HONOR recently unveiled its newest lineup of smartphones. The 30 series is composed of the HONOR 30, HONOR 30 Pro and its newest flagship HONOR 30 Pro+.
HONOR 30
The base HONOR 30 has a 6.53-inch FHD+ OLED screen and is powered by the new Kirin 985 5G SoC along with 6GB/8GB of RAM and 128GB/256GB of storage.
The new 7nm chip uses a single higher clocked Cortex-A76 cores, a trio of lower clocked Cortex-A76 cores, and four high-efficiency Cortex-A55 cores. It uses a Mali-G77 GPU as well as the Kirin ISP 5.0 for flagship-level camera prowess and advanced noise reduction.
At the back of the HONOR 30 is a 40MP RYYB main sensor, an 8MP periscope unit, and an 8MP ultra-wide camera. Tucked in its punch hole is a 32MP snapper.
HONOR 30 runs on Magic UI 3.1.0 on top of Android 10 and packs a 4,000mAh battery with 40W wired fast-charging. It will come in Black, Purple, Silver and Green colors.
HONOR 30 Pro
The Pro variant has a slightly larger 6.57-inch OLED display, still at FHD+ resolution, but is powered by a Kirin 990 5G along with 8GB/12GB of RAM and comes with 128GB/256GB of storage.
Its triple-camera system is headed by a 40MP Sony IMX600 RYYB unit, along with an 8MP periscope camera with OIS, 5x Optical Zoom and gives the phone up to 50x Hybrid Zoom. Lastly, there’s a 16MP ultra-wide camera which can also be used for macro shots. A 32MP unit is tucked in its punch hole.
HONOR 30 Pro also runs on Magic UI 3.1.0 on top of Android 10 and houses a 4,000mAh battery with 40W wired fast-charging.
HONOR 30 Pro+
The company’s newest flagship boasts a 6.57-inch AMOLED screen with 90Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sampling rate. Under the hood is a Kirin 990 5G SoC along with 8GB or 128GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
The device packs a trio of rear shooters – a 50MP main sensor, an 8MP periscope shooter with 5x optical zoom and up to 50x hybrid zoom, and a 16MP ultra-wide snapper that is also used for macro shots. Tucked in its punch hole is a 32MP main unit paired with an 8MP ultra-wide shooter.
The Pro+ supports AI RAW photos – multiple RAW shots that combined into one RAW image for editing. It’s also able to record 4K 60fps videos.
HONOR 30 Pro+ packs a 4,000mAh battery with support for 40W wired fast-charging and 27W fast wireless charging.
Pricing
HONOR 30 (Black, Purple, Silver, Green)
- 6GB+128GB (CNY2,999)
- 8GB+128GB (CNY3,199)
- 8GB+256GB (CNY3,499)
HONOR 30 Pro (Black, Purple, Silver, Green)
- 8GB+128GB (CNY3,999)
- 8GB+256GB (CNY4,399)
HONOR 30 Pro+ (Black, Green, Silver)
- 8GB+256GB (CNY4,999)
- 12GB+256GB (CNY5,499)
Emman has been writing technical and feature articles since 2010. Prior to this, he became one of the instructors at Asia Pacific College in 2008, and eventually landed a job as Business Analyst and Technical Writer at Integrated Open Source Solutions for almost 3 years.