HUAWEI’s HONOR brand has announced the HONOR Play5 5G and Play5T smartphones, as it had promised. The Play5 pack a 6.53-inch FHD+ OLED screen with 60Hz refresh rate, DC Dimming, HDR10, in-display fingerprint sensor, is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 800U SoC with 8GB of RAM and packs a 64MP main camera, 8MP ultra-wide camera, 2MP depth and a 2MP macro camera.
The Honor Play5 is equipped with 66W super fast charging, which can charge the phone’s 3800mAh battery up to 60% in 15 minutes and 100% charge in 35 minutes. The company has also introduced the Play 5T which is a budget 4G phone with an HD display and Unisoc T610 processor and the Honor Play5T Vitality Edition is powered by MediaTek Helio P35 processor.
HONOR Play5 specifications
- 6.53-inch (2400 × 1080 pixels) FHD+ OLED display with DCI-P3 wide color gamut
- Octa Core (4 x 2.4GHz Cortex-A76 + 4 x 2GHz Cortex-A55 CPUs) MediaTek Dimensity 800U (MT6873V) 7nm processor
- 8GB RAM with 128GB / 256GB storage
- Android 10 with Magic UI 4.0
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 64MP camera with f/1.9 aperture, 8MP ultra-wide camera with f/2.4 aperture, 2MP depth and 2MP macro sensors with f/2.4 aperture
- 16MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 161.6x 74.8×7.96mm; Weight: 179g
- USB Type-C Audio
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.1 LE, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C
- 3800mAh (typical) / 3700mAh (minimum) with 66W SuperCharge fast charging
The HONOR Play5 comes in Titanium Silver, Midnight Black and Icelandic Fantasy colours, is priced at 2099 yuan (US$ 326 / Rs. 23,865 approx.) for the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version and the 8GB RAM with 256GB storage version costs 2299 yuan (US$ 357 / Rs. 26,140 approx.). It is available to order and will go on sale in China starting from May 25th.
HONOR Play5T specifications
- 6.517-inch (1600 × 720 pixels) HD+ LCD screen
- Octa Core (2 x 1.8GHz Cortex-A75 + 6 x 1.8GHz Cortex-A55 CPUs) Unisoc T610 processor with RM Mali-G52 MP2 GPU
- 8GB RAM, 128GB storage
- Android 10 with Magic UI 4.0
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 13MP camera with f/1.9 aperture, 2MP depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture
- 5MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture
- Rear-mounted fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 163.93x 75.79×8.95mm; Weight: 198 g
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, USB Type-C
- 5000mAh (typical) / 4900mAh (minimum) with 22.5W fast charging
The HONOR Play5T comes in Titanium Silver, Aurora Blue and Midnight Black colours, is priced at 1199 yuan (US$ 186 / Rs. 13,630 approx.) for the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version and will go on sale in China starting from June 1st with pre-orders starting from May 24th.
HONOR Play5T Vitality Edition specifications
- 6.6-inch (1600 × 720 pixels) HD+ LCD screen
- 2.3GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P35 (MT6765) 12nm Processor with IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU
- 6GB RAM, 128GB storage, expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
- Android 10 with Magic UI 4.0
- Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
- 13MP camera, 5MP ultra-wide camera, 2MP macro and 2MP depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture
- 8MP front camera
- Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 165.2×76×9.2mm; Weight: 191g
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, USB Type-C
- 5000mAh (typical) / 4900mAh (minimum) with 22.5W fast charging
The HONOR Play5T Vitality Edition comes in Aurora Blue and Midnight Black colours and is priced at 1299 yuan (US$ 202 / Rs. 14,770 approx.). It will go on sale in China soon.