The Honor V40‘s launch is just around the corner. While the device was expected to arrive on 18th January 2021, its launch has since been delayed to January 22. Now, the company has teased one of its features that will help improve the mobile gaming experience on the new smartphone.
Earlier today, the Chinese tech giant shared a post on its official Weibo account, a Chinese microblogging website. In this social media post, the company teased the Honor V40’s new graphics acceleration engine, dubbed the GPU Turbo X. Honor even shared a short video teaser, which demonstrated the graphics acceleration feature that will arrive in the upcoming device. At the moment, the finer details of how this engine works are currently unknown, but we can expect it to be a form of software optimization, which improves paired with slight GPU overclocking to squeeze performance from its chip.
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According to rumors, the Honor V40 is expected to feature a MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus 5G chipset. Other reported features include a 6.72-inch FHD+ AMOLED screen that offers a 120Hz refresh rate and a 300Hz touch sampling rate. For photography, the Honor V40 could be sporting a 50-megapixel + 8-megapixel (ultrawide) + 2-megapixel (macro) rear camera setup and a 32-megapixel + 16-megapixel duals selfie camera system.
The device is also rumored to be powered by a large 4,000mAh battery pack that supports up to 66W wired fast charging and 50W wireless charging. On the front, the Honor V40 is said to also sport an in display fingerprint scanner for biometric security. Unfortunately, we will have to wait for the 22nd January 2021 launch conference to confirm these specifications so stay tuned for more updates and the release date.
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