{"id":119017,"date":"2021-01-22T18:57:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T18:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=119017"},"modified":"2021-03-05T14:32:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:32:44","slug":"honor-v40-or-view-40-the-brands-first-standalone-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/uncategorized\/honor-v40-or-view-40-the-brands-first-standalone-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"HONOR V40 or View 40? The brand&#8217;s first standalone smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>This is HONOR's first post-sale announcement.\u00a0And most likely the global version will officially receive Google Mobile Services.<\/h3>\n<p>HONOR introduced the V40 5G or View 400 smartphone in China.\u00a0This is the first flagship introduced since HONOR became an independent company.\u00a0It is reported that the first batch in the PRC was sold out in 3 minutes 46 seconds.\u00a0According to rumors, the global version will receive support for Google Mobile Services.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-149794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-5g-1-260x400.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-5g-1-260x400.png 260w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-5g-1-130x200.png 130w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-5g-1-768x1184.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-5g-1.png 811w\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The HONOR V40 has a 6.72-inch OLED display supporting 120Hz.\u00a0The maximum display brightness was 800 nits.<\/p>\n<p>The smartphone is built on the MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ platform with 8 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of storage.\u00a0The battery capacity is 4000 mAh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-149796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-5g-e1611218269275_1611308555-640x320.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-5g-e1611218269275_1611308555-640x320.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-5g-e1611218269275_1611308555-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-5g-e1611218269275_1611308555-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-5g-e1611218269275_1611308555.jpg 1400w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The camera unit has been compared to a Mahjong card game.\u00a0It houses a 50MP main camera, an 8MP ultra wide-angle and a 2MP secondary camera.\u00a0The front camera is pill-shaped and integrated into the display.\u00a0Its resolution is 16 megapixels.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-149795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-img-1_large-640x360.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-img-1_large-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-img-1_large-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-img-1_large-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/honor-v40-img-1_large.jpg 1280w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The device will be priced at $ 555 for the smaller version with 128GB storage and $ 618 for the version with 256GB storage.<\/p>\n<!-- FeedbackWP Plugin --><div        class=\"rmp-widgets-container rmp-wp-plugin rmp-main-container js-rmp-widgets-container js-rmp-widgets-container--119017 \"        data-post-id=\"119017\">        <!-- Rating widget -->    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