Honor has announced a new Ultraviolet colour model of its Honor Play smartphone, which will be available exclusively via Amazon.in from October 3, 2018. The new colour model comes in a 4GB RAM + 64GB internal storage version and is priced starting at Rs 19,999. Honor Play was officially launched on August 6 in India in Navy Blue and Midnight Black colours. It also comes in a 6GB RAM variant, with the same 64GB of internal storage.
The phone’s highlight is the inclusion of GPU Turbo technology, which is said to deliver a considerable boost in performance while keeping the power consumption low. In terms of specification, the Honor Play features a 6.3-inch IPS LCD display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and a 1080 x 2340p resolution. It is powered by the company’s Kirin 970 chipset, however, Huawei has confirmed that its upcoming flagship phones will be powered by the Kirin 980 SoC. On the rear, Honor Play features a dual-rear camera setup with a 16MP+2MP combination. On the front, it comes with a single 16MP unit.
The smartphone is backed by a 3750mAh battery that supports fast charging and the device comes with more gaming-centric features like AI 3D Surround Sound, AI 4D Smart Shock, and as mentioned earlier, GPU Turbo. Honor says that GPU Turbo tech improves graphic processing efficiency of its phones by up to 60 percent, while reducing SoC power consumption by 30 percent.
The feature is said to reduce jitter rate by maintaining the optimal FPS of the mobile device and the company has promised rolling out the GPU Turbo feature to other Honor devices via an OTA update. Honor says that AI real-time image and audio recognition is enabled for 30 different scenarios and 10 different vibrations.
The company calls this AI 4D Smart Shock and the feature is said to enable users to experience different levels of vibration based on the direction of approaching enemies and gunfire. The Honor Play is also said to offer virtual surround sound which is supported by wired headphones. It calls this AI 3D Surround Sound. Honor last launched its Honor 7S in India, which goes up against the Xiaomi Redmi 6A smartphone. The handset features 2GB RAM + 16GB storage and is priced at Rs 6,999.
The Honor 7S is powered by the quad-core MediaTek MT6739 SoC, and features a 5.45-inch HD+ screen with an 18:9 display aspect ratio. The dual-SIM smartphone runs on Android 8.1 Oreo and is backed by a 3020mAh battery, which is said to deliver an entire day of usage.
In terms of optics, the Honor 7S comes equipped with a single 13MP rear sensor with PDAF support and LED flash. There is no second depth-sensing camera on the rear but it can still capture Portrait shots. On the front is a 5MP sensor. You can read our review of the Honor 7S here.
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