In the previous week, Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro smartphones were approved by the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) body. Fresh leaks that have surfaced on Weibo have revealed the specifications, pricing and release date of the Honor 20 series.
The YAL-L21 and YAL-L41 models were approved by EEC are expected to hit the European markets as Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro. Leaked information that has appeared on Weibo has revealed that the Honor 20 will be featuring a 6.1-inch OLED with waterdrop-style notch that will be equipped with sixth generation in-display fingerprint reader.
The Kirin 980 SoC is expected to power the Honor 20 and 20 Pro smartphones. It could be packed with a 3,650mAh battery that offers 22.5W fast charging. The notch of the phone will be housing a 32-megapixel front-facing camera. On it rear will be a triple camera module with a 48-megpaixel primary sensor, a 20-megapixel super wide-angle lens and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens. The Honor 20 is expected to carry support for 3x optical zoom. It will come preinstalled with Android 9 Pie OS with the latest version of EMUI.
The Honor 20 Pro is expected to arrive with four rear-mounted cameras featuring the Sony IMX600 from the Huawei P30 Pro as the primary sensor. There Is no information available on the other specs of the Honor 20 Pro. The leak also reveals that the Honor 20 series will be available with a price tag of 2,999 Yuan (~$446) for the 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage base model. The Honor 20 series may get announced on April 25.
It seems like the Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro smartphones will be arriving as cheaper versions of recently unveiled Huawei P30 and Huawei P30 Pro flagship smartphones. The P30 series were unveiled at the end of the previous month in Europe and it will be unveiled through a dedicated launch event in China on April 11. OnePlus is expected to soon unleash the OnePlus 7 flagship phone. Probably, it may go official by the coming month or early June. The upcoming Honor 20 series will be one of the major rivals of the OnePlus 7 smartphone.
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