Honor Play (4 GB)

Full Specifications, Price, Review & Should you Buy?

Key Specs:
  • 6.3 inches, FHD+ Bezel-less display, 19.5:9 aspect ratio
  • 2.36 GHz Octa Core Huawei Hisilicon Kirin 970 processor
  • 4 GB RAM, 64 GB Internal Storage, microSD up to 256 GB
  • 16 MP + 2 MP Dual cameras, 16 MP Front camera
  • Android 8.1 Oreo, EMUI 8.2, 3750 mAh battery, Fast Charging
  • Fingerprint, Facial Unlock, Hybrid Dual SIM, 4G, USB Type-C
Honor Play (4 GB) Price in India:

 16,990
on
Variants:
Availability Details:
Amazon Exclusive. Also available on company's online store. Available via Flash Sales.
OS Updates?
May get Android Pie update


Strength

  • Excellent flagship-level performance
  • Good gaming related enhancements
  • Very good cameras with feature-rich app
  • Good bezel-less display with a notch
  • Beautiful design with good build
  • Very good battery life + fast charging
  • Fast Facial unlock + Fingerprint
  • Latest Android with lots of features in EMUI
  • Excellent value for money

Weakness

  • Camera AI mode is inaccurate most of the times


Should You Buy?

Overall, the Honor Play is undoubtedly a very powerful smartphone for gaming. But more importantly, it is a very well rounded phone as well and comes with very good cameras, big bezel-less display with a notch, good design, latest software, a very good battery life and lots of features. So, a very good all-round package, the Honor Play is currently one of the best phones under 20000 Rs. and can be a very good choice for all types of users and not just gamers.

Our Score
84
Out of 100
Performance:
71%
Rear Camera:
75%
Front Camera:
80%
Battery:
72%
Value for Money:
85%
User Experience:
70%

0%

User Rating: 4.03 ( 6 votes)


Honor Play (4 GB) VS its Top 3 Competitors:
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What's better compared to Honor Play (4 GB)?
Performance, More RAM, Rear camera, Display, Bigger battery, More features
What's weaker compared to Honor Play (4 GB)?
Design, Smaller screen, Thicker
₹ 17,990
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What's better compared to Honor Play (4 GB)?
More RAM, Display, Storage
What's weaker compared to Honor Play (4 GB)?
Performance, Selfies, Design, Smaller battery, Thicker, Less features
₹ 16,990
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What's better compared to Honor Play (4 GB)?
Selfies, Design, More features
What's weaker compared to Honor Play (4 GB)?
Performance, Rear camera, Smaller battery, Thicker

Honor Play Full Specifications:
Phone Details
Phone Name(s) Honor Play
Manufacturer Huawei
Announced July 2018
Released August 2018
Body
Build Metal unibody design
Colors
Midnight Black
Navy Blue
Ultra Violet
Dimensions 157.91 mm x 74.27 mm x 7.48 mm
Weight 176 grams
Buttons Power button, Volume rockers, On screen navigation buttons
Display
Screen Size 6.3 inches
Display Type IPS LCD bezel-less display with notch
Resolution Full HD+ (1080 x 2340 pixels)
Pixel Density 409 pixels per inch (PPI)
Aspect Ratio 19.5:9 aspect ratio
Display Area 83 % screen-to-body ratio
Protection 2.5D curved toughened glass
Touchscreen Yes, Capacitive, Multitouch
Performance
Processor 2.36 GHz Octa Core Huawei Hisilicon Kirin 970 Processor with AI NPU
RAM 4 GB LPDDR4X RAM
GPU Mali-G72 MP12 GPU with GPU Turbo
Storage
Internal 64 GB
External Up to 256 GB via microSD card
USB OTG Yes
Operating System
OS Android v8.1 Oreo
User Interface EMUI 8.2
Features 4D Gaming Experience with Smart Shock, Smart AI Gallery
Cameras
Rear Camera 16 MP + 2 MP Dual cameras with LED flash
Details f/2.2 aperture (primary), f/2.4 aperture (secondary), AI Mode, Pro Mode, Portrait mode, PDAF, HDR, Panorama, EIS
Video Recording UHD 4K (3840 x 2160) @30fps, Full HD 1080p @30fps
Front Camera 16 MP
Details f/2.0 aperture, 2.0µm, AI Portrait Selfies, 3D Portrait Lighting, Beautification mode, Stickers
Video Recording 1080p @30fps
SIM
SIM Dual SIM (hybrid slot)
SIM Size Nano SIM
Battery
Capacity 3750 mAh Li-Po battery
Fast Charging Yes, 9V/2A
Wireless Charging No
Removable Battery No
Security and Sensors
Security Fingerprint Scanner, Facial Unlock (closed-eye face unlock prevention)
Sensors Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor, Digital compass, Gravity sensor, Gyroscope
Connectivity
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4G + 5G WiFi, WiFi Direct, WiFi Hotspot
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE
Location GPS, Glonass
USB Type USB Type-C
FM Radio Yes
NFC No
Infrared No
Sound
Speakers Yes, bottom mounted
3.5mm Headphone Jack Yes, 3D gaming sound effect for headphones
Microphone One primary microphone and one dedicated microphone for Active noise cancellation
Network
Cellular Networks 2G, 3G, 4G / VoLTE
2G Bands GSM 2/3/5/8
3G Bands WCDMA 1/5/8
4G Bands FDD 1/3/5/8 LTE TD 34/38/39/40/41
Speed -
SAR Values
Head -
Body -
Other Features
Notification LED Yes
Water Resistance No
In Box Contents
What's in the box? Honor Play, Cover, Travel Charger, Data Cable, Warranty Card, User Manual and Eject tool
Disclaimer: We have tried our best to list correct specs & information on this page, but still cannot guarantee it is 100% correct.
Honor Play Review:

Huawei is flooding the Indian smartphone market with lots of budget and mid-range phones and the latest from them is the new Honor Play, a phone with their flagship processor, specially launched for the gamers. It comes in a bezel-less metal unibody design and looks good. With curved edges, it feels good and comfortable in hands, the build quality is premium. With just 7.48 mm of thickness, the Honor Play is quite slim. It sports a 6.3 inches FullView Full HD+ display with a notch on top and thus having the tall 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The display quality is good for its price and has good colors.

The biggest highlight of the phone is its great performance, which is made possible by the 2.36 GHz Octa Core Huawei Hisilicon Kirin 970 processor with a dedicated NPU (Neural Processing Unit, which independently handles AI related tasks), which is Huawei’s top-end processor and is used in all their flagship phones this year. It comes paired with 4 GB or 6 GB RAM and Mali-G72 MP12 GPU. Huawei has added ‘GPU Turbo’ to the Honor Play, which makes the graphics processor efficient and saves the battery life. The performance on the Honor Play is just great, it is the flagship-level performance by all means and you can compare it with all the much higher priced top-end phones out there in the world.

Throw anything at it, be it very heavy multitasking or the heaviest of the games, it can handle everything smoothly. Gaming on the Honor Play is just excellent, the gameplay is smooth, the battery drain and temperatures are in control. To enhance the gaming experience, there is ‘4D Gaming Experience with Smart Shock’, which uses AI to detect image and sound and gives you an intelligent game vibration, although it is available for only a few games like PUBG. It also comes with 3D Gaming Sound which delivers superior sound output over the headphones. It is undoubtedly the best phone for gamers under Rs. 20000.

Coming to the cameras, the Honor Play comes with a 16 MP + 2 MP dual camera setup on the back, and has very good picture quality with good details although it tends to overexpose at high dynamic ranges. Huawei touts a lot about its ‘AI Cameras’, but to be honest, it doesn’t work very well and oversaturates the pictures, so you are better with the AI mode turned off.  There is a 16 MP selfie camera on the front which again is an excellent shooter. Huawei’s camera app is very powerful and feature-rich, there are lots of modes and filters for both the front and rear cameras and it even has Apple’s iPhone X like 3D Portrait lighting effects. The edge detection and bokeh effects are good on both the front and the rear cameras. So, along with good performance and gaming experience, you get good cameras too.

The Honor Play runs on the latest Android 8.1 Oreo based EMUI 8.2, which is Huawei’s highly customised Android skin and comes with a lot of features including dual apps, private space and Android P like pill shaped navigation gestures. The Honor Play also comes with a very fast face unlocking as well as a fast fingerprint scanner situated on the back. It is a dual sim phone supporting 4G and VoLTE on both the sim slots so you can use for e.g. two Reliance Jio sim at the same time.

It comes with 64 GB and 128 GB storage variants, both of which are expandable up to 256 GB but, uses a hybrid slot. Another great thing about the Honor Play is, it has a big 3750 mAh Li-Po battery, which delivers excellent battery backup and also supports fast charging via a 9V/2A charger supplied in the box. It comes with USB Type-C for data syncing and charging.

Honor Play (Navy Blue):

Honor Play (Midnight Black):

Honor Play (Ultra Violet):


Honor Play (4 GB) is suitable to use for:
  • Heavy Users
  • Normal Day to Day Users
  • Heavy Gamers
  • Moderate Gamers
  • Camera Lovers
  • Selfie Lovers
  • Multimedia Consumption

Rahul Dubey

Rahul is a Professional Blogger and the Founder of 'Best Tech Guru'. He is a Computer Science & Engineering graduate and the passion for Technology & Entrepreneurship kept him away from a regular job, now he spends all his time with latest technology and loves to help people. He is a Tech enthusiast and has written hundreds of articles over the years on this blog. Follow @iamRahulD

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