The Honor Play which is the company’s first gaming smartphone and the device was launched in June. Then the company launched the device in India in last month. Well, now the company is all set to launch a new colour variant of the device is the Indian market.
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The chicest shade of Violet is coming to slay! Get ready! #HonorPlay #CrazyFastCrazySmart pic.twitter.com/JAkU8Q7NAr— Honor India (@HiHonorIndia) September 28, 2018
The Chinese smartphone brand Huawei’s subsidiary Honor teased a new colour variant of the Honor Play through its official Twitter handle. And the tweet reveals that a new colour variant ‘Violet’ is coming soon. However, apart from this the company hasn’t shared any other information like availability and pricing. We believe to hear about the same in the coming days and if you are unaware about the device then you can read the specification and the Indian pricing as well as availability of the device below.
Specification of Honor Play
The Honor Play sports 6.3-inch Full-HD+ notched display with a 2.5D curved glass atop along with 19.5:9 aspect ratio and has 2340 x 1080 pixels resolution. It is powered by 2.36 GHz octa core Kirin 970 processor and paired with 4/6 GB RAM along with Mali-G72 MP12 GPU. In terms of storage, the device has 64 GB internal storage and it can be expandable upto 256 GB via microSD card.
Moving to the camera department, the device has dual camera setup at the back with the combination of 16 megapixel (f/2.2 aperture) + 2 megapixel (f/2.4 aperture) with PDAF and LED flash, along with 16 megapixel front facing camera with f/2.0 aperture. Moreover, the camera of the device also comes with AI features like AI Beauty Mode, AR Stickers, and AI Portrait Mode. Having said that, the smartphone has the AI Shopping feature which will allow shopping quickly.
As its a gaming Smartphone, the device features GPU Turbo and 4D Gaming, and these features make the device perfect for gaming. The GPU Turbo technology increases the graphics performance by 60%. Well, with efficient graphics, game lovers can play heavy games without the dropped frames. Speaking about 4D Gaming, it will offer the real-time vibrations on the device which depends on the scenes of the game like explosions or shots. Well, this will definitely offer a thrilling experience to the users. Moreover, the device also offers 3D sound.
Coming to the connectivity options of the device supports dual hybrid SIM, dual 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3.5 mm headphone jack, USB Type-C, and GPS. The Honor Play also supports the fingerprint scanner to give an additional layer of security. It runs on Android Oreo 8.1 which is based on EMUI 8.2 and the device ships on 3,750 mAh battery with 18W charging.
Pricing and availability of Honor Play
Speaking about the pricing unavailability, the 4 GB RAM variant is priced at ₹19,999 and the 6 GB RAM variant has the price tag of ₹23,999, the device will start its first sale from 4:00 p.m. onwards. Well, the device will be exclusively available via Amazon India.




