When someone asks for the best-value phone around, Honor is always one of the first names we mention. The Honor 20 offers high-end chops at only half the price of some rivals, £399 SIM-free. And if you want an even more affordable mobile the Honor 20 Lite tunes the tech down a little to bring the cost under £250.
OK, so we’ve told you these are great-value phones, but where’s the proof?
Honor phones are deal-hunter heaven
That’s easy, because Honor squeezes more tech in per pound than anyone else. For example, the Honor 20 has an amazing four rear cameras, including a main sensor with a majestic 48-megapixel sensor.
The quad-camera array also lets you shoot ultra-wide images, and there’s a lens just for macro shots, handy if you want to get up close and personal with nature.
Look as close as you like at the actual phone, there’s no real sign the Honor 20 costs under £400, rather than way over £500. It has a metal and glass body, a smart-looking punch hole selfie camera on the front, and the same game-chomping processor as Huawei’s most expensive mobiles.
We’ve even seen the Honor 20 battery last almost two days, and that’s with real-world use rather than unrealistic lab-style testing. The Honor 20 has brilliant tech inside, but it’s also blissfully easy to live with.
It looks good too. Slim screen surrounds provide a modern look, and the rear finish changes dynamically as it catches the light. And who doesn’t like a little gloss to their phone?
Honor 20 Lite: the budget choice
As stellar value as the Honor 20 is, it’s still likely to be a little too rich for some at £399. The Honor 20 Lite is our top pick if that sounds like you.
Quite how much high-tech credibility it holds onto at a SIM-free friendly price is the real surprise. Honor’s 20 Lite has three rear cameras. They let you choose dramatic bokeh background blur images and ultra-wide-angle compositions as well as high-quality 24-megapixel regular photos.
Even the selfie camera is special. It has an unusually powerful 32-megapixel sensor, primed to deal with whatever lighting conditions you try to snap selfies in.
The Honor 20 Lite has an impressive 6.21-inch Full HD screen too, with a very high screen to surface ratio. It is perfect for watching Netflix or YouTube, but doesn’t leave the phone struggling for space in your pocket.
You also get the most generous amount of storage found in any phone at the price. 128GB lets you store dozens of storage-hungry games, more than a thousand albums, or quite possibly every app you’ve downloaded since your very first smartphone.
And just like its bigger brother, you can rely on the Honor 20 Lite to last all day, every day, thanks to its large 3400mAh battery.
Phones like the Honor 20 and Honor 20 Lite will make many of you wonder why you’d spend more on another brand. Honor offers everything you’d ask for, but for less cash. They have the look, the hardware and the performance a great phone needs, at a lower price than you’d expect.
