Honor just unveiled an ultra-affordable smartphone dubbed the Honor Play 8 today in China. The smartphone is essentially a rebranded Honor 8S that had released in April in Russia. The company has launched it in the home market in association with D.Phone. The smartphone is available for purchase across all major retailers in China, such as Suning, Vmall and JD to name a few.
Honor Play 8 Specifications and Features
The Honor Play 8 smartphone gets a 5.71-inch HD+ LCD display with an aspect ratio of 19:9. There is a waterdrop notch on top of the screen and thick bezels on three sides. The device is powered by a Helio A22 SoC and is available with 3GB of RAM with 32GB of built-in storage. It storage can be further extended up to 512GB by means of a microSD card.
The single 13-megapixel camera on the rear has an aperture of f/1.8 and it carries supports HDR. While the front camera is a 5-megapixel unit with an aperture of f/2.2. The Honor Play 8 misses out on a fingerprint sensor, but uses the front camera for face unlock.
The phone is powered by a 3,020 mAh battery and runs on Android 9.0 Pie OS that is customized with EMUI 9.0. It has two dedicated SIM slots with dual 4G. The device sadly misses out on fast charging. But that is understandable at its price point. There is anti-slip faux leather coating on the plastic rear of the Honor Play 8.
Honor Play 8 Price and Availability
The Honor Play 8 is available for buying in China at a very competitive price tag of 599 Yuan (~$120). It is available in two color variants, namely black and blue. The same phone is selling as Honor 8S in Russia and as Huawei Y5 (2019) in Europe.
