Huawei Honor Play has been introduced in China as a gaming and overall smartphone that offers great value for money as well. Huawei Play offers what most gaming smartphones only dream of, affordability mixed with high graphics performance.
The Honor Play is powered by Huawei’s Hisilicon Kirin 970 chipset, it’s the same chip on the Honor 10 and P20 Pro. However, the graphics processor packs GPU Turbo tech for enhanced performance. It also comes with Histen audio tech as well, lets find out more.
Huawei Honor Play Key Specs and Features
・6.3-inch FHD+ IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1080 x 2340 pixels
・Android 8.0 Oreo with 4GB/6GB RAM
・Octa-core 2.4GHz Hisilicon Kirin 970
・64GB built-in storage, upgradeable up to 256GB
・16MP + 2MP rear camera and 16MP front camera
・3750mAh non-removable Li-Po Battery
DESIGN
The Honor Play sports a similar look with the Honor 10 and 9i, however, the placement of the camera is now vertical like the P20 flagships. While the LED flash comes underneath and ready for night shoots, and the fingerprint scanner is available as well.
Sporting an overall Metal unibody with a sleek antenna line at the top and bottom corner, the device is an absolute stunner for its price. It measures 7.5 mm in thickness and weighs 176g overall. You can get it in Black, Blue and Violet colours.
DISPLAY
Just like the Honor 9i and Honor 10, the Honor Play also comes with the trending notched screen. Although, it seems the notch near looks longer than on the 9i. Nonetheless, Honor did a good job by getting rid of the home button.
If you’re into big screens, its 6.3-inch FHD+ IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen should be more than enough. It brings a 1080 x 2340 pixels in resolution and 409 pixels per inch density for clear visuals. The screen dishes out a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and stretches up to 83% of the entire front.
HARDWARE and SOFTWARE
The powerful Hisilicon Kirin 970 chip takes centre stage here. An 8-core processor and 64-bit CPU architecture. The Octa-core processor clocks at a fast speed of 2.4GHz with 10nm process technology. The Mali-G72 MP12 graphics processor comes with Turbo tech and clocks at 850MHz.
There are two versions, depending on how heavy you multitask through games and apps. There’s one with 6GB RAM and a cheaper variant with 4GB RAM, both reaches a memory speed of 1.866GHz. While the storage space is 64GB and upgradeable up to 256GB. The device runs on Android 8.1 Oreo with EMUI 8.2.
CAMERA
At the back, the 16MP + 2MP cameras has f/2.2 + f/2.4 aperture respectively. There’s portrait mode, phase detection autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR and panorama. Its camera also recognizes over 500 scenes, thanks to the NPU, Kirin’s AI core. You can also shoot 4K videos of 2160p@30fps and 1080p@30fps. While the 16MP selfie camera has f/2.0 aperture, 2.0µm pixel size, supports Face ID with 3D portrait lighting.
BATTERY
The Huawei Honor Play is powered by a non-removable Li-Po 3750mAh battery with fast charging technology.
PRICE AND AVAILABILITY
Huawei Honor Play is available on shopping stores, starting from $349 to $399, that’s about (N120,000 – N140,000).
Huawei Honor Play Full Specs
LAUNCH
・Announced: June, 2018
・Status: Available. June, 2018
NETWORK
・Network Technology: GSM / WCDMA / LTE
・3G Support: 850/1700/1900/2100
・4G Support: LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
・Number of SIM Card: 2 (Nano)
・Dual SIM Support: Yes
DESIGN
・Material Type: Metal
・Dimensions: 157.9 x 74.3 x 7.5 mm
・Colour: Black, Blue, Violet
・Weight: 176g
DISPLAY
・Screen Type: FHD+ IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
・Size: 6.3-inch
・Resolution: 1080 x 2340 pixels
・Pixel Density: 409ppi
・Screen to Body Ratio: 83%
SOFTWARE
・Operating system: Android 8.1 Oreo
・Processor: Octa-core 2.4GHz
・Chipset type: Hisilicon Kirin 970
・Graphics Processing Unit: Mali-G72 MP12
STORAGE
・Memory Card slot: Yes, up to 256GB
・Internal storage: 64GB
・RAM: 4GB/6GB
CAMERA
・Back Camera: 16MP + 2MP
・Front Camera: 16MP
・Back Flash: Yes, LED
・Front Flash: No
FEATURES
・Wifi Hotspot: Yes
・Bluetooth: Yes
・Fingerprint Sensor: Yes (Rear)
・Sensors: accelerometer, proximity, ambient light, compass
・USB: Yes
・GPS: Yes
・3.5mm Audio Jack: Yes
BATTERY
・Capacity: 3750mAh
・Type: Li-Po
・Standby Time: –
・Talktime: –
・Fast Charging: Yes
