Huawei’s sub-brand Honor today launched the Honor Play smartphone in India. The new Honor Play is official now in China with a 6.3-inch display with 19.5:9 aspect ratio and a ‘notch’, a HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC, up to 6GB RAM, GPU Turbo technology, and more. It comes with real-time recognition and 4D gaming experience. It has the capacity to automatically make vibrations based on the action scenes in the game. The Honor Play has priced at CNY 1,999 (around Rs. 21,000) for the 4GB RAM variant and CNY 2,399 (around Rs. 25,100) for the 6GB RAM model.
The new Honor Play smartphone comes with a 6.3-inch full-HD+ (1080×2340 pixels) with 85 percent NTSC colour gamut. The device runs on a powerful octa-core Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC along with Mali-G72 GPU and the built in NPU (neural processor unit). The device comes in two variants – 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM. The device has some additional features such as Turbo GPU and 4D gaming experience. This smartphone is focused on heavy-level mobile gamers who are seeking for more powerful device with an affordable budget.
This device comes with a 16-megapixel primary lens with f/2.2 aperture and PDAF, and a 2-megapixel secondary lens with f/2.4 aperture. On the front, the smartphone features a 16-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture. This device comes with a 64GB of internal storage. The device supports an expandable storage capacity of up to 256GB with a microSD card. The connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, and USB Type-C. The device features all of the modern sensors including an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, gyroscope, and proximity sensor. The device runs on EMUI 8.2 based on Android 8.1.