Honor View 20

Excellent design and build quality ; Multi-day battery life ; Mostly great performance ; Proves hole-punch displays aren’t terrible ; AI Ultra Clarity photos are impressively detailed

Huawei’s software still needs polish ; Display has some touch latency ; Questionable US launch plans ; No water resistance or wireless charging ; Regular camera experience

For now, at least, continued tension between Huawei and the US government means the odds of being able to buy one of these in a big-box store grow slimmer by the day. While those of us in North America probably won't experience what the View 20 brings...

New screen design looks great and deals with the notch issue ; Good battery life and very fast charging ; A headphone jack ; Very capable camera

Strange performance quirks ; Software still needs work ; No wireless charging or IP rating

With flagship phones becoming more expensive – no one is expecting the upcoming Galaxy S10 to come at a price that’s anywhere close to this – the View 20 is the ideal antidote.

Solid aluminum and glass build.

The display quality isn't flagship-worthy.

As we said earlier, it checks all the boxes as a flagship device without asking too much in return. And just like every Android device, expect its price to go down in the following months, which would render it an even better bargain.

Great battery life ; Intriguing, smart camera ; Intelligent use of the punch hole display

No wide or zoomed rear lenses ; That finish is an audience-divider ; No official water resistance

Advanced features, great battery life and a good price: the only real part to put you off the Honor View 20 is that ambitious shiny finish.

Superb battery life ; Huge screen that can truly full-screen apps due to front-facing hole-punch camera ; Striking design and colour options ; There's a 3.5mm headphones jack ; Heaps of power on tap makes for flagship-like functionality

Front-facing hole-punch camera can get in the way for certain apps ; There's no in-screen fingerprint scanner ; LCD rather than OLED panel ; Some Magic UI 2 / EMUI 9 software foibles ; Poor speaker phone position and quality

As the first phone outside of China with a 'hole-punch' front-facing camera - a largely successful, but sometimes distracting solution to the notch - it's easy to judge this phone on this aspect alone. But the Honor V20 is so much more: with great...

Impressive battery life, fast-charging ; High-end performance and specs ; Serviceable camera ; 3.5 mm headphone jack

No dust/water resistance rating ; No wireless charging ; Shiny and slippery rear

Jaw-dropping design ; In-screen camera looks super cool ; Great LCD display ; Powerful 7 nm chipset ; 3.5 mm headphone jack ; Battery Life

Camera needs some work ; Video quality ; Bloatware

Beautiful full view design ; Class-leading camera performance ; High-end Kirin 980 processor

Display performance could be better ; Wide price differences between markets