Honor officially announced that the flame red
version of the Honor Play 8A should be released on January 29th. In
terms of price, the 3GB+32GB version is priced at 799 yuan (US$ 119) while the
3GB+64GB version is priced at 999 yuan (US$ 148).
The major selling points of the Honor 8A is its
“Pearl full screen” and “large volume.” It uses a 6.09-inch pearl screen with a
resolution of 1560×720, a screen aspect ratio of 19.5:9, and a screen-to-body
ratio of 87%. According to the official introduction, the Honor Play 8A display
passed the TÜV Rheinland certification which means that it can effectively
suppress the harmful blue light in the screen and reduce the damage to the eyes
caused by long-term use of the mobile phone.
At the same time, the Honor Play 8A is equipped with
an independent high-power Smart PA amplifier, the external volume loudness is
up to 30% compared with the previous generation. With the super-linear speaker
core’s voice coil diaphragm double suspension structure black technology, the
acoustic vibration system is more balanced. It has a low frequency of 5dB which
higher than the previous generation and the intermediate frequency is increased
by 2dB.
In the core configuration, the Honor Play 8A is equipped
with MediaTek Helio P35 processor. In the camera department, it has an 8MP
camera for selfies and a 13MP rear camera. This smartphone runs on EMUI 9.0
system and it has a 3010 mAh battery to keep its light on.
