Honor Play to launch in India on August 6 as Amazon exclusive

Honor, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer launched the Honor Play in China last month. The company is now working on bringing the smartphone to the Indian markets. A teaser banner of the upcoming smartphone is already up on Amazon India which also means that the smartphone will be exclusively available via Amazon. The key highlights of the smartphone include its GPU Turbo boost technology.

Specifications

In terms of specifications, the Honor Play features a 6.3-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080x2340 pixels and an aspect ratio of 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone is powered by the company's flagship HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset. The dual-SIM handset packs in 6GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage which is further expandable using a microSD card. The phone runs on Android 8.1 Oreo-based EMUI 8.1 out of the box. Under the hood, there is a 3,750mAh battery powering up the internals.

As for the optics, the Honor 10 bears a dual-camera setup at the back consisting of a 16-megapixel primary lens with f/2.2 aperture and a 2-megapixel secondary lens for depth sensing. Up front, there is a 16-megapixel selfie shooter.

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The Honor Play is already available in China for a price of CNY 2,000 which roughly converts to Rs. 20,400. If Honor decides to price the smartphone somewhere near this amount in India, the Honor Play can give tough competition to the likes of Asus ZenFone 5Z, OnePlus 6 and even the upcoming Xiaomi Mi A2.