The HONOR Play 20 made its debut at the end of April in China. The entry-level smartphone from the brand was launched in three memory configurations. Now, eight months after its announcement, the phone gets a fourth memory variant.

Honor has quietly introduced a new 4GB + 64GB variant of HONOR Play 20 in China. This version of the handset is priced at ¥799 ($125). Thus, the starting price of the smartphone has been now lowered by ¥100 ($16).

The remaining variants cost the name. This means the 4GB + 128GB, 6GB + 128GB, and 8GB + 128GB versions still retail at ¥899 ($141), ¥1,099 ($173), and ¥1,399 ($220) respectively. 

Customers can avail the phone in either of these four colors – Magic Night Black, Iceland White, Aurora Blue, and Titanium Silver. Interestingly, the newly introduced 4GB + 64GB configuration does not come in white color.

Talking about specifications, the HONOR Play 20 arrives with a 6.5-inch HD+ TFT LCD screen sporting a dewdrop notch, a UNISOC T610 SoC, 13MP (wide) + 2MP (depth) dual rear camera setup, and a 5MP front-facing camera.

Other features include dual SIM card slots, 4G, single-band WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0, MicroSD card slot, 3.5mm headphone jack, MicroUSB port, Magic UI 4.0 based on Android 10, 5,000mAh battery, and 10W charging.

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Earlier this year, Honor launched the Honor Play 20, an entry-level smartphone with a Unisoc T610 processor. Now, it is ready to follow it up with a pro model. Listings of the Honor Play 20 Pro have been posted online and they reveal some key details of the upcoming phone.

The Honor Play 20 Pro has appeared on an unnamed website. The listing shows that the phone will have 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, though we believe there will be other configurations when it launches. The phone will be available in three colors – Titanium Silver, Magic Night Black, and Icelandic Fantasyland.

The source (@Jiwai Digital VVV) that found the listings said the phone will be powered by a Unisoc processor but another Weibo user, ”@Wang Tsai Know-how”, says that is not the case. However, he says the Honor Play 20 Pro will be a 4G phone just like the Honor Play 20. He also said that the phone will be priced between ¥999 (~$155) – ¥1199 (~$186). This price is most likely for the base model considering the Honor Play 20 launched with a starting price tag of ¥899 (~$139) and goes up to ¥1399 (~$217).

The Honor Play 20 will have a 6.52-inch display with an HD+ resolution and a waterdrop notch. The Unisoc Tiger T610 under its hood is paired with up to 8GB of RAM. All RAM variants have the same 128GB of eMMC storage but you can add more space via the MicroSD card slot.

The Play 20 packs a 13MP + 2MP dual-camera setup on the back of the phone while a 5MP sensor is in front for selfies. Other features include a 5000mAh battery capacity with support for 10W charging. It runs Android 10 with Magic UI 4.0 on top.

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Honor has silently announced a new smartphone called the Honor Play 20 in China. The design of the smartphone suggests that it could be the KOZ-AL00 4G LTE phone, which was recently certified by the TENAA authority of China. The low-budget phone has arrived with a starting price of 899 Yuan (~$138) in the home market.

Honor Play 20 specifications and features

The Honor Play 20 has a 6.5-inch IPS LCD panel that supports an HD+ resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels. The waterdrop notch display delivers a screen-to-body ratio of 89.3 percent. The phone draws power from the 12bn Unisoc Tiger T610 chipset, which includes 2 x Cortex A75 cores clocking at 1.8GHz and 6 x Cortex A55 cores working at 1.8GHz along with Mali G52 GPU with 614.4MHz clocking speeds.

The Play 20 ships with up to 8 GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.  For additional storage, the device offers a microSD card slot. It comes preloaded with the older Android 10 OS, which is overlaid with Magic UI 4.0. The device draws power from a 5,000mAh battery.

Placed on the front is a selfie camera of 5-megapixel. The squarish camera module on the backside of the device has an LED flash, a 13-megapixel main camera, and a 2-megapixel depth.

Honor Play 20 pricing and availability

The Honor Play 20 is now up for pre-sale and it will be available for purchase through multiple online retailers of China from April 30. The Play 20 variants such as 4 GB RAM + 128 GB storage, 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage, and 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage are priced at 899 Yuan (~$138), 1,099 Yuan (~$169), and 1,399 Yuan (~$216).  The device comes in multiple colors like Magic Night Black, Iceland White, Aurora Blue, and Titanium Silver.

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