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Honor V30 review: Kirin 990 5G flagship with a dual punch-hole.

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2019·$450
Overall
78/100
Class rank
#58 of 167
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Honor's 5G debut.

Honor V30 launched the brand into 5G with the integrated Kirin 990, a 40 MP IMX600 main and 3x OIS telephoto. Strong hardware undercut by the Google ban that shadowed all Honor and Huawei phones of the era.

01Display

78/100

78/100 trails the 82-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2019.

TypeIPS LCD, dual punch-hole
Size6.57 inches
Resolution1080 x 2400 px

02Camera

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 77-point average for flagship phones of 2019.

Main40 MP Sony IMX600, f/1.6
Telephoto8 MP 3x, OIS
Ultrawide8 MP, 120 deg
Selfie32 MP + 8 MP UW dual

03Performance

84/100

84/100 puts it above the 79-point average for flagship phones of 2019.

ChipsetKirin 990 5G (7nm+)
GPUMali-G76 MP16

04Battery

82/100

At 82/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2019 — 7 points above the cohort average.

Capacity4200 mAh
Charging40W SuperCharge

05Build

78/100

78/100 trails the 80-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2019.

What works
  • Integrated Kirin 990 5G + 40 MP IMX600
  • 3x OIS tele + dual selfie
  • 3.5 mm jack retained
What doesn't
  • No Google services (Honor under Huawei)
  • IPS not OLED
  • Heavy 197 g
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 167-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .