Affordable 48-megapixel phones for everyone
Honor added two new models to its mid-range portfolio with the Honor Play 3 and Honor 20S
The Honor Play 3 is not related to last year’s Honor Play. Instead, it is a budget phone that comes with a 48-megapixel f/1.8 main rear camera and a 4000mAh battery. While it is a budget phone, the Honor Play 3 sports a triple rear camera and a punch-hole display—though you are only getting an HD+ resolution on its 6.39-inch display. While it does not have a fingerprint scanner and sports an antiquated microUSB port, the Honor Play 3 comes with an IP5x rating.
On the other hand, the Honor 20S is the lightweight version of the previously announced Honor 20. You get the same side-mounted fingerprint scanner, 32-megapixel front camera, and 6.26-inch Full HD+ punch-hole display, but you have a Kirin 810 processor instead of a Kirin 980 processor.
The Honor 20S sticks to a triple rear camera setup that consists of a 48-megapixel main camera, 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera, and 2-megapixel macro camera.
Honor Play 3 specs
- HiSilicon Kirin 710F octa-core processor
- 4GB/6GB RAM
- 6.39-inch HD+ IPS Punch hole display
- 64GB/128GB internal storage, expandable via Nano memory card
- Triple rear cameras: 48-megapixel f/1.8 main camera; 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera; 2-megapixel depth sensor; AF, dual-LED flash
- 8-megapixel front camera
- Dual SIM
- WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS
- Face unlock, IP5x rating
- 4000mAh battery with 10w charging
- Android 9 Pie (EMUI 9.1)
Honor 20S specs
- HiSilicon Kirin 810 octa-core processor
- 6GB/8GB RAM
- 6.26-inch Full HD+ IPS Punch hole display
- 128GB internal storage, expandable via Nano memory card
- Triple rear cameras: 48-megapixel f/1.8 main camera; 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera; 2-megapixel f/2.4 macro camera; PDAF, dual-LED flash
- 32-megapixel front camera
- Dual SIM
- WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC
- Side-mounted fingerprint scanner, face unlock
- 3750mAh battery with 20w charging
- Android 9 Pie (EMUI 9.1)
The Honor Play 3 is priced at CNY 1000(~Php 7.3k) for the 4GB/64GB model and CNY 1300(~Php 9.5k) for the 6GB/64GB and 4GB/128GB models. On the other hand, the Honor 20S is priced at CNY 1900(~Php 13.9k) for the 6GB/128GB model and CNY 2200(~Php 16k) for the 8GB/128GB model.
