Honor Play vs other best mid-range smartphones

| Published: Tuesday, August 7, 2018, 15:46 [IST]

Honor has recently launched its latest series from its mid range segment, the Honor Play. The Chinese maker has subsequently launched the device in India for a price of Rs 19,999 for the 4GB RAM model. The higher variant 6GB RAM/64GB storage tags a price of Rs 23,999.

Honor Play vs other best mid-range smartphones

An interesting part of the new Honor Play is the GPU Turbo technology. This technology aims to encourage system performance while playing graphics intensive games. The phone is powered by Huawei's flagship SoC, HiSilicon Kirin 970 that comes with AI capabilities and built-in NPU (neural processing unit) to further enhance the overall performance.

Honor has promised that the new handset will receive AI gaming feature later via a software update. Talking about other specifications, the device comes with an elongated 6.3-inch FHD+ (2340 x 1080 pixel resolution) display resulting in a pixel density of 409 ppi. The tall display offers extra screen real estate to consume content, stream videos and run graphics-intensive games. It runs Android 8.1(Oreo) with Huawei's own EMUI 8.2 on top.

Considering its price, the Honor Play has a cluster of other opponents in the form of mid range smartphones. While the Honor Play uses Huawei's flagship SoC, HiSilicon Kirin 970 that comes with AI capabilities and built-in NPU (neural processing unit) to further enhance the overall performance, we have HTC Desire 12 Plus using Snapdragon 450 chipset.

It is likely to see that the Honor Play flaunts a bigger display than Moto G6 64GB. Besides, the Honor Play is available in two variants in Indian market, whereas Vivo 9 is available only in one variant. There are even more handsets in the list that we have mentioned below, which can be compared with the Honor Play in terms of features.

HTC Desire 12 Plus

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Key Specs

6-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
3GB RAM
32GB storage
expandable memory up to 2TB
Android 8.0 (Oreo) with HTC Sense UI
Dual SIM
13MP rear camera and secondary 2MP camera, 1080p video recording
8MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
2965mAh battery

Motorola Moto G6 64GB

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Key Specs

5.7-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 IPS display
1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage
4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage
expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Dual SIM
12MP rear camera and 5MP secondary rear camera
8MP front-facing camera with LED flash
4G VoLTE
3000mAh battery with Turbo charging

Nokia 6.1 (Nokia 6 2018) 64GB

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Key Specs

5.5 Inch FHD IPS Display
2.2 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 Processor
4GB RAM With 64GB ROM
Hybrid Dual SIM
16MP Rear Camera With Dual Tone LED Flash
8MP Front Camera
4G VoLTE/WiFi
Fingerprint Sensor
3000mAh Battery

Samsung Galaxy J8 2018

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Key Specs

6-inch (1480 x 720 pixels) HD+ Super AMOLED 18.5: 9 Infinity 2.5D curved glass display
1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Dual SIM
16MP rear camera and secondary 5MP camera
16MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
3500mAh battery

Oppo F7

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Key Specs

6.23-inch (2280 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:9 IPS display
Octa Core MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor with 800MHz ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU
4GB RAM with 64GB internal memory
6GB RAM with 128GB storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
ColorOS 5.0 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
16MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.8 aperture
25MP front-facing camera
Dual 4G VoLTE
3400mAh (typical) / 3300mAh (minimum) battery

Samsung Galaxy J6

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Key Specs

5.6 Inch HD+ AMOLED Display
1.6GHz Exynos 7 Series Octa-Core Processor
3/4GB RAM With 32/64GB ROM
Dual SIM
13MP Rear Camera With LED Flash
8MP Front Camera With LED Flash
Fingerprint Sensor
4G VoLTE/WiFi
Bluetooth 4.2
3000 MAh Battery

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro

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Key Specs

5.99-inch (2160 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 636 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 509 GPU
4GB / 6GB LPDDR4x RAM with 64GB (eMMC 5.0) storage
expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
12MP rear camera and secondary 5MP camera
20MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
4000mAh (typical) / 3900mAh (minimum) battery

Vivo V9

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Key Specs

6.3-inch (2280 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:9 IPS display
2.2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 626 Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal memory
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
Funtouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
16MP rear camera with LED flash, secondary 5MP camera
24MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
3260mAh battery

Vivo V9 Youth

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Key Specs

6.3-inch (2280 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:9 IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
4GB RAM
32GB internal memory
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
Funtouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
16MP rear camera with LED flash, secondary 2MP camera
16MP front-facing camera with soft LED flash
Fingerprint sensor
4G VoLTE
3260mAh battery