Huawei on Monday announced it new Honor 30S. This is the first Smartphone to the Honor 30 series, and also the companies first ever phone to equipped with the new Kirin 820 5G chipset. It 5G is available for both Sims, and also packs a Quad rear camera.

Honor 30S quad rear camera setup includes a 64-megapixel main camera. A single selfie camera is placed on the front, housed in a hole-punch drilled in the top-left corner.

Key Specs

Display: 6.50-inch (1080x2400)
Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 820
Front Camera: 16MP
Rear Camera: 64MP + 8MP + 8MP + 2MP
RAM: 8GB
Storage: 128/256GB
Battery Capacity: 4000mAh
OS: Android 10
Release Date: 30th March 2020
Official Website: honor.cn

The mobile runs Android 10 but relies on the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) core. This simply means there is no access to Google services such as the Play Store.

Design & Display

Dual-SIM (Nano) Honor 30S features a 6.5-inch full-HD+ (1,080×2,400 pixels) display with 90.3 percent screen-to-body ratio and 405ppi pixel density. Dimensions of the phone are a 162.31×75.0x8.58mm and it weighs 190 grams.

Software & Hardware

It runs Android 10 with the Magic UI 3.1.1 custom skin, and powered by Kirin 820 5G chip that has one Cortex A-76 core clocked at 2.36GHz, three Cortex-A76 cores clocked at 2.22GHz, and four Cortex-A55 cores running at 1.84GHz, while a Mali-G57 GPU takes care of graphics.

It comes with 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM. The phone packs up to 256GB of UFS 2.1 storage that can further be expanded via an NM card. Honor 30S features a 4,000mAh battery with support for 40W wired charging, with no wireless charging.

Honor 30S Camera

Huawei Honor 30S’ camera is lead by a 64-megapixel primary shooter with f/1.8 aperture. It is assisted by an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera, a 2-megapixel macro camera, and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens that allows 2x optical zoom, 5x hybrid zoom, and 20x digital zoom.

Video and Selfies purposes is being handled by a 16-megapixel front camera with f/2.0 aperture.

Sensor & Connectivities

Connectivity options are dual-mode 5G, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.1, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Beidu, GPS, and Glonass. There is a side-mounted fingerprint sensor for authentication.  Other sensors include proximity sensor, accelerometer, ambient light sensor, gyroscope, and compass.

Honor 30S Specifications

General

Brand: Honor
Model: 30S
Release date: 30th March 2020
Form factor: Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm): 162.31 x 75.00 x 8.58
Weight (g): 190.00
Battery capacity (mAh): 4000
Removable battery: No
Fast charging: Proprietary
Wireless charging: No
Colours: Black. Green, White

Display

Screen size (inches): 6.50
Touchscreen: Yes
Resolution: 1080×2400 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI): 405

Hardware

Processor: octa-core (1×2.36GHz + 3×2.22GHz + 4×1.84GHz)
Processor make: HiSilicon Kirin 820
RAM: 8GB
Internal storage: 128/256GB
Expandable storage: Yes
Expandable storage type: Nano Memory Card
Dedicated microSD slot: No

Camera

Main camera: 64-megapixel (f/1.8) + 8-megapixel (f/2.4) + 8-megapixel (f/2.4) + 2-megapixel (f/2.4)
Rear autofocus: Yes
Rear flash: Yes
Selfie camera: 16-megapixel (f/2.0)
Front autofocus: No
Front flash: No

Software

Operating system: Android 10
Skin: Magic UI 3.1.1

Connectivity

Wi-Fi: Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
GPS: Yes
Bluetooth: Yes, v 5.10
USB Type-C: Yes
Headphones: 3.5mm
Number of SIMs: 2
Active 4G on both SIM cards: Yes
SIM Type: Nano-SIM
3G: Yes
4G/ LTE: Yes
5G: Yes

Sensors

Fingerprint sensor: Yes
Compass/ Magnetometer: Yes
Proximity sensor: Yes
Accelerometer: Yes
Ambient light sensor: Yes
Gyroscope: Yes

Honor 30S Price, Availability

Huawei Honor 30S is priced at CNY 2,399 (roughly N124,000) for the base 8GB + 128GB model, while the top-end 8GB + 256GB version is priced at CNY 2,699 (roughly N140,000).

Both variants are now up for pre-orders from Vmall, Suning, JD, and Tmall in China and will go on sale starting April 7. There is no word on its arrival in the international markets.