SpecEagle review · Honor

Honor V40 review: The first post-Huawei-split Honor flagship.

Item: Honor V40
Rating: 82
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2021·$560

Overall

82/100

Class rank

#47 of 206

Tier

Flagship

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Honor's fresh start.

Honor V40 was the first flagship after Honor was sold off from Huawei — a transitional device that still lacked Google services but signalled the brand's independence. The IMX700 50 MP sensor and 66W/50W charging pointed to the comeback ahead.

01Display

86/100

86/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.

TypeOLED, dual-curved, 120Hz

Size6.72 inches

Resolution1236 x 2676 px

02Camera

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.

Main50 MP Sony IMX700, f/1.9

Ultrawide8 MP

Depth2 MP

Selfie16 MP + 8 MP UW dual

03Performance

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.

ChipsetDimensity 1000 Plus (7nm)

GPUMali-G77 MC9

04Battery

84/100

84/100 puts it above the 79-point average for flagship phones of 2021.

Capacity4000 mAh

Charging66W wired, 50W wireless

05Build

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.

What works

First Honor flagship after the Huawei spin-off
50 MP IMX700 + 66W wired/50W wireless
120Hz curved OLED

What doesn't

Still launched without Google services
2 MP depth filler
Dimensity 1000+ over Kirin

Cross-shop it against

Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G

$1200 · score 89/100

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 206-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .