Honor's next flagship offering will bake in 5G
support, according to the brand's president, Zhao Ming. He officially confirmed
this, as well as the phone's name: Honor V30. That's not surprising considering
that last year the company launched the Honor V20 in China, and the same phone
as the Honor View 20 in other markets.
So there's a big chance that we'll see the V30
outside of China marketed as the Honor View 30. Whether it will keep the 5G
support remains to be seen. Also interesting will be to see how this model will
be priced, since last year's V20 was the cheapest device to employ the Kirin
980 chipset, starting off at just CNY 2,999 (US$ 419 or €377).
The Honor V30 will employ the soon to be announced
Kirin 990, along with the Balong 5000 modem, but because of the 5G support its
price may go up significantly compared to its predecessor. The V20 got official
on December 26, 2018, so the V30 could be unveiled around the same time this
year.
