Huawei’s Honor brand has officially unveiled its latest smartphone called Honor Play 8A. It is a budget handset running on Android 9.0 Pie OS (with EMUI 9.0) out of the box.
The phone has dimensions of 156.28 x 73.5 x 8.0 mm and has weight of 150 grams. It has Dual Nano SIM slots and supports dual 4G VoLTE. The hardware is powered by 3000 mAh (typical) / 2900 mAh (minimum) battery.
The Honor Play 8A specs include 6-inch 2.5D curved glass display with 1560 x 720 pixels resolution, 19:5:9 aspect ratio and multi-touch support. Inside is a 2.3GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P35 Processor with IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU (680MHz).
The device comes with 3GB RAM and 32GB / 64GB storage options. There is a dedicated MicroSD card slot for further storage expansion up to 512GB. An 8MP shooter with F/2.0 Aperture is placed at the front for selfies. At the back side is a single 13MP camera with F/1.8 Aperture and LED Flash.
The Honor Play 8A price is 799 Yuan (US$ 115 / Rs. 8150 approx.) for 32GB storage variant. The 64GB model of Play 8A costs 999 Yuan (US$ 145 / Rs. 10,200 approx.). It comes in Black, Gold, Red and Blue colors. The handset will start selling in China from January 9th.
Honor Play 8A announced with Helio P35 SoC, Android 9.0 Pie
