Honor unveils the V40, its first smartphone without Huawei

Honor introduced its all-new 5G smartphone on Tuesday. Powered by a Dimensity 1000, it’s equipped with a 6.72″ 8GB OF RAM display and a 50-megapixel sensor. The Chinese brand announced that it had sold all the stocks in just 3 minutes and 46 seconds.

Credits: Honor

Honor’s first smartphone is now known as an independent brand. Since Huawei sold its subsidiary for 12.8 billion euros, the expectation has grown for the latter’s first proposal. It’s now done with the Honor V40,a 5G smartphone equipped with a 6.72″ OLED display.

However, you’ll need to be a little more patient to discover Honor smartphones powered by a Qualcomm SoC. For its V40, the manufacturer has indeed chosen the Mediatek Dimensity 1000, accompanied by 8GB of RAM LPDDR4x, as well as a maximum of 256GB of storage. Only available in China at the moment, its 128GB version is sold for 3599 yuan and 3,999 yuan for its 256GB version, or 456 and 507 eurosrespectively.

The Honor V40 is out of stock after only 3 minutes and 46 seconds

Honor has recovered its Android license, since the 10th version of the operating system is installed on the V40, coupled with the Magic UIoverlay. The smartphone also carries a 4000 mAhbattery, compatible with the 50W and 66W fast charging. On the photo side, it features a 50MP main sensor,an 8MP wide-angle sensor and a 2MP macro sensor. The selfie sensor allows a resolution of 16 MP.

The Honor V40 will be available in three colours: “Midnight Black,” “Silver Titanium” and “Golden Rose.” The Chinese brand announced that it had sold out all of its stocks in just 3 minutes and 46 seconds. Chinese users will have to wait until January 26 to try again to get it. As for the rest of the world, there is no release date yet on international markets. In the meantime, you can find out his full listing in his chart below.

Designation Honor V40
Screen 6.72” OLED
2676 x 1236 pixels
120 Hz
HDR 10
Processor MediaTek Dimensity 1000 (4 x Cortex-A77 to 2.6GHz – 4 x 4 x Cortex-A55 to 2.0GHz)
Ram 8GB of RAM LPDDR4x
Storage 128GB
256GB
Micro SD No
Rear photo sensor 50MP main sensor
8MP wide-angle sensor
16 MP macro sensor
Selfie sensor 16 MP
Network 5G
Connectivity Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Nfc
Security Fingerprint reader
Autonomy 4000 mAh compatible with 50W and 66W charge
Colour Black, Silver, Rose
Size 163.07 x 74.26 x 8.04mm
Weight 189g
Bone Android 10 – Magic UI