Huawei’s Honor Brand today introduced Honor Play Tab
2 in 9.6 and 8-inch versions with HD displays. These are powered by Quad-Core
Snapdragon 425 Mobile Platform, run Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.1,
5-megapixel auto focus rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
These have 7.95 mm slim unibody metal design and come
with both WiFi and 4G LTE versions. The 8-inch version has an earpiece for
voice calling and the 9.6-inch version has hands-free calling in the LTE
versions.
Honor Play Tab 2 8-inch / 9.6-inch specifications
- 8-inch (1280 × 800 pixels) IPS display with 58% NTSC color gamut
- 9.6-inch (1280 × 800 pixels) IPS display with 16:10 aspect ratio
- 1.4 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 425 with 500MHz Adreno 308 GPU
- 2GB RAM/16GB, 3GB/32GB, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD) (in 4G version)
- 5MP auto focus rear Camera
- 2MP front-facing Camera
- Dimensions (8-inch): 211.07 x 124.65 x 7.95 mm; Weight: 350g
- Dimensions (9.6-inch): 229.8 x 159.8 x 7.95 mm; Weight: 460g
- 4G LTE (with voice calling in 4G version), Wi-Fi b/g/n
- 4800 mAh battery
The Honor Play Tab 2 comes in Gray and Silver colors
and is priced at 799 yuan (US$ 116), 999 yuan (US$ 145) and 1299 yuan (US$ 188) for 2GB + 32GB WiFi,
2GB + 32GB LTE and 3GB + 32GB LTE SKUs of 8-inch variant, respectively. The 2GB
+ 32GB WiFi, 2GB + 32GB LTE and 3GB + 32GB LTE SKUs of 9.6-inch variant are
priced at 999 yuan (US$ 145), 1299 yuan (US$ 188 ) and 1499 yuan (US$ 217), respectively.
These tablets will go on sale in China from June 1st.
