Honor is expected to announce the Honor V30 and Honor V30 Pro smartphones by the end of this month in China. The leaked specifications of both smartphones have appeared in the recent. Now, fresh renders showcasing the rear design of the purported Honor V30 Pro has surfaced on Weibo. It reveals that the smartphone will be sporting a gradient colored rear along with a square-shaped quad camera module like the Huawei Mate 20 Pro.

As it can be seen in the below shown render, the alleged Honor V30 Pro has a pink-blue gradient colored rear. The square-shaped housing has four cameras sensors and there is an LED flash below the module. The Honor branding can be seen towards the bottom of the back panel. As mentioned above, the rear design of the phone is quite similar to the Mate 20 Pro flagship phone from last year.

Rumors surrounding the Honor V30 Pro have revealed that it will be equipped with an OLED panel with an elliptical punch-hole that will house two front-facing cameras. The display may support 90Hz refresh rate.  The handset is expected to be fueled by Kirin 990 5G chipset. The main sensor of the Honor V30 Pro’s quad camera system could be 60-megapixel. It is speculated to come equipped with a 4,200mAh battery that may carry support for 40W SuperCharge fast charging technology. The handset may also feature 15W wireless fast charging.

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On the other side, the Honor V30 may house an IPS LCD display a punch-hole for a single selfie camera. The Kirin 990 chipset (without 5G modem) may power the smartphone. It is also expected to sport a square-shaped camera housing on the rear. However, it is expected three camera sensors and an LED flash. Its primary lens could be also of 60-megapixel. The Honor V30 may feature a slightly smaller 4,000mAh battery that will come equipped with 22.5W SuperCharge tech. It may lack wireless charging support.

It is speculated that the Honor V30 and V30 Pro may not cost more than 3,000 Yuan (~$422) in China. Internationally, the smartphone could be dubbed as Honor Vera30v and Vera30 Pro.

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Yesterday, a leaked image of the Honor V30 5G smartphone had surfaced on Weibo. Later on, the same day, the Weibo account of Huawei’s fan club hinted the arrival of Honor V30 5G phone. It indicates that the launch of the Honor V30 5G could be drawing near.

The above shown Weibo post talks about the arrival of 5G in China. It suggests people to discuss on the technical difficulties associated with 5G connectivity. The post further states that it will be sending out an Honor V30 5G phone to one of the commenters.

As it can be seen, no details on the release date or specifications of the Honor V30 5G were revealed. Since the company is seeking is suggestions from users in China on 5G connectivity, it appears that the company could be working on a seamless 5G experience on the Honor V30 5G.

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Honor President George Zhao had already confirmed earlier this month that the Honor V30 5G will be equipped with Kirin 990 5G chipset and it will carry support for 5G connectivity. Probably, it could be featuring the Kirin 990 5G chipset. The handset is expected to release in the international markets as Honor Vera30.

The leaked image of the phone that revealed its frontside reveal that its display is surrounded by ultra-thin bezels. Also, the smartphone has a pill-shaped punch-hole housing the dual front-facing cameras at the top-left corner. It could be featuring an AMOLED display with in-screen fingerprint reader. The display may carry support for 90Hz refresh rate. Rumors have it that it could be featuring a round-shaped camera module on the rear with four cameras and LED flash. It is speculated that the NLE-AL00 phone that was benchmarked on Geekbench with Android 10 and 8 GB of RAM could be the Honor V30 phone. It is advisable to wait for further reports to know more about the Honor V30 5G phone.

The Honor V20 was made official in December. Hence, the Honor V30 is expected to go official in China by the end of 2019.

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A mysterious Huawei phone with NLE-AL00 model number has been benchmarked on Geekbench. While the benchmarking platform does not mention it clearly, it appears to be fueled by Kirin 990 chipset that was recently announced by Huawei at the IFA 2019 tech trade show.

The Huawei NLE-AL00 is powered by a HiSilicon processor that has a base frequency of 1.96 GHz. At IFA 2019, Huawei had announced Kirin 990 and Kirin 990 5G chipsets. The 5G edition has two Cortex-A76 cores that work at 2.86GHz, two Cortex-A76 cores at 2.36GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores at 1.95GHz. On the other side, the regular version of the Kirin 990 has two Cortex-A76 cores that clock at 2.86GHz, two Cortex-A76 cores at 2.09GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores at 1.86GHz. Hence, it is being speculated that the Huawei NLE-AL00 could be fueled by the non-5G version of the Kirin 990.

The Huawei NLE-AL00 could be an upcoming flagship phone since it is running on the recently announced Android 10 OS. The purported Kirin 990 chipset is assisted by 8 GB of RAM. In the single-core of Geekbench, the NLE-AL00 has scored 3842 points and it has recorded 11644 points in the multi-core test. It is yet to be determined whether the NLE-AL00 is a Huawei or Honor branded smartphone.

A reliable tipster from China has claimed that NLE-AL00 is not the model number of the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro smartphones that are scheduled to go official on Sept. 19. Last year, Mate 20 X gaming-centric phone had debuted as one of the first phones with Kirin 980 chipset. So, there is a possibility that the NLE-AL00 could be Mate 30 X or the Honor Vera30 flagship phone. The Honor Vera30 is expected to go official towards the end of the year.

The Kirin 990 is a second generation 7nm chipset and the successor of 7nm Kirin 980 chipset from last year. Built with 7nm+ EUV process, the regular version of the Kirin 990 5G has dual Big Core and a Tiny Core NPU unit whereas the non-5G edition has single Big Core and a Tiny Core NPU unit. Both come with 16-core Mali-G76 GPU, UFS 3.0 and UFS 2.1.

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Honor has recently confirmed that its next V-series flagship phone will be called Honor Vera30. It will be debuting as Honor’s first 5G smartphone. Parent company Huawei will be debuting the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro smartphones next week. Fresh rumors claim that the display of the Mate 30 Pro won’t be supporting 90Hz refresh rate. It may offer regular refresh rate of 60Hz. However, the Vera30 arriving later this year could be equipped with a 90Hz display.

Various smartphone manufacturers from China are gearing up to launch phones with 90Hz displays. as it offers smoother visual experience while gaming, watching movies and regular usage. The OnePlus 7 Pro that went official came with a 90Hz display. The OPPO Ace flagship phone arriving next month is also expected to sport a 90Hz screen. The upcoming Xiaomi Mi MIX 4 is also speculated to come with a display that offers 90Hz refresh rate.

The Honor V30 will be arriving as the successor for the Honor V20 phone from last year. The Honor V20 supported 64-bit games at 60fps. Hence, the Honor V30 with its 90Hz refresh rate and powerful Kirin 990 5G chipset will offer better overall display experience.

There is no information on the specifications of the Honor Vera30. Vague detail suggest that it could be equipped with a round-shaped rear camera module like the Mate 30 Pro. Like the Mate 30 series, the Honor V30 may come with the latest EMUI based Android 10 but may lack support for Google apps. The rumor mill is currently focused on leaking details of the Mate 30 series that is scheduled to go official on Sept. 19 through a launch event in Munich, Germany.

In related news, the Mate 30 Pro is expected to come with a 6.6 – 6.8-inch full HD+ waterfall AMOLED display with screen fingerprint sensor, Kirin 990 5G, a 4,500mAh battery, 8 GB of RAM, 512 GB of storage, Sony IMX600 40-megapixel + 40-megapixel + 8-megapixel + ToF quad camera with 3x optical zoom, a triple front camera setup with a 32-megapixel lens, an unspecified ultrawide lens and a ToF sensor.

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At the IFA 2019 tech trade show, Huawei took off covers from the Kirin 990 chipset. The 7nm flagship chipset from the company is integrated with a 5G modem. Apart from the upcoming Mate 30 series from Huawei, its sub-brand Honor is also expected to launch Kirin 990 powered flagship smartphone. Today, Honor confirmed through a Weibo post that the Honor Vera30 (V30) series will be coming with 5G Kirin 990 chipset.

In the previous week, Honor President George Zhao had confirmed that Honor’s 5G phone will be Honor V30 5G and it will be powered by Kirin 990. The below shown poster has been released today to confirm that it will be arriving in China as ‘Vera30.’ At present, there is no information available on the specifications of the smartphone. However, it is speculated that it could be sporting a round-shaped camera housing on its rear.

The Kirin 990 chipset come with an octa-core processor that two cores of Cortex A76 gunning at 2.86GHz and another two cores of Cortex A76 working at 2.36GHz. Its quad-core Cortex A55 clocks at 1.95GHz. The SoC includes 16-core Mali-G76 graphics and it tags along two big-core and one tiny-core NPU unit. There is a 4G only variant of the Kirin 990 that offers slower clocking speeds. The 5G modem integrated variant is capable of reaching upload speeds of 1.25Gbps and download speeds of 2.3Gbps.

The Honor V20 had gone official in December 2018. The smartphone was made available in international markets as Honor View 20. Probably, the Honor Vera30 could be debuting in China by December 2019.

The Honor V20 that is fueled by Kirin 980 chipset features 6.4-inch IPS LCD display with punch-hole design. It offers full HD+ resolution and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The punch-hole on the display has a 25-megapixel selfie camera. The rear shell of the phone features a Sony IMX586 48-megapixel lens with f/1.8 aperture and a ToF 3D camera.

The smartphone is backed by a 4,000mAh battery that supports 22.5W fast charging. There is no microSD card slot on the device. It features up to 8 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of native storage. It also features a 3.5mm audio jack.

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