Honor Play Review: The Best Budget Phone for Gamers?

When Award appear its gaming phone, the Honor Play in Mainland china, I wasn't besides impressed at first, considering it does not actually look like a gaming telephone, but and so, I took a look at the specs and the price and that's when it hit me that this could exist the perfect upkeep phone for gamers. Well, the Honor Play is finally here in Republic of india and at a starting price Rs. 19,999, the Laurels Play seems like the perfect "Play" from Accolade, with loftier-end specs like the Kirin 970 and the new GPU Turbo tech. So, should you buy the Honor Play and is it the best upkeep phone for gamers? Well, let'southward discover out in our Honor Play review.

Honor Play Specs

Note : The Honour Play is available in a 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM variant. We are reviewing the 4GB RAM variant of the phone.

Before we dive into our Honor Play review, here's what the smartphone offers on paper:

Display	6.3 inch, Full View FHD + (1080 ten 2340 pixels) IPS LCD
Memory	4/vi GB RAM
Storage	64GB ROM + MicroSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Processor	Huawei Kirin 970, Octa-Core (4*2.36Ghz + 4*one.8Ghz) with GPU Turbo
Camera	16MP f/2.2 + 2MP f/two.4, LED Wink, 4K Support
Front	sixteen MP f/ii.0, Portrait Fashion
Os+UI	Android 8.1 + EMUI 8.two
Battery	3750mAh with Quick Charge support
Sensor	Fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, compass
Bluetooth	four.2
WiFi	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band

What's in the Box

The Honour Play comes in a usual box and there'southward no special accessory here merely hither'due south what the box offers:

• Honor Play (duh!)
• USB-C cable
• Huawei Quick Charge adapter
• SIM ejector tool
• TPU transparent case
• Manuals and pamphlets no one reads

Design and Build Quality

When I first saw the Honor Play, I had a couple of thoughts. Outset was, hey, this does not look like a gaming phone, this looks like your usual smartphone. Aye, in that location'south no fancy lights, or anything fancy about the Honour Play. Anyway, the second thought was that although it does non have a fancy gamer design, this is a good looking phone. I mean, the Midnight Black variant that we accept looks classy and premium. I like the fact that Award has gone with a metal back on this phone because honestly, I am a little bored with all the drinking glass dorsum phones these days. Also, since it has a matte finish, the phone feels nice and grippy in the hands and that's important because this is a large telephone.

From the front, the Honor Play looks like whatever other phone these days. There's the notch, which packs in the sensors, the front camera, the notification LED etc.; the chin with the Honor branding, an 18:9 display, a nineteen.five:ix to be more precise. So ya, it'south all pretty usual on the front.

Apart from that, at that place's the fingerprint scanner on the dorsum, which is placed a little higher than usual, and then I e'er had to extend my fingers to reach it. It's a niggling problematic at first just once you become used to information technology, it shouldn't be a problem. Plus, it helps that it's very fast and accurate. So, there are the usual buttons on the right, which are tactile enough and the hybrid SIM slot on the left side. The bottom is where the most action lies. Information technology features the USB-C port (yay!), the headphone jack (yay yay!) and the speaker.

Overall, I like the blueprint of the Honor Play. It'due south non a very attractive looking device but it feels premium and looks understated.

Speaker

The Honor Play comes with a single speaker at the lesser, which is a little disappointing because it's a gaming phone. I mean, nosotros generally expect gaming phones to come up with stereo speakers, but the Honour Play as I have mentioned is a budget gaming phone, so the single speakers are a compromise they have gone alee with. Anyhow, the unmarried speaker hither is nothing to rave virtually. It isn't very loud and it tin can go easily deadened while using the phone in the mural fashion, which is the example with most games.

Then aye, the speakers on the Award Play are rather average and I wish they could take included a louder speaker or at least placed it in a different location.

Display

The Honor Play comes with a half dozen.3-inch Full HD+ IPS LCD brandish, which results in a high pixel density of 409 ppi density. There's no Gorilla Glass hither but Honor says there is Huawei'south proprietary tough glass. Our unit has a few minor scratches, and then it should be decent enough.

Coming to the display quality, the IPS LCD panel hither gets fairly brilliant, which means outdoor visibility is not a problem. It's as well vibrant, and produces nice colors, which I really like. The all-time thing about the Award Play brandish is the accurate color reproduction. The whites look perfectly white and merely the way I like them. At that place'due south an option to change the colour temperature in EMUI, so you can always set things to your liking.

Overall, the display on the Accolade Play is great. It'south right upward in that location with the very best in this cost range.

Performance

Moving on to things which make this a gaming phone. Yes, the performance! The Accolade Play comes with the Huawei'due south flagship Kirin 970 chipset and 4 or 6GB of RAM and 64GB of UFS 2.ane storage. The Kirin 970 chipset is the most impressive thing here considering this is a processor that you lot go in the Accolade 10, the Nova 3 and the P20 Pro, which is more than 3x the price of the Honor Play, so it's impressive to see the flagship chipset on a upkeep smartphone. Anyway, let's start off by taking a look at its benchmarks.

As yous tin can see, the Honour Play easily beats the Redmi Note five Pro and the Mi A2 when information technology comes to benchmarks. Information technology'south way ahead, which is expected, considering this is a flagship chipset on a mid-range phone.

The real world performance has been impressive too. I have been using this telephone extensively and there take been no bug whatsover. The app loading is fast, multitasking works like a cakewalk and the gaming functioning is what you would expect from a flagship, which of course is enhanced by the GPU Turbo tech here.

Yes, the Honor Play comes with the new GPU Turbo tech and that's what makes it a gaming telephone. The GPU Turbo tech, why by the way is coming to more Honour phones shortly, is said to amend the graphics processing efficiency past 60% while reducing the energy consumption by 30%.

This means, theoretically, the optimised games like PUBG will have smoother gameplay and better and consistent frame rates. Right now, at that place are only two games optimised for GPU Turbo, PUBG apparently and Mobile Legends. Some websites claim that even Cobblestone ix is optimized for GPU Turbo only we contacted Honor and according to them, information technology'south merely the aforementioned two games.

So, I have been playing PUBG a lot on this phone, and it's probably the only phone in this price range that lets you play PUBG at ultra graphics and ultra frame rates, which in itself is a great feat. Plus, the operation of the game in this phone is great and information technology'due south non only GPU Turbo optimized games. I played games like Marvel Strike Strength and Dragonball Legends and the functioning was great.

• GPU Turbo

Coming back to GPU Turbo, does it really up the gaming performance and lower the battery consumption. Well, nosotros checked it out. And then, we used GameBench to check the frame rates on the Honor Play, the Huawei Nova iii, which has the Kirin 970 simply no GPU Turbo, the OnePlus vi with Snapdragon 845, Mi 8 SE with Snapdragon 710 and the Redmi Note 5 Pro, which is the Play's biggest competitor at its price. So, here are the results.

Every bit you lot tin can see, the Accolade Play's frame rates are high and pretty consistent as you can make out from the variability index merely information technology does autumn curt against the OnePlus 6 and even the Nova 3 which packs in the same processor. And so, I am not certain if GPU Turbo is doing whatever adept here. Having said that, the Kirin 970 on the Honor Play makes certain the frame rates are better than the Mi eight SE and ahead of the Redmi Note five Pro. It'due south not a huge difference merely you can only play PUBG at medium settings on Redmi Annotation v Pro, so that's something you need to consider.

The GPU Turbo tech also promises to lower power consumption by 30%, then nosotros checked that out likewise. Nosotros handed over the Honor Play, the Nova 3, the OnePlus 6 and the S9 Plus to the best PUBG players in our office to see if GPU Turbo does make a difference in battery.

And then, we started the exam with all the phones at 100% and continued to the same WiFi network. After 30 minutes of continuously playing PUBG, the Laurels Play with GPU Turbo was at 83% bombardment, the Nova three with the same battery size just no GPU Turbo was at 86%, the OnePlus 6 was at 79% just it has a lower battery capacity and the S9 Plus was the all-time of the lot at 89% even though it has a lower battery capacity every bit compared to the Laurels Play.

Personally, I thought 30 mins of testing was enough merely these guys could not enough of PUBG, so we decided to take it upwards to 60 mins. Well, after one hour of continuously playing PUBG, the Honor Play was at 69%, the Nova iii at 73%, OnePlus 6 at 64% and S9+ at 78%.

Well, it'southward pretty obvious that GPU Turbo does not help the battery, in fact, information technology might actually be messing it upwards.

To sum things up, the Honor Play is definitely great for gaming. I mean, the performance is flagship worthy at a cost where we don't actually expect that. However, I really recall that information technology's all because of the Kirin 970 and not because of GPU Turbo, because the Nova iii has the same processor without the GPU Turbo tech and information technology works near the aforementioned. Then ya, GPU Turbo doesn't await similar it'southward actually making a departure here.

That said, the Honor Play is the best performing phone in this price and it will be getting an AI Gaming feature in a hereafter update, that will bring Honor'due south 4D gaming tech, which is basically intelligent vibration and 3D sound effects on wired headphones. So ya, things volition go fifty-fifty ameliorate.

Software

At present, talking about the software here. The Honour Play comes with EMUI 8.2 on acme of Android 8.ane and ya, like most skins, this i is feature packed. Showtime of all, I like the fact that EMUI lets you choose if you want an app drawer or not because I just hate not having an app drawer.

And so, at that place are the various features, like a native app locker, a Private infinite for, you know, private things, HiTouch which lets y'all point at objects to and store on Amazon. There's also Face Unlock, which is really fast and I definitely similar information technology.

There are also navigation gestures, which bring this pill similar design. It kind of looks like Android P's pill but it does non piece of work like that. You press hold on the pill to go to homescreen, tap on the pill to get back and slide the pill to run into the recents screen. Honestly, I don't like this implementation much, because press agree to go habitation is just annoying.

The indicate is, EMUI is a feature packed peel and yes, it tin can exist a piffling overwhelming just if you are okay with it, I don't think it should be a problem.

Cameras

Moving on to the cameras on the Honor Play. Showtime, let's talk about the dual camera setup on the dorsum.

• Rear Cameras

The Honor Play comes with a 16MP f/2.2 + 2MP f/two.4 dual camera 16MP primary sensor plus a 2MP depth sensor on the dorsum with AI scene detection and a host of other features. Anyway, here are some shots we took from the Honor Play. Every bit you can see, the Honor Play takes some very adept photos when at that place is ample lighting. There's also the AI option here, which oversaturates the photos and sometimes brightens things up. Honestly, don't turn it. It generally ruins the photos.

In low light, photos get a piffling noisy and ya, every bit you can make out from the photos, it'south okay-ish but if yous tin look past depression light photos, in that location'south the pretty good portrait mode. Look at these shots.

The portrait shots taken from the Honor Play are pretty swell. The edge detection is squeamish, the blur is good plenty. Then ya, I like information technology.

When compared to the Redmi Notation 5 Pro and the Mi A2, the Honor Play is definitely bang-up in good light and portrait mode, but in low calorie-free, it does fall short of the Mi A2 merely ya, it's definitely meliorate than the Redmi Note v Pro.

Overall, the Honor Play has decent cameras for the toll.

• Forepart Camera

When it comes to the selfies, the Laurels Play comes with a 16MP f/ii.0 camera and there's portrait manner and portrait low-cal effects as well, if that's something yous like. Anyhow, hither are some selfies I take taken with the Honor Play:

Well, equally you lot can see, the Honor Play's front camera takes some decent selfies. I mean, I don't like the overshapening at times and the fact that at that place are times when the background gets overexposed but other that these factors, the Laurels Play captures some squeamish selfies. So, as far as selfie cameras go in this price range, the Honor Play is decent enough.

• Video Recording

The Honor Play comes with support for 4K@30FPS and 1080p@60FPS videos. In that location'south too EIS, which merely works in 1080p manner and AIS is said to exist coming shortly. 4K videos shot from the Laurels Play look squeamish and crisp just they are a scrap tedious at times. Too, since there's no OIS hither, the videos aren't very stable. 1080p videos shot from the phone are stable, although the camera has some issues focusing and the colors expect dull. So overall, the video recording performance of the Honor Play is rather average.

Battery

Lastly, in that location's the battery. The Honour Play comes with a 3750 mAh battery, which is pretty good In my usage, the device would easily terminal a day. I'd usually start the day at 100% battery and at the end of the day, it would be effectually 50% on extensive usage which is very nice. The battery does drain quickly when yous are playing games, but that'south the case with most phones. On moderate usage, you can expect the device to final you for i and a half days and that'south great. Plus, I like how fast the phone charges.

There's Huawei'southward Quick Charge fast charger in the box, which charges the phone from 10 to 60% in around 45 minutes, and charges the phone to 100 per centum in 1 60 minutes 35 minutes, which is really skillful, specially when you consider the fact that the Note five Pro that although packs a 4000 mAh bombardment goes from 10 to 100% in 2 hours ten minutes with a fast charger.

Connectivity

On the connectivity front end, the Honor Play brings in everything nosotros accept come to await from modern mean solar day smartphones. In that location's Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/1000/n/air conditioning (two.4 and 5GHz back up), Bluetooth 4.2, hybrid dual SIM slot, which means you can besides use one of the slots to put in a microSD carte du jour up to 256GB.

On the sensors front, there's the proximity sensor, gyroscope, digital compass, ambience light sensor and a gravity sensor.

Honor Play Review: The Budget Gaming Phone We've Been Waiting for?

The Honor Play recently launched in India and it'south available for a starting price of Rs. 19,999 on Amazon and at that cost, this is a power packed smartphone for gamers and not-gamers alike. If yous are a gamer and you are looking for a budget phone that tin handle intensive games like PUBG, Asphalt 9, Marvel Strike Force etc, at high graphics and loftier frame rates, the Accolade Play is the perfect upkeep phone for you. Even if you are non a gamer, but you are looking for a phone that brings flagship level performance at around Rs. 20,000, the Honor Play is the phone to go. There's just no telephone in this cost range that can actually accept on the Honor Play when it comes to the performance.

Plus, what really impressed me about the Honor Play is the fact that it'south not just performance where it excels information technology, it has a solid metal design, a nice display, a long lasting and fast charging bombardment and a decent set of cameras. Sure, the low lite camera functioning and the fingerprint scanner placement could have been better but they aren't deal breakers. There's also EMUI, which might non impress y'all much if you are a stock Android lover, but if you can live with EMUI, this is a phone that I volition recommend wholeheartedly.

Pros:

• Impressive operation
• Flagship grade gaming (no thanks to GPU Turbo)
• Nifty display
• Good battery life and fast charging
• Solid functional pattern
• Great camera performance in good light
• USB-C port, 3.5mm jack

Cons:

• Average video recording performance
• Fingerprint scanner location is weird
• EMUI can exist overwhelming
• No stereo speakers

Buy Accolade Play from Amazon: (starts at Rs. nineteen,999)

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Laurels Play: The Budget Performance Champ!

Well, that was my review of the new Honor Play and equally y'all might be able to tell, I do like the device considering of the operation it brings. Information technology's definitely the performance champ in its price range but that'southward what I call up, what about you? What are your thoughts on the Honor Play? Tell us in the comments section beneath. Too allow us know if you have any questions regarding the Accolade Play that we might have missed out on in our review.

REVIEW OVERVIEW
Design and Build Quality 8
Display viii.5
Speaker 6.5
Performance nine
Cameras viii
Battery and Charging ix
Value for Money 9
SUMMARY The Honor Play is the offset budget gaming phone in India and at a starting price of Rs. 19,999, the Award Play brings flagship-class gaming performance at a price where information technology isn't actually expected. Plus, its solid design, good display, long lasting bombardment, fast charging and decent cameras overcome the few small problems the device has. The Award Play is a telephone I will recommend.	8.three OVERALL SCORE

Source: https://beebom.com/honor-play-review/

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