Honor View 20 vs. Vivo NEX vs. OnePlus 6T: Camera, Design & Specifications Compared

Honor finally released the Honor View 20 in the Indian market. It was teased for its international release since it launched in the Chinese market and it has already been up for pre-order via Amazon.in for a while now. The Honor View 20 is the first phone to come with the punch-hole design and a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor on the rear. With this phone, Huawei’s sub-brand, Honor can compete with other with other notable phones from Chinese rivals, the OnePlus 6T, and Vivo Nex, both of which come with interesting features along with them.

Honor View 20 vs. Vivo NEX vs. OnePlus 6T: Cameras

As mentioned, the design and rear camera system of the Honor View 20 are the highlights of the phone. On the rear, it sports a 48MP Sony IMX 586 sensor, which is the first handset to come with such high-resolution sensor. The sensor has 0.8µm pixels, and it is a ½-inch type, making the sensor significantly smaller than the one found on other handsets like the Pixel 3 XL and Huawei Mate 20 Pro. The sensor enables users to capture photos with double the resolution, and they can also crop it. Honor claims that no 2x optical zoom on other flagship phones has a better implementation than this. We did a test on our own and found that it actually enabled taking higher resolution photos and cropping them without sacrificing the details.

Honor View 20 is the first phone to have the hole-punch display design similar to Samsung's Infinity-O

The 48MP sensor is coupled with a 3D ToF sensor, which allows for playing gesture-based games and improved depth mapping. The Honor View 20 also sports a 25MP front camera that is backed by some beautification mode among other interesting features.

The Vivo NEX sports a dual camera system on the rear, comprising of a 12MP main sensor and a 5MP depth sensor. Meanwhile, the OnePlus 6T comes with a dual camera setup, including a 16MP primary sensor and a 20MP secondary sensor for depth sensing. It has support for 2x optical zoom and packs with Nightscape mode that improves the camera’s ability to take photos in low-light conditions.

On the front, the Vivo NEX comes with an 8MP elevating selfie camera while the OnePlus 6T has a 16MP selfie camera.

Vivo NEX's pop-up selfie camera

Honor View 20 vs. Vivo NEX vs. OnePlus 6T: Design & Display

Honor brings a new design to the phone industry in both sides of the Honor View 20. On the front, the phone features the new punch-hole display which features a cut-out housing the selfie camera. The design enables to the phone to achieve an 85.7 percent screen-to-body ratio. The company says that the front cut-out has a 4.5 diameter and includes 18 element design to accommodate the light scattering mechanism and selfie camera. The design is currently the most advanced method to get close to achieving the full-screen display without a sliding mechanism or a display notch.

The Honor View 20 has very impressive screen-to-body ratio of 85.7 percent

The Vivo NEX is not behind as it sports the biggest display out of the three, which is a 6.59-inch Full-HD+ display and has a pop-up selfie camera which is another method of getting rid of the notch and enabling the phone to get a better screen-to-body ratio. On the other hand, the OnePlus 6T still features a water-drop notch on a 6.41-inch Full-HD+ display.

The Vivo NEX also has a screen-to-body of 86 percent thanks to its pop-up selfie camera mechanism

Honor View 20 vs. Vivo NEX vs. OnePlus 6T: Specifications & Softwares

The Honor View 20 packs a Huawei’s Kirin 980 octa-core 7nm processor, coupled with Mali-G76 GPU. the phone comes in two variants, including a 6GB of RAM/128GB storage option and an 8GB of RAM/256GB of storage model. It runs the latest Android 9.0 Pie and has a fingerprint scanner mounted on the rear. Under the hood, it is powered by a 4,000 mAh battery.

The Honor View 20 packs a Huawei-made Kirin 980 SoC, the other two phones are powered by a Qualcomm SoC

On the other hand, both of the Vivo NEX and the OnePlus 6T pack the powerful Snapdragon 845 processor. While the Vivo NEX is only offered in a single option with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, the OnePlus 6T comes in a total of three options, one with 6GB of RAM/128GB of storage and the other two come with 8GB of RAM/128GB of storage, and 8GB of RAM/256GB of storage. Similar to the Honor View 20, the two also feature on-screen fingerprint scanners. While the Vivo NEX comes packed with a 4,000 mAh battery, the OnePlus 6T is backed by a smaller battery with 3,700 mAh capacity.

Both the OnePlus6T and Vivo NEX are powered by the top-of-the-line Snapdragon 845 SoC, only behind the recent Snapdragon 855 SoC

The Honor View 20 runs the rebranded Magic UI 2.0 which was formerly known as EMUI and it is based on Android 9.0 Pie. The Magic UI 2.0 comes with some redesigned UI icons and elements; AI capabilities as well as a new color scheme. However, it is not vastly different so people who have used Honor or Huawei phone will not face any difficulties using either of them.

OnePlus is known for maintaining and delivering a snappy, clean as well as near-stock Android experience. The OnePlus 6T runs the Oxygen 9.0.5 which is the latest iteration and a great embodiment of that mentioned mentality.

The Vivo NEX is quite behind in this aspect as it only runs the Funtouch OS v4.o which is based on Android 8.1 Oreo.

Honor View 20 vs. Vivo NEX vs. OnePlus 6T: Pricing

The Honor View 20’s price is pretty much the same as the OnePlus 6T, making it a direct competitor to the OnePlus’ flagship. Rs. 37,999 is the price for the Honor View 20 with 6GB of RAM, and the 8GB of RAM option costs Rs. 45,999. The Vivo NEX’s single option is offered at Rs. 39,990. Lastly, the OnePlus 6T’s starting price is Rs. 37,999 for the variant with 6GB of RAM, while the model with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage costs Rs. 41,999 and the top-end option with 8GB of RAM/256GB of storage is offered at Rs. 45,999.