Honor Play5 5G

Overview Honor Play5 5G

Android version and market relevance

The long-awaited announcement of a new smartphone from the manufacturer Honor, which took place in May 2021 (in our catalog you can see all smarphones of 2021). This is a new model Honor Play5 5G — dual 5G-smartphone works on Android 10, which does not receive software updates and will forever remain on the old version of Android. If this does not suit you, then be sure to check the selected ones DROID-smartphones in our catalog. These are models that work on the latest version of the Android OS or are updated on it.

And let’s look at an important function — the availability of 5G networks support in a smartphone. The manufacturer implemented functionality for working in 5G networks in this model. This means that you can use high-speed mobile Internet (up to 100 Mb/s) without delay with a stable signal. Agree that this should be very useful and we will all quickly get used to this quality of mobile Internet.

Screen, body and battery

OLED edge to edge touchscreen with a diagonal 6.53″ mounted on the front panel Honor Play5 5G, thickness 7.5 mm.

The battery in Honor Play5 5G is installed on 3 800 mAh. It can be said that by today′s standards, such a volume is the minimum acceptable, we recommend looking at other smartphones with a powerful battery.

In addition to the described features of the body of this smartphone, we will add an important detail. To increase the screen area on the front panel, the producer added a drop-like notch in the screen to fit in a selfie camera and several additional sensors.

Main camera and selfie camera

Take photos and videos on smartphone Honor Play5 5G possible on the main camera (64 MP Wide + 8 MP UltraWide + 2 MP Macro + 2 MP Depth sensor) and on the front camera (16 MP Wide). We tried to group all smartphones in the catalog into segments and this model with such a main camera got in the top segment. At the moment this is one of the best cameras on the market, so we advise you to buy this smartphone and enjoy the quality of the photos and videos taken on his camera.

Processor and Internal Memory

A smartphone that always works fast, smoothly and does not overheat is a smartphone-dream! You can see how fast our Honor Play5 5G works in video reviews, and now let′s talk briefly about the characteristics of the processor and memory. This model received 8-core processor on the chipset MediaTek MT6853 Dimensity 800U 5G (7 nm). The amount of RAM is 8 GB.

The built-in memory on which you will store photos, videos, music and all your data, has a volume of 128 GB.But there are versions with more memory on 256 GB.

Price for Honor Play5 5G: buy or not to buy?

If you are looking for a camera phone, then Honor Play5 5G is just what you need. If you need a smartphone with a huge touch screen, then this is just the real phablet! You can buy! If you are looking for selfie smartphone (smartphone with a very cool front camera for shooting selfie), then this is exactly what you were looking for. Do not pass by Honor Play5 5G, you should like it.

Let′s step back from the lyrics and talk about money. Selling Honor Play5 5G will begin in May 2021 at a price of $330. There are analogues of this model from its price segment “Middle class smartphones from $300 to $400”, you can choose any smartphone for the same money.

We recommend buying a new smartphone only from trusted sellers. And preferably before buying the phone hold in your hand, to feel the dimensions of his hand and look at all of its external signs (build quality and materials). Then turn it on and check the touch screen (there should be no “broken” pixels, color gradient), open several built-in applications to assess the speed and smoothness of the interface. Be sure to launch the “Camera” application and take a few photos and videos, then view them (there should be no artifacts or traces of dust on the lens or glass).