Honor Play review

31 August 2018
The alluring but always elusive gaming smartphone - many have tried to build it, even Razer, but no one did it perfectly. Now, Honor is also joining the gaming race but with a new concept. Instead of greatness, the new Honor Play is pursuing affordability. And that's a very welcome turn of events.

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Anonymous, 31 Aug 2018Love this phone. A good compromise of Looks and performance... moreLol.. of course you can customise wallpapers. LG G7 is leagues above honor play, and targeted towards gamers. Go for G7:if price not an issue

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    • 39x
    • 06 Sep 2018

    GSM Arena i have this phone and the front camera is definitely not blurry at angle angle

      Anonymous, 05 Sep 2018can we use 2 sim card & memory cardNo. And it's explained on the second page. There is even a picture...

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        • vGi
        • 05 Sep 2018

        can we use 2 sim card & memory card

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          • 05 Sep 2018

          Norvz177, 02 Sep 2018But poco phone boke the screen onnthe drop test unlike honor playTrue.
          Durability test honor tops..
          Poco Fails.

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            • 03 Sep 2018

            probably my wife will exchange her throttled iphone6 against a honor play. does the poco f1 really better shots in low light? compared to my tissot (Mi A1) I think those honor play night photos in your test look rather fantastic for that price.

              Huawei does make nice phones for the price, despite the fact that with time, they are getting more and more expensive.
              This is such a device, but problem is that Huawei makes more and more and more of pretty much same phones with just minor differences. And that's confusing.
              Not just Huawei, other manufacturers are doing same thing aswell, which is confusing to customers.

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                • 02 Sep 2018

                Kiera, 31 Aug 2018Yes i already see it ...but honor play has a bend issue in... moreBut poco phone boke the screen onnthe drop test unlike honor play

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                  • 01 Sep 2018

                  GPU Turbo which is implemented only in 2 games (MOBA & PUBG) among hundreds and thousands of them. Does not improve frame rate but smoothens out the graphics. So which part of this GPU is Turbo'ed? More deserving to be called AI GPU software tech than such.

                    I like how NOTCHED is now a part of the screen description in the specs....kinda funny.

                      Kiera, 31 Aug 2018Yes i already see it ...but honor play has a bend issue in... moreMaybe so, but I have used iPhone 6 (bendable mobile) for 3 years. This is only for those who do not take care of their mobile and completely negligent in their usage. Put a decent case, it can fix this problem. Pocco F1 is still strong in terms of specs and I think there is no clear winner IMHO both are capable and good. Honor will have to re-work their price little bit in the next iteration. Otherwise, more will join this crowd.

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                        • 01 Sep 2018

                        Great battery life. Good camera too. Did Yordan lose a tooth?

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                          • 01 Sep 2018

                          Anonymous, 31 Aug 2018Love this phone. A good compromise of Looks and performance... moreIt's android, you can definitely customise the wallpaper and download different launchers too. I recommend nova launcher

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                            • 01 Sep 2018

                            "It offers Huawei's custom solution called SuperCharge, which is not to be mistaken with SuperCharge"

                            So... What charging tech does it use?

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                              • 31 Aug 2018

                              Chirag, 31 Aug 2018honor play's build quality is good as compare to poco F1.In... moreYes i already see it ...but honor play has a bend issue in the durability test the screen corners are broken. . poco manage to survive the bend test with no broken screen..

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                                • 31 Aug 2018

                                Is there use gorillas Glass for screen in Honor play

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 31 Aug 2018

                                  Love this phone. A good compromise of Looks and performance at a very good price. Looking to finally jump ship to android (from WP). Only prob with this i think is i cant costumize things (like walppapers) right? Might go for that LG G7 One for if they have the same price. I'd appreciate any advice from any of you long time android users.

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                                    • 31 Aug 2018

                                    So having a notch is count as pros now , rubbish .
                                    Anyways this phone is best mid range for like one week, but we have pocoF1 now, so it's not best choice anymore.

                                      Whackcar, 31 Aug 2018Between the PogoPhone and this, I'd recommend this any day ... moreBetween this and the poco f1 I would recommend the poco any day of the week.

                                      The poco f1 has a much better gpu that doesn't throttle as badly as the honor play. And the poco has an unlocked bootloader which means fantastic developer support for custom roms and the like.

                                      Both are good phones but the poco f1 is the clear winner. The play is better only if nfc is a must and if you don't wish to use a case.

                                        Between the PogoPhone and this, I'd recommend this any day of the week. The premium build & gameplay-related add-ons in the software are worth it.

                                        Honestly though, if you really want a gaming phone, then you gotta pay more and wait for the ROG Phone or the Razer Phone 2...

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