Honor Play 20 Specifications and Price
Honor has quietly launched a new smartphone called the Honor Play 20 in China. It is a low-budget phone that has a starting price of 899 Yuan (~$138) in the home market.
The Honor Play 20 has a 6.5-inch IPS LCD panel that supports an HD+ resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels. The waterdrop notch display delivers a screen-to-body ratio of 89.3 percent. The phone draws power from the 12bn Unisoc Tiger T610 chipset, which includes 2 x Cortex A75 cores clocking at 1.8GHz and 6 x Cortex A55 cores working at 1.8GHz along with Mali G52 GPU with 614.4MHz clocking speeds.
The Play 20 comes with up to 8 GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. For additional storage, the device offers a microSD card slot. It comes preloaded with the older Android 10 OS, which is overlaid with Magic UI 4.0. The device draws power from a 5,000mAh battery.
Placed on the front is a selfie camera of 5-megapixel. The squarish camera module on the backside of the device has an LED flash, a 13-megapixel main camera, and a 2-megapixel depth.
Honor Play 20 Specifications
Network Properties
- 2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- CDMA 800
- 3G bands: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
- CDMA2000 1x
- 4G bands: LTE
- Speed: HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE
Launch
- Announced: 2021, April 26
- Status: Exp. release 2021, May 01
Design
- Dimensions: 164 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm (6.46 x 2.98 x 0.35 in)
- Weight: 198 g (6.98 oz)
- Build: Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
- Colors: Black, White, Blue, Silver/Pink
- SIM: Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display
- Type: IPS LCD
- Size: 6.52 inches, 102.6 cm2 (~82.6% screen-to-body ratio)
- Resolution: 720 x 1600 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~269 ppi density)
Operating System
- Android 10, Magic UI 4.0, no Google Play Services
Hardware
- Chipset: Unisoc T610
- CPU: Octa-core (2×1.8 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55)
- Storage: 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM
- Memory Card slot: microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
- eMMC 5.1
Cameras
- Main Camera: Dual
- 13 MP, f/1.8, (wide), PDAF
- 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
- Features: LED flash, HDR, panorama
- Video: [email protected]
- Selfie Camera: Single – 5 MP, f/2.2, (wide)
- Video:
Multimedia
- Radio: FM Radio
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- Audio 3.5mm jack: Yes
Connectivity
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
- Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, BDS
- NFC: No
- USB: USB Type-C 2.0
Features
- Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Battery
- Battery Type and Capacity: Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable
- Charging: Charging 10W
Models: KOZ-AL00
Honor Play 20 Price and Availability
The Honor Play 20 is now up for pre-sale and it will be available for purchase through multiple online retailers of China from April 30.
- 4 GB RAM + 128 GB storage costs 899 Yuan (~$138)
- 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage costs 1,099 Yuan (~$169)
- 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage costs 1,399 Yuan (~$216)
The device comes in multiple colors like Magic Night Black, Iceland White, Aurora Blue, and Titanium Silver.