Honor has announced an entry-level smartphone Play 30 running Android 11 with an additional Magic UI 5.0 feature. Qualcomm hardware platform involved.
The device has a 6.5-inch HD+ display with a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels. The refresh rate of the board is 90 Hz. On the front there is a 5-megapixel selfie camera with a maximum aperture of f/2.2.
Snapdragon 480+ 5G processor is installed. It has eight Kryo 460 cores with a clock speed of up to 2.2GHz, Adreno 619 graphics accelerator and Snapdragon X51 5G modem. The size of the RAM is 4 or 8 GB. The capacity of the flash in both cases is 128 GB. Additionally, you can use a microSD card with a capacity of up to 512 GB.
The equipment includes Wi-Fi 802.11a / b / g / n / ac wireless adapters, Bluetooth 5.1, a rear camera with a resolution of 13 million pixels, and a USB Type-C 2.0 port. Responsible for power is a 5000 mAh battery. The dimensions of the smartphone are 163.7 x 75.1 x 8.7 mm, and it weighs 194 grams.
Honor Play 30: Snapdragon 480+ processor and only one rear camera
honor, the former sub-brand of Huawei, continues to gain momentum. According to Counterpoint, in the first quarter of this year in China, Honor captured 16.9% of the market, ranking fourth.
For comparison: a year ago, Honor occupied only 5.5% of the market. Now even Xiaomi is lagging behind by 14.9%, and Huawei’s share has fallen from 15% to 6.2% over the year. Given that the shares of other major players in the market have changed uncritically, it is clear that Honor has captured most of Huawei’s customers.
Honor has also become the only smartphone maker in China to achieve both quarterly and yearly growth. Including thanks to the popularity of the Honor 60 line. In terms of annual value, Honor showed a staggering 167% growth, while the Chinese market as a whole fell by 14%.
As for the rest of the companies, Vivo and Oppo lost their shares, but Apple on the contrary rose. Realme also showed positive dynamics.
Recently, Honor started accepting pre-orders for the Honor Play 6T Pro smartphone with 8GB RAM and 128GB flash memory, which is now on sale in China. The smartphone costs around $213 and is available in three colors, including titanium silver, midnight black, and rose gold.
Honor Play 6T Pro is equipped with MediaTek Dimensity 810 SOC; In addition to the 6.7-inch IPS LCD screen with a resolution of 1080 x 2388 pixels; 90Hz refresh rate and 93.6% effective screen space.
