Honor Play 4 5G and Honor Play 4 Pro 5G announced in China

The Honor Play 4 5G and Honor Play 4 Pro 5G have been announced in China. These are high-end mid-range devices that offer support for 5G mobile networks.

Honor Play 4 5G

The Play 4 5G sports a 6.81-inches Full HD+ TFT LCD display with a 90.33% Screen-to-body ratio, and a punch hole in the top left corner for the 16MP selfie lens with an f/2.4 aperture.

The device runs on Magic UI 3.1 based on Android 10, and is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 800 processor, with a Mali G57 MC4 GPU, and 6GB/8GB of LDDR4x RAM. The phone has 128GB of storage.

The Honor Play 4 5G is backed by a 4300mAh battery which charges over a USB Type-C port and supports 22.5W fast charging.  In the optics department, the phone has quad cameras with a 64MP primary lens that has an f/1.89 aperture, an 8MP ultra-wide angle lens with an f/2.2 aperture, a 2MP macro lens with an f/2.4 aperture, a 2MP depth sensor that has an f/2.4 aperture and anLED flash. The device has a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.

Honor Play 4 Specs

• Display: 6.81-inches Full HD+ 2400 x 1080 pixels, TFT LCD, 20:9 aspect ratio, 386 PPI, 90.33% Screen-to-body ratio
  Operating System: Magic UI 3.1 based on Android 10
• Processor: MediaTek Dimensity 800 octa-core (4 × Cortex A76 2.0GHz + 4 × Cortex A55 2.0GHz)
• GPU: Mali G57 MC4
• Memory: 6GB/8GB LDDR4x RAM
• Storage: 128GB
• Battery: 4300mAh battery, USB Type-C, 22.5W fast charging
• Main Cameras: 64MP f/1.89 aperture + 8MP ultra-wide angle lens f/2.2 aperture + 2MP macro lens f/2.4 aperture + 2MP depth sensor f/2.4 aperture, LED flash
• Selfie Camera: 16MP, f/2.4 aperture
• Dimensions: 170 x 78.5 x 8.9 mm
• Weight: 213g
• Connectivity: 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4GHz/5GHz, Bluetooth 5.1, 3.5mm headphone jack
• Misc: Side-mounted fingerprint scanner

The Honor Play 4 will be available in 3 colours: Magic Night Black, Phantom Blue and Iceland Illusion colours (machine translated names)

Honor Play 4 Pro 5G

The Honor Play 4 Pro 5G is equipped with a 6.57-inches Full HD+ TFT LCD display with dual punch-holes for the 32MP selfie camera with an f/2.0 aperture, and the secondary 8MP lens that has an f/2.2 aperture. The device has a 90.33% Screen-to-body ratio, 96% NTSC Color Gamut, and runs on Magic UI 3.1 based on Android 10.

The phone is powered by a HUAWEI Kirin 990 chipset, along with a Mali G76 MP16 GPU and 8GB LDDR4x RAM. It has 128GB UFS 2.1 storage, and is backed by a 4200mAh battery, which charges over a USB Type-C port and supports 40W fast charging

Oddly, the Honor Play 4 Pro 5G has dual cameras with a 40MP primary lens with an f/1.8 aperture, and an 8MP lens with an f/2.4 aperture, that supports optical image stabilization and a triple auto focus system (laser focus/phase focus/contrast focus). The cameras offer 30X digital zoom, 3x optical zoom, 5x hybrid zoom, and are assisted by an LED Flash. The device has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.

The Honor Play 4 Pro 5G does not have a 3.5mm headphone jack. The phone will be available in 3 colours: Magic Night Black, Mecha Blue and Iceland Illusion.

Honor Play 4 Pro 5G Specs

• Display: 6.57-inches Full HD+ 2400 x 1080 pixels, TFT LCD, 90.33% Screen-to-body ratio, 96% NTSC Color Gamut
• Operating System: Magic UI 3.1 based on Android 10
• Processor: HUAWEI Kirin 990 (2*Cortex-A76 Based 2.86GHz + 2*Cortex-A76 Based 2.09GHz + 4*Cortex-A55 1.86GHz)
• GPU: Mali G76 MP16
• Memory: 8GB LDDR4x RAM
• Storage: 128GB UFS 2.1
• Battery: 4200mAh battery, USB Type-C, 40W fast charging
• Main Cameras: 40MP f/1.8 aperture + 8MP f/2.4 aperture, OIS + auto focus (laser focus/phase focus/contrast focus), 30X digital zoom, 3x optical zoom, 5x hybrid zoom, LED Flash
• Selfie Camera: 32MP f/2.0 aperture + 8 MP f/2.2
• Dimensions: 162.7 x 75.8 x 8.9mm
• Weight: 213g
• Connectivity: 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4GHz/5GHz, Bluetooth 5.1
• Misc: Side-mounted fingerprint scanner

Honor Play 4 5G and Honor Play 4 Pro 5G Price

The Honor Play 4 5G price starts at RMB 1799 yuan (about Rs. 19,000) for the 6GB/128GB variant, while the 8GB/128GB version costs RMB 1999 (Rs. 21,000)

The Honor Play 4 Pro 5G price begins at RMB 2899 (Rs. 30,000) for the 8GB/128GB variant. A second version with an infrared thermometer exists, and has been priced at RMB 2999 (Rs. 32,000).