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Honor 30 review: Kirin 985 5G flagship with 50x zoom and OLED.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2020·$520
Overall
80/100
Class rank
#45 of 182
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Periscope zoom for the Honor line.

Honor 30 brought a 5x periscope with 50x digital zoom and Kirin 985 5G to a curved-OLED body — flagship camera versatility while Honor was still part of Huawei, which meant launching without Google services.

01Display

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.

TypeOLED, curved, punch hole
Size6.53 inches
Resolution1080 x 2400 px
FingerprintUnder-display

02Camera

82/100

82/100 puts it above the 78-point average for flagship phones of 2020.

Main40 MP, f/1.8
Periscope8 MP 5x optical, 50x digital, OIS
Ultrawide8 MP
Macro2 MP
Selfie32 MP + depth

03Performance

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.

ChipsetKirin 985 5G (7nm)
GPUMali-G77 MP8

04Battery

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 77-point average for flagship phones of 2020.

Capacity4000 mAh
ChargingSuperCharge 40W

05Build

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.

What works
  • 5x periscope with 50x digital zoom
  • Kirin 985 5G + curved OLED + 40W
  • 32 MP dual selfie
What doesn't
  • No Google services (Honor still under Huawei)
  • 2 MP macro filler
  • No 3.5 mm jack
Cross-shop it against
Galaxy Note 10+
$1099 · score 90/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 182-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .