Huawei must have a mixture of emotions now. The company is facing the heat as a result of US sanctions on one side but manages to survive in certain markets on the other. One such market is Russia where the company has maintained the top spot in online smartphone shipment share consecutively in Q3 2020.

Counterpoint Research has released a report on the Smartphone market in Russia for Q3 2020. Although things are looking bad for Huawei overall, it maintains the lead in the Online Smartphone shipment market list with a share of 27.8%. This is a 2.2% YoY increase from 2019 but a 7.2% decline QoQ. Among this, the ex-sister brand‘s Honor 30 series helps it bag most of the online share in 5G models.

Overall smartphone sales get an increase of 5% YoY(Year on Year) in Russia whereas the online smartphone sales hit 34% in Q3 2020. This is a 2% QoQ(Quarter over Quarter) increase from Q2. Report says that strict public distancing norms along with promotional offers like gifts, cashback drove online sales.

Precisely, Honor offered cash coupons to boost its sales whereas companies like Xiaomi managed to crack Samsung with aggressive models. In fact, it has five of the top-10 online smartphone models with Redmi Note 8 Pro, 8A, Note 9 being its top three devices. Chinese company realme managed to enter the top-5 for the first time with a 1.7% YoY increase in share.

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Although Samsung leads overall revenue in offline and online segments, it lost the online share to Huawei. In fact, its Galaxy A51, A31 are among the top-selling devices online and offline but its online shipment market share for Q3 is 26.3% making it trail behind Xiaomi and Huawei. The report says that Samsung’s decision to focus more on offline is the reason for this.

Anyway, the list also has Apple sitting at 4th place with an 8.3% online market share. As for the online platforms, M.Video-Eldorado, Russia’s biggest consumer electronic chain, leads the online platform in Russia with a share of 32.5%.

Research Associate Soumen Mandal says that Chinese brands are strengthening their position in lower and mid-price segments. This is evident in Q3 2020 report as the report says that the average price of smartphones dropped 5% YoY in Russia and sits at $224 in Q3 2020.

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Remember the Nokia 8’s “Bothie” feature that allowed you to record from both the front and rear cameras at the same time? Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Honor, has now made a similar feature available for the Honor 30.

The feature will allow owners of the Honor 30 to take pictures using the cameras on both sides at the same time. This means that if you are always behind the camera, you can also show up in the photos of the subjects you take. Owners will also be able to choose between a side-by-side photo or a picture-in-picture photo.

The feature not only works for photos but also works for video recordings too. Honor says the feature allows the user to record in 1080p. The video recording feature comes in handy for vloggers as they can appear in their videos alongside what they are showing their viewers rather than flipping the camera between them and the subject.

The feature is said to be bundled with the latest update rolling out to the device.

The Honor 30 is a Kirin 985-powered phone with support for 5G. It has a 6.53-inch FHD+ OLED display with a punch hole at the top left corner. The device comes with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of expandable storage. It packs a 40MP quad-camera setup, a 32MP selfie camera, an in-display fingerprint scanner, NFC, and a 4000mAh battery with support for 40W fast charging.

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After months of rumors and leaks, the Honor 30 Youth Edition smartphone was officially launched a few days ago in China. As the name indicates, the phone is a watered-down variant of the Honor 30 which was first launched in China in April.

Now, for a limited time, the company is offering a 200 yuan (~$28) discount on purchase on the Honor 30 smartphone. With this, the 6GB + 128GB model is now available for 2,799 yuan (~$397) while the 8GB + 128GB model costs 2,999 yuan (~$425). The top-end variant with 8GB RAM + 256GB storage is now up for sale at 3,299 yuan (~$468).

Coming to the specifications, the Honor 30 features a 6.53-inch Full HD+ 1080p OLED display with a single punch-hole cutout in the top-left corner for housing a camera sensor. There’s also an in-display fingerprint sensor for added protection.

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Under the hood, the device is powered by the company’s own Kirin 985 chipset along with the Mali-G76 GPU. The chipset is a slightly toned-down version of the flagship Kirin 990 SoC that powers the Honor 30 Pro and Pro+ models.

In the camera department, the smartphone features a quad-camera setup that includes a 40MP RYYB IMX600 primary sensor, an 8MP Ultra Wide Angle Lens, a Persicope Telephoto lens with 50x optical zoom and 10x hybrid zoom, and a 2MP macro lens.

On the front side, the device comes with a 32MP snapper for taking selfies and video calling. The phone also packs in support for NFC, Wi-Fi 6, and dual-mode 5G. It runs Magic UI 3.1.1 based on the Android 10 operating system and is powered by a 4,000mAh battery with 40W fast charging support.

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Huawei’s independent Honor brand unveiled three new models in China in April this year – Honor 30, Honor 30 Pro, and Honor 30 Pro+. The company has now launched the models outside China and the first port of call is Russia.

The Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro+ has been launched in Russia with the Honor 30 Pro missing in action. The Honor 30 features a flat 6.53-inch display and is powered by a Kirin 985 chipset. The phone also packs a 40 MP main camera. The phone comes in more than one memory option but only the 8GB/256GB variant is currently up for pre-order. The model is priced at RUB39,990 ( around $565/€510) which is 15% more expensive than it is in China. That is fair when you take tax and shipping into consideration.

The Honor 30 Pro+ features a 6.57-inch curved OLED panel up front with dual punch-hole cameras. The display has an FHD+ resolution of 1080p with support for 90Hz refresh rate panel and 180Hz touch sampling rate. All three models have in-display fingerprint sensors.

The Honor 30 Pro+ is priced at RUB54,990 (around $777/€700) for the 8GB+256 GB memory combo which is the only variant available.

In a bid to woo buyers, Honor is offering several gifts for each purchase. Every device comes with Honor Magic Earbuds, and a bumper case or a tripod selfie stick. Also, if a purchase is made until June 30, you get the equivalent of up to RUB10,000 in Yandex goods – up to RUB5,000 for Yandex.

The Russian platform also offers 90-day free trial of Yandex Plus and three movies from KinoPoisk HD.

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Last month, Honor launched its flagship Honor 30 smartphone series which includes Honor 30, 30 Pro, and 30 Pro+. The series has been quite popular in China and in its first sale,  the company managed to sell units worth 300 million Yuan ($42m) in just 1 minute.

At the time of launch, Honor 30 was made available in four color options — Black, Silver, Violet, Green and Frost White. Today, the company has announced a new color variant for the Honor 30 — Streamer Illusion which comes with a mirror finish.

It has a gradient-finish on the back with Silvery White color and a lighter shade of Purple. The new color option is now available for reservation in China and will be available for purchase from 19th May at 10:08 AM local time.

Coming to the pricing, the Honor 30 starts at 2,999 yuan (~$425) for the 6GB RAM + 128GB Storage model and goes up to 3,199 yuan (~$453) and 3,499 yuan (~$495) for the 8GB RAM + 128GB Storage and 8GB RAM + 256GB Storage models respectively.

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As for the specifications, the Honor 30 feature a 6.53-inch Full HD+ OLED display with 2340 x 1080 pixels screen resolution. There’s a punch-hole cutout on the screen for housing the 32 MP snapper for taking selfies and video calling.

Under the hood, the device is powered by the Kirin 985 SoC and packs up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB internal storage. It has a quad-camera setup on the back that consists of a 40MP primary Sony IMX600 sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide angle lens, an 8MP periscope telephoto lens, and a 2MP macro sensor.

The smartphone comes with support for dual-mode 5G, Wi-Fi 6, and NFC. It runs the latest Android 10 operating system with the company’s EMUI 10 and Huawei Mobile Services instead of GMS. The device is powered by a 4,000mAh battery with 40W fast wired charging technology support.

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The price of the top-tier flagships increased a lot during the last year. But at the same time, the number of flagship killers increased as well. The mainstream smartphone manufacturers are now releasing their main flagship lineups in more than one variant, and most of the time the base variant is a flagship killer with a very high value for money. In this comparison, we included the latest base variants from the latest flagship lineups released by Huawei and OnePlus. We are talking about the vanilla Honor 30, Huawei Nova 7, and OnePlus 8. Here you will learn the main differences between their specs sheets.

Huawei Honor 30 vs Huawei Nova 7 5G vs OnePlus 8

Design

Honor 30, Huawei Nova 7, and OnePlus 8 come with a premium design including a glass back and a punch-hole display with very narrow bezels. Given the bigger camera modules found on the Honor 30 and the Huawei Nova 7 and the curved screen of the OnePlus 8, I personally prefer the design of the OnePlus 8. Further, the Interstellar Glow color variant looks very gorgeous. But it is mainly a matter of taste. There are several people not liking curved displays, just to make an example.

Display

The most advanced display panel belongs to the OnePlus 8. It is a Fluid AMOLED screen with the support of HDR10+ and a high 90 Hz refresh rate. Both these features lack on the Honor 30 and the Huawei Nova 7. So the OnePlus 8 is essentially able to provide richer image quality and smoother viewing experience. The OnePlus 8 also boasts a slightly higher screen-to-body ratio, but it has curved edges, while Honor 30 and Huawei Nova 7 offers flat displays.

Hardware/Software

Again, OnePlus 8 is the winner. It has the strongest processor: the Snapdragon 865 by Qualcomm running at a max frequency of 2.84 GHz. And it even offers a higher amount of RAM in its more expensive version: up to 12 GB paired with 256 GB of UFS 3.0, 2-LANE internal storage. Honor 30 and Huawei Nova 7 are fueled by the Kirin 985 mobile platform: this chip is even weaker than the Kirin 990, and the Kirin 990 is inferior to the Snapdragon 865 in terms of performance. But the Honor 30 offers an external card slot to expand the internal storage which is not present on the OnePlus 8. Honor 30, Huawei Nova 7 and OnePlus 8 run Android 10 out of the box, but unfortunately, Honor 30 and Huawei Nova 7 do not have Google services out of the box due to the U.S. ban.

Camera

Despite it lacks an optical stabilization system (unlike the OnePlus 8), Honor 30 boasts the most advanced rear camera setup, at least on the paper. The handset is equipped with a main 40 MP sensor, a periscope lens with up to 5x optical zoom, an 8 MP ultrawide sensor and a 2 MP depth sensor. Right after (but it might be even better than Honor 30 in some scenarios such as video stabilization), we got the OnePlus 8 with its 48 MP triple camera including OIS and a 16 MP ultrawide sensor. Huawei Nova 7 is still a pretty nice camera phone, especially thanks to the presence of a nice telephoto sensor with up to 3x optical zoom, but it lags behind its competitors.

Battery

OnePlus 8 has a bigger 4300 mAh, so it will likely last more on a single charge in a lot of scenarios. But it has to manage a display with higher energy consumption, so do not underestimate its rivals. In each case you get 5G connectivity, so do not expect the typical battery life of a 4000 or 4300 mAh battery. Note that Honor 30 and Huawei Nova 7 offer a faster charging technology (40W vs 30W) and, unlike the OnePlus 8, they support reverse charging.

Price

Honor 30 is priced $425/€393 in its base variant in China, OnePlus 8 starts from $565/$523, and Huawei Nova 7 starts from $392/€363. Thanks to its more advanced display, better chipset, and a bigger battery, OnePlus 8 wins this specs comparison. But with its great charging capabilities and amazing cameras, Honor 30 is a very good alternative and offers a higher value for money.

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Huawei Honor 30 vs Huawei Nova 7 5G vs OnePlus 8: PRO and CONS

Huawei Honor 30

PROS

• Amazing cameras
• External card slot
• Very fast charging
• Reverse charging

CONS

• No Google services

OnePlus 8

PROS

• Best display
• Highest performance
• Bigger battery
• Global availability

CONS

• Price

Huawei Nova 7

PROS

• Good price
• Very fast charging
• Reverse charging

CONS

• No Google services

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After launching it earlier this month, Huawei sub-brand Honor finally started selling Honor 30 series smartphones in China from today. In the first sale, the company claims to have managed to sell units worth 300 million yuan in just one minute.

Riding on the popularity of this new smartphone series, the company has now launched a new accessory product for the same. The Chinese company has launched Honor 30 anti-bacterial skin-friendly protective case.

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It is currently up for crowdfunding for 49 yuan (~$7) which represents a discount of 10 yuan over its original price of 59 yuan, which is approximately (~$8.3). The company is also holding a giveaway contest for those who take part in this crowdfunding campaign.

The Honor 30 anti-bacterial skin-friendly protective case is being offered in three color options — Magic Night Black, Neon Purple, and Green Wizard. Along with this, the company has also launched a custom protective case for the Honor 30 Pro.

As the name itself indicates, this newly launched protective case for the Honor 30 smartphone uses anti-bacterial coating while ensuring that it offers comfortable feel.

The company says that the case for the Pro variant is made using the hand-painted lacquer technology and the material is exquisite and warm as well as skin-friendly. However, there’s no official confirmation about Honor 30 Pro and 30 Pro+ getting the anti-bacterial skin-friendly protective case anytime soon.

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The Honor 30 series was recently unveiled and was finally launched earlier today (21st April 2020). The smartphone was the Chinese tech giant’s flagship series with top notch specs, which nearly sold 300 million Yuan (roughly 42 million US Dollars) worth of units in just 1 minute as sales opened.

The Honor 30 flagship series consists of the base variant alongside the Honor 30 Pro and Honor 30 Pro+. Being a flagship handset, it features a premium build quality and a curved display as well. The series sports the company’s latest HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G SoC alongside the Mali-G76 GPU. Notably, the Honor 30 Pro+ received praises and an impressively high score on DxOMark ratings as well, coming in second in the leaderboard.

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For pricing, the base Honor 30 starts at 2,999 Yuan (roughly 425 US Dollars) while the Honor 30 Pro starts at 3,999 Yuan (roughly 566 US Dollars) and Honor 30 Pro+ goes for 4,999 Yuan (roughly 708 US Dollars). So, just by taking the Honor 30 Pro as the average cost of the entire series, we can say the company has sold over 75,000 units in just 1 minute, which is quite impressive.

However, this is just a rough median so take it with a grain of salt. We can expect Huawei to unveil specific unit sales sometime later. But as it stands right now, Honor is enjoying the success of its latest flagship launch.

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Huawei had just announced its latest flagship processor HiSilicon Kirin 985 SoC. It is a 5G processor and will fall between the Kirin 820 5G SoC and Kirin 990 5G. Now, the processor has been put through the AnTuTu benchmarking software and has achieved an impressive score of over 380,000.

The chipset is equipped on the Honor 30 series, including Honor 30, Honor 30 Pro and Honor 30 Pro+. It is an octa core processor with the new Mali-G77 GPU. The Kirin 985 also houses the same dual core NPU, similar to the Kirin 990. Arriving at the performance, the AnTuTu benchmark had managed the highest score of 386,045 points. Notably, this is just slightly higher than the Kirin 820 SoC.

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Breaking down the overall score, the CPU of the Kirin 985 scored 122,531 points, while its GPU received 131,623 points. The MEM score arrived in at 69,180 points and finally, the UX score brought in 62,711 points. In simpler terms, this should translate to overall better performance when compared to the Kirin 820. However, the Kirin 820 actually managed to score slightly higher in the CPU department while lagging behind in the rest.

This is surprising since the clock speed of the Kirin 985 is higher than the 820 and is based on the same CPU architecture. Although this may be due to software optimization, as the newly launched processor has yet to receive any specific software update, unlike the latter which has already been available for a while now.

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Honor has officially announced three new models in China today – the Honor 30, the Honor 30 Pro, and the Honor 30 Pro+. So it looks like the company is committed to the Pro+ moniker this year, making it the second such device after Huawei launched the Pro+ model in its P40 series last month. All three new Honor models feature a similar design which includes an OLED display, a punch-hole camera up front, and a rectangular camera setup at the back.

Just like the OnePlus 8 that was announced yesterday, Honor is marketing the Honor 30 as a compact 5G flagship. It weighs just 185 grams and measures 8.1mm in thickness. On the other hand, the Honor 30 Pro and Pro+ models have an 8.38mm body and weigh 186 grams and 190 grams respectively. So all the three models are pretty lightweight. The company has used a 3D curved back on all three models giving them better ergonomics.

The Honor 30 and 30 Pro comes in four colors – Neon Purple, Black, Green, and Silver. The Honor 30 Pro+ has just three colors, Black, Silver, and Green. Interestingly, the Honor logo takes up nearly half of the back on all the three models.

Honor 30, 30 Pro, 30 Pro+ Cameras

The camera setup is the biggest highlight of all the three Honor 30 models. In fact, the Honor 30 Pro+ scored 125 on DxOMark, which is just shy of the top score of 128 by the Huawei P40 Pro.

So what’s so special about their cameras? The Pro+ shares the same primary camera as the P40 Pro and features a 50x telephoto periscope lens too!

Honor 30 Pro+ camera specs – Triple Cameras 

• 50MP RYYB IMX700 sensor – same as the P40 Pro – large 1/1.28-inch sensor and 2.44um pixels
• Periscope Telephoto Lens with 50x digital zoom, 10x hybrid zoom, and 5x optical zoom + Dual OIS
• 16MP Ultra wide-angle lens with 17mm focal length and support for 2.5cm macro shots

Honor 30 Pro camera specs -Triple Cameras

• 40MP RYYB IMX600 1/1.7″ sensor
• Periscope Telephoto Lens with 50x digital zoom, 10x hybrid zoom, and 5x optical zoom + Dual OIS
• 16MP Ultra wide-angle lens with 17mm focal length

Honor 30 camera specs – Quad Cameras

• 40MP RYYB IMX600 sensor
• 8MP Ultra Wide Angle Lens
• Persicope Telephoto lens with 50x optical zoom and 10x hybrid zoom
• 2MP Macro Lens

The Honor 30 comes with a single 32MP punch hole camera while the Pro models have a 32MP + 8MP (wide angle) dual front camera solution.

Honor 30, 30 Pro, 30 Pro+ Specs

The Honor 30 comes with a flat 6.53-inch OLED display with 1080p FHD+ resolution. The screen is a regular 60Hz refresh rate panel and features a single punch-hole camera on the top left corner.  The Honor 30 Pro and Pro+ models feature a 6.57-inch curved OLED panel up front with dual punch-hole cameras. The resolution is 1080p FHD+ on both the models but the Pro+ comes with a higher 90Hz refresh rate panel and 180Hz touch sampling rate. All three models have in-display fingerprint sensors.

As for the hardware, the Honor 30 comes with the new octa-core Kirin 985 chipset with Mali-G76 GPU. The Kirin 985 is a slightly toned-down version of the Kirin 990 chip that powers the Honor 30 Pro and Pro+ models. Both the Pro variants have Mali-G77 GPU inside. The Honor 30 comes in 6GB RAM and 8GB RAM with 128GB and 256GB ROM options. The Honor 30 Pro has 8GB and 128GB /256GB ROM variants while the Pro+ comes in 8GB / 12GB RAM and 256GB ROM variants.

All three Honor 30 models support dual-mode 5G and NFC. The Honor 30 has Wi-Fi 6 while the 30 Pro and Pro+ have Wi-Fi 6+ support. The Pro models also come with VC cooling to ensure better heat dissipation even during long hours of gameplay. The Pro variants also have stereo speakers with Histen sound effects for an immersive entertainment experience.

All three models feature a 4000mAh battery with 40W fast wired charging. However, the Honor 30 Pro+ adds support for 27W fast wireless charging as well. They run on Android 10 based Magic UI 3.1.1.

Honor 30, Honor 30 Pro, Pro+ Pricing & Availability

The Honor 30 starts at 2999 yuan ($425) for the 6GB RAM + 128GB ROM model and goes up to 3199 yuan ($453) and 3499 yuan ($495) for the 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM and 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM models respectively.

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The Honor 30 Pro starts at 3999 yuan ($566) for the 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM model and goes up to 4399 yuan ($623) for the 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM variant.

Finally, the Honor 30 Pro+ starts at 4999 yuan ($708) for the 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM model and goes up to 5499 yuan ($778) for the 12GB RAM + 256GB ROM variant.

All the three models are up for pre-orders in China and will go on sale for the first time on April 21 at 10:08 AM.

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Honor is all set to launch its new flagship Honor 30 series smartphones in China tomorrow. Now just a few hours before the official launch, the company has shared a new teaser video online showcasing the telephoto zoom stability of the Honor 30 Pro+ smartphone.

Zhao Ming, President of Huawei Honor Business Unit, has also shared the camera samples online which confirms that the device will come with support for 30x zoom. Check out the images as well as zoom capability below.

In the video teaser shared by the company, it shows a young couple close together but the camera zooms out to showcase that there’s actually a long table between the boy and girl. It shows that even though they are far apart, the stable telephoto lens of the Honor 30 series allows can closely capture them.

Recently, a camera sample of the flagship smartphone was shared online showcasing its low-light or Night Mode photography. The Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro are expected to come with 6.57-inch AMOLED displays that deliver Full HD+ screen resolution.

The upcoming smartphones are likely to arrive with 4,000mAh batteries that will have support for 40W fast charging technology. It was recently confirmed that the Honor 30 and 30 Pro will come packed with Kirin 985 and Kirin 990 SoC, respectively.

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As per the reports, the Honor 30 Pro will have a primary Sony IMX700 lens whereas the vanilla model will flaunt a 40-megapixel lens. Both the phones will have 32-megapixel frontal shooters for taking selfies and video calling.

The Honor 30 is expected to arrive with 8GB of RAM while the Pro model could be available in 8GB as well as 12GB RAM versions, both offering 128GB and 256GB of internal storage options. The rest of the specs are believed to be identical on both phones.

On the other hand, the Honor 30 Pro+ is expected to come with an OLED display with 90Hz refresh rate and in-display fingerprint sensor. It will be powered by the Kirin 990 5G SoC and will feature quad-camera setup along with a 50MP sensor. It will run Android 10 OS out-of-the-box with Magic UI 3.1 on top.

A recent leak reveals that the Honor 30 Pro+ will come in three variants — 8GB RAM + 128GB storage, 8GB RAM + 256GB storage, and 12GB RAM + 256GB storage, costing ¥4999 (~$709), ¥5399 (~$766), and ¥5799 (~$822) respectively.

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Honor is expected to officially launch the Honor 30 series on April 15 in China. Ahead of the launch, a well-known digital blogger who is also a former Foxconn employee has discovered the encryption code of the Honor 30 series which contains details of the display and battery.

According to the screenshots shared, the Honor 30 series display and battery will be supplied by multiple OEMs. The encryption codes show that the Honor 30 series (EBG) screen with the code 190 801 corresponds to BOE ew813p. The code 190 205 corresponds to BOE nt37700p while the code 310 204 corresponds to Visionox nt37700c. One notable feature of all the OLED panels is that they support 90Hz refresh rates.

In addition, the batteries used in the three models of the Honor 30 series discovered on the encryption code are Desai encapsulated ATL cells, SCUD encapsulated ATL cells, SCUD encapsulated Liwei cells, and Xinwangda encapsulated Coslight cells.

Thus, while the display panel will likely be supplied by China’s BOE and Visionox, the battery cells will come from Huizhou Desai Battery technology, SCUD Battery Co. Ltd and Xinwangda Huizhou Electric Car Battery Co., Ltd, all Chinese manufacturers.

The Honor 30 is also expected to feature a new Kirin 985 chipset with 5G support and will have support for 40W super-fast charging. The device will adopt a full-band high-amplitude dual-speaker configuration, support Histen smart sound effects and game listening sound recognition. It is also expected to feature support for 4K ultra-dark video and 1920fps Super slow motion.

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Honor is gearing up to launch its flagship Honor 30 series smartphones in China on 15th April. Ahead of the launch, the company’s Vice President has shared a camera sample of the Honor 30 Pro+ smartphone.

The camera sample of the upcoming flagship smartphone from the company highlights the low-light or Night Mode photography skills. The caption for the shared camera sample from the VP reads: “Honor 30 series can achieve high light but not exposed and the details are still clearly visible.”

Along with this sample image, the company has also released a small teaser video which showcases the capabilities of the super-sensitive night photography mode that will be present in the Honor 30 series and the brand is calling it “beautiful photo studio shooting.”

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The Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro are expected to come with 6.57-inch AMOLED displays that deliver full HD+ resolution. These phones are likely to arrive with 4,000mAh batteries that will have support for 40W fast charging technology. It was recently confirmed that the Honor 30 and 30 Pro will come packed with Kirin 985 and Kirin 990 SoC, respectively.

As per the reports, the Honor 30 Pro will have a primary Sony IMX700 lens whereas the vanilla model will flaunt a 40-megapixel lens. Both the phones will have 32-megapixel frontal shooters for taking selfies and video calling.

The Honor 30 is expected to arrive with 8GB of RAM while the Pro model could be available in 8GB as well as 12GB RAM versions, both offering 128GB and 256GB of internal storage options. The rest of the specs are believed to be identical on both phones.

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In a few days, Huawei’s brand will officially unveil its new flagship lineup. We are talking about the Honor 30 and 30 Pro, two devices which, unlike the Huawei P40 series, will offer high-end specs sheet at modest prices. Despite the launch is still four days far, we got a lot of juicy details about the new flagships, even from official sources. In this article, we gathered all the leaked details, official info, and rumors about the Honor 30 series in order to give you a complete overview about them. Note that a lot of info surfaced about Honor 30 and 30 Pro is based on rumors, so, unless when we explicitly specify it, take everything with a pinch of salt.

Honor 30 and 30 Pro Rumor Roundup

Design

The design of the Honor 30 and 30 Pro has been largely unveiled thanks to leaked renders surfaced on the microblogging platform Weibo. The Honor 30 Pro will be launched in at least two color variants: blue and gray. But we are not talking about a normal gray color variant: it will be an attractive new silver color scheme. There will be a glass back housing a rectangle-shaped camera module that will include all the camera elements, as well as an aluminum frame like premium flagships. The Honor 30 Pro will have dimensions of 160.3 x 73.6 x 8.63 mm and it will weigh 190 grams. The phone will have chamfered sides and a curved display. The power key and the volume balancer will be placed on the right side of the device. On the front side, there will be a dual punch-hole display with a dual punch hole which seems smaller than the one on the Huawei P40 series. The camera module will have a golden accent, there will be a secondary microphone and an IR blaster at the top of the phone.

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Display

The Honor 30 series features a 6.57-inch OLED display with a Full HD+ resolution. Both the devices are expected to come with the same display diagonal, so there may not be a more compact device, unlike the Huawei P40 series. Inside the screen, we expect to see an in-display fingerprint scanner. Given that the dual punch hole is smaller compared to the Huawei P40 series, we expect it not to include additional sensors and a sensor 3D facial recognition.

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Specs & Hardware

As officially confirmed by the company, Honor 30 will be powered by the Kirin 985 chipset with 5G support. We still did not see any smartphone with this chipset. It is expected to be a toned-down version of the Kirin 990 which is currently the most advanced flagship chipset released by Huawei. The SoC will be paired with 8 GB of RAM. The Honor 30 Pro will be fueled by the Kirin 990 5G chipset, just like the Huawei P40 and P40 Pro. The RAM will be 8 or 12 GB depending on the chosen configuration. Android 10 will be obviously installed out of the box, customized by the Magic UI. But due to the U.S. ban, Honor 30 and 30 Pro won’t get Google services in the global market. They will ship with the new Huawei Mobile Services, including the new App Gallery which replaces the Play Store. An alleged unit of the Honor 30 Pro was spotted on Geekbench: the benchmarking platform recorded a score of 3876 points in single core performance and 12,571 points in multi core with a Kirin 990 5G chipset, 8 GB of RAM and Android 10.

• You can read more about the hardware by clicking here.

Camera

On its rear side, Honor 30 Pro will sport a quad camera setup. The main sensor will be a Sony IMX700 lens with a 50 MP resolution. Alongside the main sensor, there will be a periscopic lens with optical zoom, an ultrawide lens, and a TOF sensor. The ultrawide lens is rumored to have a 12 MP resolution, with 4in1 pixel binning just like the main sensor. The periscopic lens is said to come with an 8 MP resolution and up to 3x optical zoom. Not impressive like the Huawei P40 Pro and Pro+, but still above-average zoom capabilities. The primary sensor will support the Octa Phase Detection autofocus system borrowed from the P40 series. Overall, the camera department looks very promising. The vanilla Honor 30 will replace the Sony IMX700 lens with a 40 MP sensor. On the front, the two devices will sport a 32 MP selfie snapper paired with a secondary lens. There is still no info about the secondary sensor placed in the dual punch hole.

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Battery

In a world in which a lot of flagship feature batteries with capacities above 4000 mAh, Honor 30 Pro will offer a 3900 mAh battery. But this does not necessarily mean it will have below-average battery life. Huawei improved a lot at optimizing energy consumption, so despite the higher consumption of 5G network, Honor 30 Pro may still offer a pretty nice battery life. The battery will support 40W fast charging, not the fastest wired charging technology, but still very fast, especially for a 3900 mAh battery.

Honor 30 and 30 Pro – Launch, Price and Availability

Honor 30 and 30 Pro will be officially announced on April 15. The affordable variant of the lineup already debuted under the Honor 30S moniker, but it has nothing to do with the upcoming flagships. The launch date poster shared by the company features the Chinese actor Li-Xian who will be the ambassador of the new event. The smartphones will be initially launched in the Chinese market. Unfortunately, the company did not reveal any detail about the pricing. We can only tell you that Honor 20 started at $560, while Honor 20 Pro had a starting price of about $670: we expect the new devices to carry similar prices.

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Honor will be launching the Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro on April 15. For the past few days, the brand has been teasing some of the specs of these phones. Now, for the second time, a couple of live images of the Honor 30 / 30 Pro handset has emerged on the internet.

Unfortunately, the live images of Honor 30 / 30 Pro only manages to show off a part of the phone’s design. We get to see the left side as well as a little bit of the front.

Honor 30 / 30 Pro Live Images

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According to the pictures, the phone will have chamfered sides and a curved display. The left side, which we get to see in these images is empty with no buttons or card slot. This confirms the power key and volume rockers will be on the right side of the handset.

One of the two live images, also confirms a dual punch hole for the front cameras, which by the looks of its seems smaller than the one on the Honor P40 series.

The Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro are confirmed to be powered by Kirin 985 and Kirin 990 SoCs respectively. Both will have support for 5G support just like their smaller sibling Honor 30S with Kirin 820.

To know more about the forthcoming Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro including specifications and design, do check our coverage on the same.

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Honor has released a new poster through its Weibo account in China. The image shows that the Honor 30 series is powered by three different 5G-capable processors. The Honor 30S which belongs to the same series is powered by the Kirin 820 chipset. The poster reveals that Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro will be arriving with Kirin 985 5G and Kirin 990 5G, respectively.

The Honor 30S debuted as the first Kirin 820 5G phone. The Honor 30 will be the first phone powered by the Kirin 985 5G chipset. The Kirin 990 5G chipset that powered the likes of the Huawei P40 series, Mate Xs foldable phone and Mate 30 Pro 5G will be driving the Honor 30 Pro.

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Past reports have revealed that Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro will have different rear-facing cameras. The Honor 30 Pro will have a primary Sony IMX700 lens whereas the vanilla model will flaunt a 40-megapixel lens. The Honor 30 is expected to arrive with 8 GB of RAM while the Pro model could be available in 8 GB as well as 12 GB RAM versions. The rest of the specs are believed to be identical on both phones.

The Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro are expected to come with 6.57-inch AMOLED displays that deliver full HD+ resolution. These phones are likely to arrive with 4,000mAh batteries that will support 40W fast charging.

The Android 10 OS along with the latest version of the Magic UI will be loaded on the Honor 30 and 30 Pro. These phones are likely to come in 128 GB and 256 GB storage versions. Lastly, both phones will have 32-megapixel frontal shooters.

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Honor will be launching the Honor 30 series of smartphones with flagship capabilities on April 15 at 2:30 PM (local time) in China.  The entire specifications of the Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro smartphones have surfaced through their TENAA appearance. The Weibo post rolled out by the company suggests that design and camera will be the main selling points of the Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro. The Weibo post also suggests that these phones are also expected to arrive in an attractive new silver color scheme.

One of the color editions of the recently announced Huawei P40 series is Silver Frost. Leaked renders of the silver edition are now doing rounds on Weibo. Hence, there is a possibility that the Honor 30 and 30 Pro may come in a Silver Frost like color.

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Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro specifications

The Honor 30 and 30 Pro are expected to arrive with identical specs in only differ in aspects like chipset, RAM and cameras. The Honor 30 will be a Kirin 985 chipset phone and 8 GB of RAM while the Honor 30 Pro edition’s 8 GB and 12 GB RAM variants will be powered by Kirin 990 5G. The Honor 30 Pro is expected to come with a 50-megapixel Sony IMX500 main lens while the vanilla version will have a 40-megapixel primary shooter.

The Honor 30 series features a 6.57-inch OLED display with support for full HD+ resolution. Both phones are expected to arrive in 128 GB and 256 GB storage options. They will come with 32-megapixel front-facing cameras. Their 4,000mAh batteries will support 40W fast charging. There is no word on its pricing yet.

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Between October last year and now, Huawei‘s Hisilicon chip department has released two high-end chipsets. The flagship Kirin 990 SoC which was used on the Mate 30 series and of late the P40 series. The foundry has also unveiled the Kirin 820 premium mid-range chipset that found its way into the Honor 30S first. The Chinese market leader has now revealed that another high-end chipset – Kirin 985 is in the works and it has earlier been tipped to roll out onboard the premium Honor 30.

The Kirin 985 first popped up in the rumour mills as far back as December 2018 and it was speculated to launch with last year’s Huawei P30. One of the rumours tipped that Kirin 985 to launch in the second half of 2019 and another leak hinted that it will be mass-produced by TSMC in Q2 2019. The mass production was later rumoured to commence in Q3 2019. The Kirin 985’s pathway didn’t pan out exactly as the rumours predicted but apparently there is some bit of truth in the rumours. Honor’s Business department vice-president has now confirmed the existence of the Kirin 985. Since it is coming from the Honor end, we may as well conclude the chipset will feature on the Honor 30 first.

In a Weibo post today, the Honor VP shared the latest AI benchmark ranking with the Kirin 985 in the third spot. The chipset has ahead of it, only the Kirin 990 which is in the first spot and the MediaTek Dimensity 1000 in the second spot. The Kirin 985 is raked ahead of notable 5G chipsets like the Kirin 800 chipset in the third spot, the non-5G Kirin 990 variant in fifth while the premium mid-range Dimensity 1000L is at the sixth position in terms of AI prowess.

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The Snapdragon 865 flagship SoC is ranked at number 8 while the SNapdragon 855 Plus sits at the 9th spot. A surprising inclusion is the Unisoc Tiger 710 which completes the top 10. Samsung’s Exynos 990 chipset is at the eleventh position.

The Hoor VOP extols the capability of the company’s self-developed Neural Processing Unit (NPU) which is responsible for the impressive performance of the four Huawei chipset on the list, including the Kirin 985.

The screenshot shows the Kirin 985 is far below the Kirin 990 but is apparently a better SoC than the Kirin 820. However, the chipset is an octa-core processor with the same cores as the Kirin 820. It features a single Cortex-A76 core clocked at 2.58GHz and three Cortex-A76 cores with clocking frequencies of 2.4GHz each. There are also four Cortex-A55 cores with lower clock frequency of 1.84GHz. The Kirin 985 is listed as equipped with dual-core DaVinci NPU whereas the Kirn 820 has a single-core DaVinci NPU. Thus, the 985 has a slightly improved performance over the Kirin 820.

The Honor 30 series is expected to be launched on April 15.

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Honor will be announcing the Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro on April 15. The EGB-AN00 that appeared on Bluetooth SIG, 3C and Geekbench in the recent past is believed to the Honor 30 Pro smartphone. While the Geekbench listing revealed that is powered by Kirin 990 5G SoC, the 3C listing suggested that it could be coming with a 40W rapid charger. Today, the same phone and its network variants such as EBG-AN10 and EBG-TN00 has appeared on TENAA with full specifications.

Honor 30 Pro specifications

The Honor 30 Pro TENAA listing has no images of the phone. It mentions that the device measures 160.3 x 73.6 x 8.63mm and its weight is 186 grams. It could be coming to China in multiple colors. However, the listing only mentions black color variant.

The Honor 30 Pro has a 6.57-inch OLED display that produces full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and a tall aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The phone features an under-screen fingerprint sensor. Leaked shots of the phone suggested that were spotted recently suggested that it could be flaunting a curved OLED panel.

Editor’s Pick: Honor 30 series could come powered by new Kirin 985 chipset

The handset features a total of five cameras. It is fitted with a selfie camera of 32-megapixel. While the EBG-AN00 / AN10 TENAA listing states that it has a 40-megapixel lens in its quad camera system. However, the EBG-TN00 phone has a 50-megapixel lens too in its quad camera setup.

The Kirin 990 5G SoC is present under the hood of the Honor 30 Pro. Based on TENAA listings of EBG-AN00 / AN10 / TN00, it can be said that the phone will be arriving in China in 8 GB and 12 GB RAM editions and 128 GB and 256 GB storage versions. There will be a nanoSD card slot onboard and the phone will ship with Android 10 OS. The Honor 30 Pro has a 3,900mAh minimum rated battery.

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Huawei’s Kirin 990 5G chipset is already powering some of the flagship and premium devices from the company. Now, it seems that the company is now also gearing up to launch Kirin 985 chipset for premium phones.

As per the latest information, the upcoming Honor 30 series of smartphones could come powered by the Kirin 985 SoC. It is also being said that the chipset will come with support for largest image sensor in the mobile industry.

It is also being reported that the Honor 30 will come with a custom 50-megapixel Sony IMX 700-series camera sensor with Full-Pixel Focus, along with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom support.

The report further adds that the Kirin 985 chipset could go official on 15th April. However, it seems that the upcoming Huawei Nova 7 series smartphones will also come powered by this Kirin 985 processor.

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This upcoming chipset could be built using the 7nm+ EUV lithography process and could be paired with the Balong 5000 modem. The performance of the processor will definitely be better than the recently launched Kirin 820 5G chipset.

There’s a possibility that the Honor 30 and the Huawei Nova 7 come powered by this new Kirin 985 SoC while the Pro variants both the upcoming series come packed with the company’s flagship Kirin 990 5G SoC.

As Huawei is still banned from using Google services on its new devices, both the smartphone series will come with the company’s own Huawei Mobile Services with its AppGallery, which is meant to replace Google’s offerings.

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Honor recently unveiled the Honor 30S smartphone in China. It debuted as the first ever smartphone powered by the Kirin 820 5G chipset. On Thursday, the Chinese firm will be announcing the Honor Play 4T series. Next week, it will be unleashing the Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro flagship phones on April 15. A Geekbench listing of an Honor phone with model number EBG-AN00 was spotted over the weekend. It seems to be benchmarks listing of the upcoming Honor 30 Pro smartphone.

The EBG-AN00 Geekbench listing reveals that it is powered by HiSilicon Kirin processor that has a base frequency of 1.95GHz.  The Kirin 990 5G chipset that powers the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G phone from last year and recently unveiled Huawei P40 series has a base frequency of 1.95GHz. Hence, the EBN-AN00 i.e. alleged Honor 30 Pro is driven by Kirin 990 5G.

The listing further reveals that the SoC is coupled with 8 GB of RAM. The phone is loaded with Android 10 OS. Like the recent Huawei and Honor phones, the EBG-AN00 phone is unlikely to arrive with support for Google Mobile Services (GMS).

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The EBG-AN00 / AN10 smartphone was spotted at the 3C certification database last month. The listing revealed that it is a 5G phone. Since the listing had a mentioning of a 40W fast charger, it appeared that it could be an upcoming flagship phone from Honor. The handset has also acquired Bluetooth SIG approval in the past. It is said “EBG” could be referring to it “Edinburgh” codename. The Honor 30 is said to have BHM-AN10 model number and its model name could be based on “Birmingham” codename.

Recently, the alleged Honor 30 Pro was spotted encased in a protective cover. Its leaked shots revealed it could be featuring a full-screen design display with curved edges. It also seemed to feature a punch-hole cutout for two front-facing cameras. Its quad camera setup is said to be equipped with a 64-megapixel main lens.

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Earlier this week, Honor debuted the Honor 30S, a mid-range smartphone powered by Kirin 820 5G chipset. A day later, the brand set April 15 to be the launch date for the Honor 30 series, it’s next premium smartphone. Now, the first render of this upcoming phone has emerged on the web, courtesy of GSMArena revealing its camera setup and more.

The forthcoming Honor 30 was already rumored to feature a 50MP primary sensor but now the new render leak confirms it. Interestingly, Honor has decided to imprint the camera sensor model on the device, which says the handset to come with IMX700. This new Sony custom large sensor could be the same from the recently unveiled Huawei P40 series.

As the render leak showcases the top position of the phone’s back, we get to see the entire now-ubiquitous rectangular camera array. The 50MP primary sensor will be paired with three additional cameras and an LED flash, out of which two could be ultra-wide and periscope telephoto as per the new teasers shared by the brand. Further, the inscription on the camera module also confirms the presence of the Octa PD autofocus system, another feature borrowed from the P40 series.

The render leak also exhibits the camera module to have a golden accent and a secondary microphone as well as an IR blaster at the top and volume rockers on the right side of the phone.

Unfortunately, these are the only information available for the Honor 30 for now. But we are certain the brand will soon reveal the features of the phone leading up to the day of the launch.

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Honor had held a launch event in China yesterday to announce the Honor 30S and Honor 9A smartphones. While the Honor 9A debuted as an entry-level phone, the Honor 30S arrived as an upper mid-range phone driven by the all new 7nm Kirin 820 5G chipset. Today, the company took to Weibo to confirm that its next unveil event will be held on April 15 for announcing the Honor 30 series of flagship phones.

The Honor 30 series launch date poster features the well-known Chinese actor named Li Xian. He can be seen showing the glimpse of the purple colored Honor 30 series phone.

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Yesterday, OnePlus confirmed that it will be holding an unveil event on April 14 to introduce the OnePlus 8 series that includes the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro smartphones. OnePlus will be holding a dedicated launch event for OnePlus 8 series in China on April 16. The Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro are expected to rival with the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro phones.

The rumor mill has revealed only few details on the specs of the Honor 30 series. Earlier this month, a leaked poster had surfaced on Weibo that revealed the rear design of the Honor 30 series. The poster revealed that the Honor 30 series a round-shaped camera module on its back and it will be coming in four colors like pink, blue, silver and purple.

Unconfirmed rumors surrounding the Honor 30 have unearthed that it has three rear cameras. The first one is a 50-megapixel Sony IMX7XX lens, a 12-megapixel ultrawide shooter and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom. Live shots of the alleged Honor 30 Pro were spotted recently. the images revealed that the smartphone has a display with pronounced curvature on left and right sides. A pill-shaped cutout for dual selfie snappers were also seen. It seems to support 90Hz refresh rate.

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Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is reportedly gearing up to launch its all-new Honor 30 series of smartphones. As the launch nears, more and more details related to the upcoming devices keep surfacing online.

In the latest development, the Honor 30 Pro smartphone’s live images have leaked online. The phone was spotted being used by someone while travelling through subway. It seems that whoever was using the smartphone was testing the device.

The leaked images show that the Honor 30 Pro will come with a full-screen design with curved edges around the screen and larger curvature. The device will come with a pill-shared punch-hole cutout for housing two front-facing cameras.

While the images are said to be of the Honor 30 Pro, the design seems quite similar to that of the upcoming Huawei P40 Pro, which is set to go official tomorrow, i.e. 26th March through an online virtual conference.

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As per the reports, the Honor 30 Pro is expected to come powered by the Kirin 990 flagship chipset and will have support for 5G connectivity. It is said that while Honor 30 and 30 Pro will have Kirin 990 SoC, the Lite variant will be powered by Kirin 820 5G chipset.

Currently, not much information is available on the specifications of the Honor 30 series. It is likely that the Honor 30 may come with up to 90Hz refresh rate screen to improve the overall gaming experience. Like the predecessor Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro, their successor is expected to offer stellar photography experience.

While Honor has not yet announced a launch date, reports indicate that the launch will happen in April this year. If that’s the case, then the company should be officially announcing the launch date in a couple of weeks.

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The Honor 30 series will be coming on the heels of the Huawei P40 series. Honor is expected to launch at least three phones – the Honor 30 Pro, the Honor 30, and the Honor 30S. Renders alleged to be of the Honor 30 has leaked revealing four color variants the phone might be available in. Some new renders of the Honor 30S have also tagged along.

The Honor 30 is shown with the same cookie camera design as the Redmi K30 Pro whose images leaked yesterday. The camera housing is black on all four color options and has a slight bump to it. There are four holes arranged in a matrix on the back of the phone. We are not sure if there is a sensor in each hole as the LED flash is not visible. If the LED flash is in one of the holes, then the phone will have three rear cameras just like the Honor V30 series.

The Honor 30 stuns in Pink, Blue, Silver, and Purple. We expect they will have more flamboyant names when they are announced.

The Honor 30S render shows the front of the phone which has a punch-hole display. The hole is at the top left corner of the display. This is the first render that shows the front of the phone. The renders that leaked yesterday already revealed the rear design which is similar to that of the Honor V30 but with some slight changes.

The Honor 30 will come with a Kirin 990 processor with a 5G modem while Honor 30S is expected to come with a new mid-range 5G processor rumored to be named the Kirin 820. Honor has not yet announced a launch date but there are reports it will be in April.

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A new smartphone that has model number of EBG-AN00 and EBG-AN10 has been approved by the 3C authority of China. It is yet to be confirmed whether it is a Huawei or Honor smartphone. Apart from bagging 3C certification, multiple variants of the device were previously spotted at the database of Bluetooth SIG regulatory body few weeks ago.

The EBG-AN00 / AN10 is a 5G phone that has been certified with HW-100400C01 that supports 40W fast charging. It is the same charger that the Chinese firm will be shipping with the Huawei P40 series that is slated to go official on March 26.

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Some reports have claimed that the codenames of the Honor 30 phones are based on the universities of the U.K. The model number of last year’s Honor V30 was OXF-AN00. It is said that “OXF” is based on the name of Oxford University.

Yesterday, the alleged Honor 30 phone with model number BMH-AN10 was approved by 3C authority in China. The 5G phone is also expected to arrive with a 40W fast charger. It is speculated that it could be the Honor 30 5G phone and the “BHM” text could be based on the name of Birmingham University. Also, the newly found EBG-AN00 / AN10 could be based on Edinburgh University. It is advisable to wait for further reports to know whether BHM-XXXX and EBG-XXXX will really end up as Honor 30 series phones.

Last year’s Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro were shipped with 22.5W fast charger. On the other hand, the Honor 30 and 30 Pro may arrive with 40W fast charging support. Rumors have it that the Honor 30 series will break cover at some time in April to rival with OnePlus 8 series that is speculated to launch in the second week of the same month.

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A new Huawei / Honor smartphone that has a model number of BMH-AN10 has received approval from the 3C authority of China. A Chinese tipster claims that it could be the Honor 30 series smartphone. The handset is expected to rival with the OnePlus 8 series smartphone that is expected to break cover in the second week of April.

The 3C certification of the BMH-AN10 smartphone reveals that it is a 5G-ready phone. The listing does not reveal any details on the specs of the phone. However, it does reveal that the phone may ship with a charger that offers a maximum charging speed of 40W. Various variants of the smartphone have already bagged approval from the Bluetooth SIG body in the recent past. The Bluetooth certification is a good hint that its arrival could be close at hand.

The Honor V30 series that debuted at the end of 2019 had OXF-XXXX model number where “OXF” referred to the “Oxford” codename of the smartphone. The Chinese media is speculating that the codenamed of the Honor 30 phone could be “Birmingham” because of which its model number is BMH-XXXX.

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Honor 30 Series
April 2020

— Teme (特米) (@RODENT950) February 8, 2020

Reliable tipster with @Rodent950 Twitter account had claimed that the Honor 30 series will be made official in April. If this turns out to be true, the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro may fierce competition from Honor 30 series that may include Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro smartphones. There could be a mid-range Honor 30 phone to rival with the OnePlus 8 Lite phone. The Honor 30 will also be a good rival for the Redmi K30 Pro phone that will debut this month.

At present, there is no information available on the specifications of the Honor 30 series. It is likely that the Honor 30 may come with up to 90Hz refresh rate screen and it could be fueled by Kirin 990 5G chipset. Like the predecessor Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro, their successor is expected to offer stellar photography experience.

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Several manufacturers are working round the clock to launch their first flagship phones of the year. The launch events will kick off tomorrow with Samsung’s Unpacked event and will continue with Xiaomi’s Mi 10 online launch on Thursday. The announcements are expected to go on until the first half of the year ends. Now, news regarding the launch of Honor’s own flagship, the Honor 30 series, has surfaced.

According to the leaker, Teme (@RODENT950), the Honor 30 series will be announced in April 2020. This is a month earlier when compared to the date the Honor 20 series was announced.

Honor 30 Series
April 2020

— Teme (特米) (@RODENT950) February 8, 2020

The Honor 30 series should include a standard variant and a pro model called the Honor 30 Pro. Both phones should be powered by the Kirin 990 5G processor. We also presume there will be a mid-range model called the Honor 30 Lite with a Kirin 810 processor.

We may also get a new Honor flagship tablet called the Honor MagicPad according to a tweet from the same source a couple of days ago. This tablet might share some features with Huawei’s own MatePad Pro but should be more affordable.

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— Teme (特米) (@RODENT950) February 5, 2020

Honor’s latest flagship phones are the Honor V30 and the Honor V30 Pro. Both phones were announced in November 2019 and went on sale in December. We presume the Honor 30 series will also go on sale the following month (May) after it is launched.

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