After weeks of waiting, Honor has finally announced the new Honor V40 5G in China, the first smartphone since the separation from Huawei in November. Honor V40 5G supports 5G connectivity as it is equipped with a powerful Dimensity chip and adopts a large OLED display with an 80 degree curvature on the left and right edges. The smartphone is flanked by a 50 megapixel triple camera system and a 16 megapixel dual selfie camera. It also comes with support for fast wireless charging technology.
Official Honor V40 5G in China with Dimensity 1000+ and 50MP camera
Going into detail, we find that the Honor V40 5G comes with a 6,72 inch screen with a double hole design. It is also the first smartphone in Honor's V series to feature an OLED panel with a Full HD + resolution of 1236 x 2676 pixels, a color depth of 10,7 bits, a refresh rate of 120 Hz, a tactile sampling rate. of 300 Hz and a DCI-P3 color gamut. A fingerprint sensor is integrated into the display, just like on the Huawei Nova 8 Pro that became official in December with which it is thought to have shared the screen. In any case, according to Honor, the V40 5G offers a screen-to-body ratio of 92,3 percent. As for the rear design, the Honor V40 5G has a glass back, which on paper at least shouldn't be easy to get dirty with our fingerprints. Overall, the smartphone weighs 186 grams and has a slim profile of only 8,04 mm.
Moving on to the internal hardware, the Honor V40 5G is equipped with the MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ chipset, which supports 5G + 5G dual SIM connectivity. The chipset is then coupled to 8 GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 128GB or 256GB of UFS 2.1 internal memory. The smartphone runs on the Magic UI 4.0 operating system based on Android 11 and comes with support for the Turbo X GPU graphics acceleration engine and Hunter Boost for a better gaming experience.
As for photography, the Honor V40 5G integrates a rear camera module with a 50 megapixel main camera, an 8 megapixel ultrawide lens, a 2 megapixel macro lens, a laser autofocus unit and an LED flash. In particular the main camera has a large 1 / 1,56-inch sensor equipped with an array of RYYB filters, which allows you to capture brighter shots in low light conditions. The rear cameras offer features like front / rear dual scene photography, AI RAW super portrait engine, super portable night scene mode, 4K HDR timelapse photography and 1920 fps super slow motion video shooting. While up front, in the pill-shaped camera cutout we find a 16 megapixel main camera and a ToF (Time-of-Flight) lens for depth estimation.
For autonomy, the Honor V40 5G has a 4.200 mAh battery that supports 66 W super-fast wired charging. The device also supports 50 W fast wireless charging. While for connectivity it integrates a dual SIM slot, Wi- Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC and USB-C.
Finally, on the gaming side, Honor's V40 5G also features dual linear motors for in-game vibration and stereo speakers.
For pricing, we have the version with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage at 3599 Yuan (450 euros) and the one with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage at 3999 Yuan (540 euros).
The Honor V40 5G is available in color editions such as Magic Night Black, Titanium Silver and Rose Gold. Sales of the V40 5G have started in China. According to the latest rumors, the smartphone could debut with the name of Honor View 40 in the second quarter in international markets. Also, instead of Huawei's AppGallery, the smartphone should come with Google apps and services.
