixel f/2.0-aperture selfie camera , which is a surefire pro resolution-wise, is perched on the upper left hand corner of the display.
Also part of its upmarket array of pros and cons are a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, NFC support, and a mirror glass design of either Sapphire Blue or Midnight Black.
All said, Huawei's Honor 20 caters to tech-savvy users, particularly those who are big on mobile photography.
On-paper Review score: 
The speed of its HUAWEI Kirin 980 (with Dual NPU and Dual ISP) microprocessor (Dual 2.6GHz (+ Dual 1.92GHz + Quad 1.8GHz)) with 8 cores is among the fastest in the current market.
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NFC can be used for electronic payment systems and other uses.
- See also: The latest NFC-enabled phones
We're dealing with a hefty display here, making it a phablet: 6.3 (actual diagonal size is 6.26 inches) inches and a resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels means about 15.1 square inches and an image quality of at least 409.09 dots per inch (DPI)!
A 48-megapixel (combined with a 16-megapixel wide-angle cam, a 2-megapixel macro cam, and a 2-megapixel depth cam) camera offers a lot more pixels than most other phones. It also sports these features: Night Mode.
The 32-megapixel (4.5mm in-screen cam) selfie camera offers an interesting resolution.
According to our research, it doesn't feature any memory expansion slot.
It's frustrating that we were not able to find information about its weight.
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