Honor Play - Honor Mobile Phones: Technical Specifications, Features and Reviews
Submitted By Asha Manoj on 27 July 2018
- Manufacturer : Honor
- Model : Honor Play
- OS : Android 8.1 (Oreo)
- Network : GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
- Dimensions : 157.9 x 74.3 x 7.5 mm
- Weight : 176 g
- SIM Type : Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
- Dual SIM : Yes
- Headphones : Yes
- Available Colors : Black, Blue, Violet
The Honor Play is a smartphone made by Honor, a smartphone brand under the Huawei group. It is one of the first phones to feature Huawei's GPU Turbo technology for gaming and overall performance, and has a powerful HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC. The dual-SIM Honor Play runs EMUI 8.2 based on Android 8.1. The smartphone sports a 6.3-inch full-HD+ with 85 percent NTSC colour gamut. It is powered by the octa-core Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC along with Mali-G72 GPU and the built in NPU. The handset comes in 4GB and 6GB RAM variants. It has a 16-megapixel primary lens with f/2.2 aperture and PDAF, and a 2-megapixel secondary lens with f/2.4 aperture. At the front, the smartphone has a 16-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture. Honor Play is fuelled by a 3750mAh battery with fast charging support. Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, and USB Type-C.
Hardware Specification
- Processor : Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
- RAM Size : 4 GB, 6 GB
- Internal Storage : 64 GB
- Expandable Storage : microSD, up to 256 GB
Display Specification
- Display Type : IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Display Size : 6.3 inches
- Touchscreen : Yes
- Display Resolution : 1080 x 2340 pixels
- Display Multitouch : Yes
- Main Camera : Dual, 16, f/2.2, PDAF 2 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
- Main Camera Flash : Yes
- Main Camera Auto Focus : Yes
- Main Camera Video Recording Resolution : 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
- Front Camera : 16 MP, f/2.0, 2.0µm
Battery Specification
- Battery Capacity : Non-removable Li-Po 3750 mAh battery
Connectivity
- Operating Frequency : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHZ, 800 MHZ, 850 / 900 / 2100 MHZ, LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 2(1900), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
- Connectivity Internet : Yes
- Connectivity 3G : Yes
- Connectivity 4G : Yes
- Connectivity WiFi : Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
- Connectivity WiFi Direct : Yes
- Connectivity Bluetooth : 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD
- Connectivity USB : 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
- Connectivity FM : Yes
Location Technology
- Location GPS : Yes
- Location Glonass : Yes
- Location Beidou : Yes
Sound
- Alert Types : Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
- Loudspeaker : Yes
- Mobile Earjack : 3.5 mm
Audio and Video
- Video Playing Format : MP4/H.264 player
- Audio Playing Format : MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player
Sensors
- Fingerprint Sensor : Yes
- Gyro Sensor : Yes
- Accelerometer Sensor : Yes
- Proximity Sensor : Yes