Honor View 20 deals and reviews

Expert Reviews | Christopher Minasians

...an incredible package: it's worth remembering that the phones I've compared it go up to £889. Yet View 20 is as powerful as any of them, and arguably beats them all with its innovative notchless design. The rear-facing camera might not win in every category, but it's perfectly competent – and as a bonus, the phone retains the 3.5mm headphone jack. At this price, there's simply nothing to compete with the Honor View 20.

The Guardian | Samuel Gibbs

It's not cheap by any stretch of the imagination, but if you want a big, top-end phone with a cracking camera at a much more affordable price the Honor View20 is it.

T3 | Robert Jones

The Honor View 20 is, overall, the best mid-range smartphone on the market today. 2019 has only just started, and Honor has set a very high bar straight out of the gate ...

Stuff | Andrew Williams

Honor enters the big leagues with one of the most impressive phones in its class.

Ubergizmo | Hubert Nguyen

The Honor View 20 brings incredible value and performance for photo lovers and gamers.

Coolsmartphone | Leigh Geary

Epic battery life, brilliant performance, beautiful design, fantastic cameras. What can I say? A+ !

TechAeris | Alex Hernandez

The build quality is excellent and the display is beautiful for an LCD. It performs amazingly well and the camera is top notch, even though it has way too many options. Battery life is great, and I think the price is right giving you plenty of value. Overall, the Honor View 20 is a great device and, if you're not wanting to dish out the higher price of a Samsung Galaxy S10+ or Google Pixel 3XL, then this is one to consider.

TechPP (Technology Personalized) | Akriti Rana

If you are looking for an Android flagship without damaging your bank account too much, the View 20 definitely is an option – it scores heavily on design, packs in excellent performance has very good cameras (even though we expected more) and has a battery that goes on and on.

Android Headlines | Nick Sutrich

For the price, it's going to be hard to find much better than the HONOR View20. It's easily one of the best values on the market today and handily rivals even the excellent OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T in overall value and quality.

Trusted Reviews | Max Parker

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.

The Inquirer | Lee Bell

Overall, we are very impressed with what Honor has managed to engineer here with its latest flagship. With its starting price, we couldn't ask for more; well, apart from perhaps the addition of some IP certification.

TechRadar | Andrew Williams

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.

Neowin | Rich Woods

If you're located in a region where the Honor View 20 is easily available, you definitely can't go wrong with this device. If you want a step up though, go for a Huawei Mate 20 Pro, although you'll end up paying quite a bit more.

MobileTechTalk | Domenico Lamberti

Whilst its price isn't cheap by any means, it's still a lot cheaper than the S9+, Note 9, Mate 20 Pro, V40 etc. And I really feel comfortable saying this is up there and deserves to be up there.

Know Your Mobile | Damien McFerran

When you consider it costs almost half as much as its rivals, the Honor View 20 ranks as astonishing value for money and is sure to be one of the year's most talked-about handsets

jmcomms | Jonathan Morris

Look back at the benchmarking score above, to see that you're getting a serious amount of phone for the money.

Android Authority | Lanh Nguyen

The Honor View 20 kicks off 2019 with a strong start. It's powerful, competitively priced, and the hole-punch display is a good preview for what we can expect from smartphones in 2019.

What Mobile | Stephen Watson

The View 20 is a superb device and ticks the boxes in so many departments, but does have its downside.

NotebookCheck | Inge Schwabe

The Honor View 20 is a fantastic smartphone with an excellent camera, forward-thinking design and enough performance to match the most powerful of modern flagships.

Mr Phone | Ershad Kaleebullah

I am convinced that this is Honor's best phone yet. Despite using several "world first" technologies, Honor has managed to create a product supremely refined and attractive. I will wholeheartedly recommend the View 20 to anyone looking for a phone.

India Today | Sanket Vijayasarathy

If you're in the market looking for a phone, you of course have the OnePlus 6T as an option, but the View 20 is probably the one to go for right now.

Engadget | Chris Velazco

Despite a price tag far lower than that of high-end flagship phones, Huawei's Honor View 20 packs a handful of forward-looking features that some people will be able to use right away.

CNET | Jessica Dolcourt

Despite some software drawbacks, the Honor View 20 is a standout midprice phone with nearly everything.

The Mobile Indian | Rohan Pal

Overall, the Honor View 20 is probably one of the best Honor can offer right now.

The Indian Express | Shruti Dhapola

There's no doubt that Honor View20 ticks all the boxes of a flagship-level phone, without costing too much.

GadgetMatch | Marvin Velasco

Honor View 20 is jam-packed with so many high-end specs and features that it's difficult to resist.

AnandTech | Andrei Frumusanu

Honor's marketing materials position the device against the highest flagships, such as the iPhone XS, Galaxy Note9, or OnePlus 6T. The one weak point where the View20 can't compete with these devices is in screen quality...and here I don't see the hole-in-display camera as some sort of competitive advantage that would give the phone any kind of higher worth price wise...users will be disappointed with the View20 – given its performance, expected battery life, as well as camera performance, even though it's not a perfect device and has a lot of rough edges or missing some features, for the price it does offer excellent package that is hard to argue against.

SlashGear | JC Torres

Overall, the Honor View 20 makes a pretty compelling offer of a mobile companion that can get you through the day and more, provided you don't expect too much from it as far as advanced features go.

Wired UK | Robert Leedham

If Honor's View 20 has set the bar for smartphones in 2019, then it's done so at bronze medal standard. There'll be better handsets to see release this year, but not many. Especially at its price mark.

The Verge | Vlad Savov

The Honor View 20 is hard to criticize... I find myself at ease with Magic UI, and I'd personally favor the View 20 between the 6T and View 20.

Pocket-lint | Mike Lowe

As the first phone outside of China with a 'hole-punch' front-facing camera it's easy to judge this phone on this aspect alone. But the Honor V20 is so much more. This is a flagship alternative that gets (ahem) a hole lot else right too.

phoneArena | John Velasco

The Honor View20 is exactly where it needs to be... It's a good phone to snag if you don't have the disposable income to spend on those ultra-premium smartphones.

NDTV Gadgets | Aditya Shenoy

If you prefer a clean near stock Android experience, the OnePlus 6T offers a clear advantage, but if you absolutely want to be the first to own a device with a hole-punch display, go ahead. The View 20 is a solid performer without a lot of compromises.

Gizmodo UK | Sam Rutherford

The View 20 is a stunningly good-looking device and surprisingly sharp picture taker. And for a lot of people who don't want to drop a grand on a phone that can still make peoples heads snap, that's a pretty respectable formula.

Firstpost | Sheldon Pinto

Get this phone if you hate the display notch and can deal with Magic UI... I would recommend the Honor View 20 if you are fed up of the display notch and if you want to be the first to jump on to the hole-punch display trend, which is bound to catch up this year, among the premium flagship smartphones.

Digital Trends | Andy Boxall

The View 20 is the best phone Honor has made to date, combining cutting-edge tech with a swoon-worthy design.

AndroidPit | Pierre Vitré

In the end, the View20 is simply one of the best value for money smartphones on the market. Nevertheless, I do not recommend it to people who want the best camera phone.

91mobiles | Nitansh Rastogi

The View 20 is a solid offering and the best one yet to come out of the brand's stables.

Mashable | Raymond Wong

Honor's View 20 is another great example of how lesser known phone makers are aggressively cornering Apple and Samsung on design and pricing.

Gadgets Now | Aabhas Sharma

The Honor View 20 does have what it takes to ruffle more than a few feathers of the competition. The punched hole display is a neat innovation and overall performance is very good.

Tom's Guide | Marc Chaksfield

Attractive, powerful and reasonably priced, the View 20 is a strong first step into the top-end flagship world by Honor, sitting comfortably among far more expensive phones from far larger brands.