Huawei Honor 5 Play
The top of the line (and positively
huge) Honor Note 8 isn't the only smartphone that Huawei has unveiled today.
It's joined in the its sub-brand's portfolio by the extremely cheap Honor 5
Play, which is meant to be the successor to the Honor 4 Play from 2014.
Like that model, Huawei Honor 5 Play is
decidedly low-end. It comes with a 5-inch 720p touchscreen, an 8 MP rear camera
with dual-LED flash, a 2 MP selfie camera, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of storage, and a
2,200 mAh battery. It's powered by the MediaTek MT6735 chipset, which features
a 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU.
It supports 4G networks, including
VoLTE, and dual-SIM functionality. It runs Android of course, but it's unclear
which exact version. Huawei's EMUI should be plastered on top regardless. All
in all, the Honor 5 Play is a good upgrade compared to the Honor 4 Play, coming
with a slightly higher-clocked CPU, more RAM, more storage, and a bigger
battery.
It will be offered in China in gold,
black, and white. It will go on sale tomorrow for just CNY 599, which at the
current exchange rates means US$ 90 or € 80. Whether or not it will be sold in
other markets remains to be seen.
