HONOR View20 Sets New Smartphone Standards With World's First Technologies

HONOR View20 unveiled in Paris for the global market starting from 569 Euros.

Collaborations with National Geographic, Moschino and Epic Games underscore HONOR's leadership in photography, design and performance.

PARIS, Jan. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- HONOR, a leading smartphone e-brand, has launched its latest flagship smartphone, HONOR View20, for consumers worldwide. At the announcement event held in Paris, HONOR highlighted five world's first features of HONOR View20, including: smartphone 48MP camera, 25MP in-screen front camera, 7nm Kirin 980 AI chipset, AI Triple-Antenna Wi-Fi technology and the aurora nanotexture design. In acknowledgement of these feats of engineering, HONOR View20 won numerous awards at CES 2019 in Las Vegas earlier this month.

Mr. George Zhao, president of HONOR, said: "Around the globe, HONOR's View series smartphones are winning over professional reviewers and fans alike by offering groundbreaking technology and industry-best performance. HONOR's fans are incredibly active and dynamic, and they require smartphones which offer the best performance. HONOR View20 is designed with their needs in mind. The reviews from CES 2019 are in, and we're excited to now offer this must-have phone to users worldwide!"  

Unrivaled in smartphone photography

HONOR View20's rear camera is the first to be powered by the SONY IMX586 48MP sensor, with a 1/2-inch large CMOS, and equivalent 1.6μm pixels in Quad Bayer array. The sensor, boosted by the Kirin 980 chipset, supports new 48MP AI Ultra Clarity mode to produce photos with unmatched detail and clarity.

The camera takes several 48MP pictures at once, and collates the best details from each photo to create one 48MP picture. The Kirin 980's dual-NPU processes the photo using an advanced AI algorithm -- the quality of the photo is assessed, details in dark areas are optimized, and colors are adjusted to appear more vivid.

HONOR has partnered with National Geographic to illustrate the beautiful photos made possible by this unrivaled technology. After experimenting with the new 48MP camera, National Geographic photographer Robbie Shone said, "I appreciate HONOR View20's superb clarity and telescopic zoom, which allow you to take exceptionally detailed photographs even from a distance. This smartphone can capture some of the most vibrant and precious of life's moments in new, inspiring and exciting ways."