Following its separation from Huawei and eventual sale to the Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology Co., Ltd, Honor has launched a new smartphone in the V series category – the Honor V40 5G. The non-Huawei phone is powered by the Media Dimensity 1000+ (4x Cortex-A77 @2.6GHz + 4x Cortex-A55 cores @2GHz) 7nm processor with ARM Mali-G77 MP9 GPU for 5G connectivity.
The Honor V40 5G seems to be based on the Honor View 40 and has the same display as the Huawei Nova 8 Pro which is a 6.72-inch (1236 x 2676 pixels) FHD+ OLED display with 3D curved glass tiled at 80 degrees, 120Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch sampling rate and in-display fingerprint sensor. The display is certified for TUV Rheinland Eye Safety and offers 800 nits peak brightness.
Photography is handled by a triple rear and dual front cameras. The rear setup consists of a 50MP (f/1.8, RYYB sensor, Laser AF, omni-directional PDAF) main camera, 8MP (f/2.2, 120O FOV) ultra-wide sensor and 2MP macro lens while the front setup consist of 32MP (f/2.0) wide and 8MP ultra-wide cameras. The main camera has features such as 4K HDR timelapse photography, 1920fps super slow-motion video shooting, AI RAW super portrait engine and dual scene photography (front and rear).
Power is supplied by a 4,200mAh battery with 66W superfast wired charging support and the V40 5G comes pre-loaded with Magic UI 4.0 (based on Android 11 OS). The rest of the specs includes 8GB LPDDR4x RAM, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, USB-C port, and stereo speakers. The 128GB storage model costs CNY 3,599 while the 256GB storage model costs CNY 3,999. The available colours are Magic Night Black, Rose Gold and Titanium Silver.
