Honor held an online launch event where the Honor Play 4T series was unveiled. The event was anchored by Honor’s product manager Wei Xialong, who is making his debut on the launch stage. The Honor exec disclosed that the Play 4T series launch was the first time the “T” suffix appearing on the Honor product line.

Wei Xiaolong explained that his view is that “T” stands for Terminator because the Honor Play 4T is a mission with super players and a natural dare to create. He also added that the Play 4T may be the last 4G mobile phone from Honor. In other words, starting with the Honor 30 series launching on April 15, the Honor phone is expected to fully enter the 5G era. Now, let get something clear here. The Honor exec didn’t definitively state that the 4T would be the last but his statement could be seen as a teaser.

Honor 4T and 4T Pro featured a Kirin 710 and Kirin 810chipset respectively. Basically, they are mid-range models and Huawei has already launched the mid-range Kirin 820 5G chipset which may power successive models. The Kirin 710 and 810 SoC were utilised by a number of Honor models including the 2018 Honor 8x, Honor 9X, Honor 10 Lite, Honor 9X Pro and several others. Thus, we expect Honor to use the Kirin 820 for a while and on several upcoming mid-range models. Honor has not been known for entry-level phones so we may see this development happening going forward. We believe this is a developing story. We’ll update you when further information arrives.

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Huawei is all set to launch its first 5G smartphone, Huawei Mate 20 X 5G in its home country China later this week on 26th July. Now, it’s sub-brand Honor has also confirmed working on a 5G smartphone.

At the sidelines of the Honor 9X launch event, media asked the company about its plans related to a 5G smartphone. Honor president Zhao Ming confirmed that the Honor 5G smartphone is currently being tested.

He also revealed that the smartphone will be officially launched in the fourth quarter of this year, i.e. Q4 2019. Praising its own upcoming smartphone, he added that the phone will lead the market in terms of design and performance in the 5G era.

Earlier, Zhao Ming had said that 2019 is China’s year for 5G technology and Honor 5G smartphone will soon be unveiled. He added that the phone launching in the fourth quarter this year will support both SA and NSA networks.

As per the reports, the upcoming Honor 5G smartphone could come equipped with the company’s own Balong 500 5G chip which supports 5G multi-mode terminal. It is also touted to be the world’s first single-core and multi-mode 5G baseband. Along with SA and NSA networks, it also comes with support for 4G, 3G, and 2G networks.

From the way that the company’s officials are teasing this upcoming smartphone and the information coming up, it seems that the Honor 5G smartphone is something worth looking forward to. We hope to get more information about this phone in the coming weeks.

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