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Huawei announces Honor Play in India with Kirin 970 processor

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Prasad 06 August 2018

Huawei Android

It hasn't been too long since the last one but Huawei has launched yet another smartphone in the Indian market. This time it is the Honor Play, yet another mid-range smartphone from the company.

The Honor Play is priced at INR 19,999 ($290) for the 4GB model and INR 23,999 ($349) for the 6GB model. The phone will be available exclusively on Amazon India, starting August 8.

The Honor Play is basically the Nova 3 that was launched in India two weeks ago, but with few changes. Both phones have a 6.3-inch, 2340x1080 IPS display, Kirin 970 chipset, and a 3750mAh battery. The Honor Play has 64GB storage while the Nova 3 has 128GB. If you look at the design, they are again very similar, except the Honor Play is made out of aluminum while the Nova 3 out of glass.

The big difference comes in the form of cameras, with the Honor Play having a 16+2MP rear set (sourced from Nova 3i and P20 Lite) and a 16MP front, while the Nova 3 has a 16+24MP rear set (sourced from Honor 10) and a 24+2MP front. Whether that's enough to justify the premium for the Nova 3 is debatable.

We look forward to what Huawei will launch next with the same permutation and combination of hardware parts under a different name.

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  • 07 Aug 2018

I dont care about the price. I reply just because that guy said that mumbo jumbo is a feature. There's little to no incentive at all for developers to optimize their games for chips that are basically a minority on the android world. Its the sam...

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  • wce
  • 07 Aug 2018

You are missing the point, the other phones at this price all have much weaker hardware, like by a lot. This price is crazy! You aren't fighting 835/845 at this price. And people have reported better performance on other games that work better after ...

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  • AnonD-594740
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  • 07 Aug 2018

If your "technology" works for only a bunch of games its not a feature but a driver optimization. That's it. Everyone can do that, but its too much hasle for just a bit more stable framerate, specially cause the developer needs to be in contact with ...

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