Honor Play unveiled with Kirin 970 and a low price, Honor 9i is also gamer-friendly

06 June 2018
At a price of $310/€265, the Honor Play makes flagship performance very affordable. And it features GPU Turbo tech.

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--VM--, 06 Jun 2018Kirin 670 preparing While we waiting for Kirin 670, maybe there are some Kirin 659 phone models ready to be launched xD
Same as Samsung's and Xiaomi's case. Samsung have the Exynos 7880 but instead they rather stick to their lover, the 7870, and Xiaomi's SD625 stocks are still enough for them to release midrange phones at cheap (if we can't call it bargain) price

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    AnonD-59899, 06 Jun 2018Do keep in mind that Huawei has decided not to allow bootlo... moreAnd who cares? It's just a minority who is crying because of that

      TwelveMoon, 06 Jun 2018Yup. May this game end this year. They should search anothe... moreKirin 670 preparing

        Reversion of p20 lite

          Honor VP : What should we do we need new phones.
          Designer 1 : umm, launch a device we already have with a new name and target new customers.
          Designer 2 : nahh, just launch this device with all the above points and with a model name we have already used in the past.
          Honor VP : Hmm, that should do it.

            Geric.770, 06 Jun 2018XD Samsung and Exynos 7870! Xiaomi and Snapdragon 625 too!Yup. May this game end this year. They should search another 'lover'. Those chipsets are years old, they love it, but customers don't xD

              Lol we had an Honor 9i (aka Mate 10 Lite) here in India since last year, and now they launch another phone named 9i,
              Also, does anyone feel this 9i is the same as the P10 Lite?
              I mean, apart from the obvious 659, they both even look the same!

                Nice specs for price wonder what new featutes EMUI 8.2 have and wasnt mate 10 lite also called honor 9i?

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                  Hall Clara, 06 Jun 2018I don't think notch is game friendlyIt cant be said in any better way. Thanks!

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                    Gpu Boost is said to be a game changer having an impact of up to 60% in performance. It is said The Kirin 970 with gpu boost will outperform snapdragon 845 in gaming!! Even the kirin 659 is said to benefit from it and will improve it's performance. Of this is true I'm getting the P20 over the OP6

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                      welcome to the age of gaming smart phone :)

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                        AnonD-59899, 06 Jun 2018Do keep in mind that Huawei has decided not to allow bootlo... moreThanks for the info!

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                          Hall Clara, 06 Jun 2018I don't think notch is game friendlyI hope we can hide the notch!

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                            Do keep in mind that Huawei has decided not to allow bootloader unlocking.

                              I don't think notch is game friendly

                                ""dual camera on the back with recognition for over 500 scenes""

                                Yeah, special AI chip to recognize if you taking pic of toothpaste, yogurt, fluffy dog or not, your breakfast, it cant detect if its wet or dry, it can detect if bread is whole grain or not. It also can recognize if you taking pic of your left leg or right....

                                And in reality all what its do is just add background blur and bump colors... yeah, really we need special AI chip for that and 500 modes...

                                  Geric.770, 06 Jun 2018Affordable. Hmmm, you mean you are competing against Black ... moreYou can hide the notch I think, same as you can do it on P20, Lite and Pro model.

                                    For that price very good value. I mean Mate 10 Pro (my current daily driver) have that specs (chipset, ram) and he is still around 550/600 euros. And you can game on that kind of specs. I played PUBG on high resolution without any lag.

                                      TwelveMoon, 06 Jun 2018Huawei and Kirin 659: never ending love storyXD
                                      Samsung and Exynos 7870!
                                      Xiaomi and Snapdragon 625 too!

                                        Affordable. Hmmm, you mean you are competing against Black Shark? Ok. Notch again!