LIVE: Honor View 20 launched in India - World's 1st smartphone with 48 MP rear camera is here; check price, specs and more

Honor View 20 launch India LIVE Streaming and Latest Updates: Huawei's sub-brand Honor is set to launch its new smartphone - Honor View 20 - in India on Tuesday afternoon, one week after its global launch at Paris. This will be the first flagship launch in India in 2019. The smartphone comes with a hole punch display, 48MP rear camera, and a unique chevron design language, among other features. It will be the world's first smartphone with 48MP rear camera that comes with a Sony IMX586 CMOS sensor. The smartphone will compete against OnePlus devices in the Indian market. 

Honor View 20: Here are all the LIVE updates from the launch event:-

- Honor View 20: 48 MP camera!

- Finally, the prices have been revealed -  Honor View 20 price starts at Rs 37,999. The 8 GB variant has been priced at Rs 45,999.  

- The smartphone will be an Amazon Exclusive.

 6GB + 128 GB variant.

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— Honor India (@HiHonorIndia) January 29, 2019

- The company has launched a special edition of Honor band 4. It supports posture monitoring.

- Allen Wang also launches Honor band 4 and Honor watch magic for the Indian customers. The watch magic comes in two colours: Lava black and moonlight silver. It is just 11mm sleek and comes with a HD AMOLED touchscreen. The interface can be customised by the users. It has 7-day battery life.

- List of top features and spec of Honor View 20

- Allen Wang unveils Honor View 20 for the Indian customers. The smartphone comes in three colours.

- It has 4.5mm ultra small hole which has been reduced by half.

- Honor View 20 has removed the notch and comes with a full-screen display.

- For gamers, Honor has upgraded GPU and claims that the games won't lag anymore. The smartphone is powered by a 4000 mAh battery.

- Honor View 20 camera also a 3D shaping feature which can make people look slimmer in photos and videos.

- Honor View 20 vs OnePlus 6T: The smartphone manufacturer claims that the camera is better than that of OnePlus 6T

- Honor View 20 also has 3D mobile control gaming. The users can connect the mobile to TV and enjoy games without a gaming console.

- All features of the camera. The smartphone also has a 3D camera. It has a transmitter and receiver which work on the signals send by infra radiations

- The AI function has also been exceeded to videos. The Honor View 20 comes with a 25 MP front camera and is designed to shoot super slow motion video.

-  This is what Honor's powerful 48 MP camera brings to the table. Honor has upgraded it's AI for View 20 and the new smartphone can recognise 1500 scenarios across 60 categories

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- Honor View 20 comes with many firsts - world's first 48 MP camera, new design and performance.

- Allen Wang says Honor's flagship series standard for great style, great design, and a great experience. He says Honor's innovation can help all people and the company is happy about it.

- Honor has witnessed 450% growth in India since 2017. Allen Wang thanks partners for their consistent support.

- Honor View 20 to be unveiled for the Indian customers for the first time.

- Apart from the Honor View 20, the company will also launch two wearable devices for the Indian customers today.

- Allen Wang says this is the first flagship phone launch of India in 2019.

Honor View 20 launch live streaming online:-
The Honor View 20 launch is taking place at The Leela Ambience, Gurugram. 

HONORView20 - Experience The New View https://t.co/PrDFuIWOfp

— Honor India (@HiHonorIndia) January 29, 2019

Honor View 20 price: 
The smartphone was launched in the European market with a price tag of around Rs 45,000. But, in India, the company is expected to bring the price down to Rs 35,999 for the base model with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The 8GB + 128GB variant will be priced around Rs 40,000. 

Honor View 20 specifications and features
Honor View 20 is the first phone to sport a punch-hole display. The 4.5 mm hole on the top left corner has been placed to house the selfie camera, as an alternative to the notch. The smartphone is powered by octa-core Kirin 980 chipset with Dual NPU for advanced AI and machine learning tricks.

It sports a large 4,000mAh battery and will ship with Android 9 Pie-based Magic UI.

The 48MP rear camera comes with Sony IMX586 CMOS sensor that will use pixel binning technology to merge four 0.8 micron pixels into one to offer a large 1.6 micron pixels when using the 12MP mode. On the front, Honor View comes with a 25MP selfie shooter with f/2.0 aperture housed in the cutout.