Honor is a sub brand of the Huawei Brand. It has a presence in the online market space and has been featuring smartphones that are able to stand in with the other online brands. Honor Play is an Mid level smartphone with a notch display and has been priced at Rupees 22749.
The Honor Play has a 6.3 inches of IPS LCD display and a screen resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and has a pixel density of 409 ppi. The screen is good under sunlight conditions and the color reproduction is good. The notch design on the top holds the front camera and sensors.
The main camera on the Honor Play is a 16 MP lens with an aperture size of f/2.2 and a second camera with a 2 MP lens and an aperture size of f/2.4. The front camera on the Honor Play is 16 MP lens with an aperture size of f/2.o. The cameras on the Honor Play take decent pictures in good natural light conditions during the day but their performance gets a little low light conditions and the images seem to lack detail and also have some noise.
The Honor Play runs on the Hisilicon Kirin 970 chipset with the help of Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) processors and the Mali-G72 MP12 graphics chipset. The device has 4GB and 6GB RAM variants available and there is 64 GB internal storage. The internal storage memory can be expanded with a microSD card up to 256 GB using the sim slot 2. The device runs on the Android v8.1 Oreo and is overlayed with the EMUI 8.2 skin. The EMUI OS has some decent features but there are still some areas where it is a bit lacking.
The battery on the Honor Play is a 3750mAh Li-Po battery and is capable of running the phone for for about a day and a half on a full charge with average usage. The phone has the fast charging functionality with USB Type-C connectivity and takes about 1.5 to 2 hours to fully charge from 0-100.
The Honor Play is available in Midnight Black, Navy Blue, Violet, Player Edition Red and Player Edition Black color variants.
SPECIFICATIONS
GENERAL
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Factors |
Honor Play |
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Form factor |
CandyBar |
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Release Date |
August 2018 |
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Package Contents |
Handset, Cover, Travel Charger, Data Cable, Data Cable, User Manual, Eject tool |
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Price Group |
Budget Range (10000 - 30000) |
BODY
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Factors |
Honor Play |
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Material |
Main body: Front glass, plastic body |
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Dimensions |
157.9 x 74.3 x 7.5 mm (6.22 x 2.93 x 0.30 in) |
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Weight |
176 g (6.21 oz) |
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SIM |
Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
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Screen size (Diagonal) |
6.3 inches |
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Colors |
Midnight Black, Navy Blue, Violet, Player Edition Red, Player Edition Black |
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Keys |
Right - Lock/Unlock key, Volume control |
DISPLAY –
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Factors |
Honor Play |
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Resolution |
1080 x 2340 pixels |
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Pixels per inch |
409 ppi |
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Technology |
IPS LCD |
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Touch |
Capacitive, Multitouch |
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Features |
Sunlight display Night display Supports standard display Light sensor Proximity sensor Always-on display |
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Colors |
16 Million |
CAMERA –
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Factors |
Honor Play |
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Primary(Rear) Camera(s) + Aperture Size Focus Flashlight |
16 MP, f/2.2 + 2 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor Autofocus LED flash, panorama, HDR |
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Features |
Digital zoom geo-tagging touch focus Face detection Smile detection |
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Video |
2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS) |
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Video features |
Video Sharing Video calling |
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Secondary(Front) + Aperture Size Video |
16 MP, f/2.0 1080p@30fps |
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Features (Front Camera) |
Selfie countdown Face recognition Group shots Mirror |
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Shooting Modes |
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR) Panorama |
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Settings |
Exposure compensation ISO control White balance presets |
SOFTWARE, PERFORMANCE AND STORAGE –
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Factors |
Honor Play |
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OS |
Android 8.1 (Oreo) Skin - EMUI 8.2 |
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Chipset |
Hisilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm) |
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Processor |
Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) |
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Graphics processor |
Mali-G72 MP12 |
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System memory |
4/6 GB RAM |
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Internal memory |
64 GB |
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Card Slot |
MicroSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) |
BATTERY
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Factors |
Honor Play |
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Capacity |
3750 mAh |
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Type |
Not User replaceable, Li – Po |
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Fast Charge |
Fast battery charging 18W |
MULTIMEDIA
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Factors |
Honor Play |
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Mirroring |
DLNA, Wireless screen share |
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Music player Filter by Features Supported formats |
Album, Artist, Genre, Playlists Album art cover, Background playback, MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, M4A (Apple lossless), AMR, OGG, MIDI |
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Video Playback Supported Formats |
MPEG4, H.263, H.264 |
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Speakers |
Earpiece, Loudspeaker |
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Headphones connector |
3.5 mm |
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Radio |
No |
CELLULAR
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Factors |
Honor Play |
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Technology |
GSM / HSPA / LTE |
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2G bands |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
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3G Network |
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
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4G Network |
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) |
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Data |
LTE, HSPA |
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No. of SIMs |
2 |
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Card Slots |
Nano SIM(GSM)+Nano SIM(GSM) |
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VoLTE |
Yes |
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EDGE |
Yes |
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GPRS |
Yes |
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Supports 4G in India (Band 40) |
Yes |
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IR port |
No |
PHONE FEATURES
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Factors |
Honor Play |
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Sensors |
Fingerprint Sensor (Rear Mounted) Accelerometer Proximity Compass Ambient Light Sensor Gyroscope |
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Notifications |
Haptic feedback Music ringtones (MP3) Vibration, Flight mode Silent mode Speakerphone |
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Messaging |
SMS(threaded view) MMS |
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Browser |
HTML5 |
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IMAP, POP3, SMTP |
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Instant messaging |
Hangouts / Google Talk |
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Java |
No |
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Other features |
XviD/MP4/H.265 player MP3/WAV/eAAC+/ Document editor Voice dialing Voice commands Voice recording |
CONNECTIVITY –
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Factors |
Honor Play |
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Bluetooth |
v4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD |
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Navigation |
Turn-by-turn navigation, Voice navigation |
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GPS |
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
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Infrared port |
Yes |
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Radio |
Yes |
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Wi-Fi |
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
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Wi-Fi Direct |
Yes |
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Mobile hotspot |
Yes |
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NFC |
Yes |
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USB Connector Features |
Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Mass storage device, USB charging |
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Charging connector |
Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
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Other |
Tethering Computer sync OTA sync |
PROS –
6.3 inch IPS LCD display with notch design
Good screen to body ratio that is approximately 83.0%.
409 ppi pixel density.
Good Neat design
Camera Pictures are decent.
3750mAh battery.
CONS –
Low Light camera performance is a bit lacking.
The EMUI 8.2 needs some work and has some bloatware
The asking price of the device is a bit much when looking at other smartphones available in the market with better specifications.
The Honor Play is a mid range entry level device that has a notch display design in the front which houses the front camera and sensors.
The device does offer decent specifications but is a little on the expensive side which makes one uninterested in buying this device.
The cameras take decent pictures in daylight conditions and the low light photography suffers a bit due to noise and grain.
The battery life is okay and you get a day and half worth of work done with a single charge thanks to the fast charging functionality.
There are better devices then the Honor Play in the market so it is better to look at other budget phones before you decide to buy this one
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