HONOR launches Play5T Life big screen and large battery budget phone

Former Huawei brand HONOR just launched its newest smartphone in China called the Play5T Life.

HONOR's new budget phone

HONOR Play5T Life is a new budget phone with big screen and large battery capacity

HONOR Play 5T Life features a 2.5D curved glass-like construction at the back in Black and Blue gradient colors with a rectangular-shaped camera hump at the upper-left corner reminding us of the Galaxy S20 Ultra.

Based on specs, it is an entry-level offering. In front, it has a 6.6-inch LCD screen with HD+ resolution and a notch housing the 8MP selfie shooter.

Inside, powering this smartphone with MediaTek's 12nm Helio P35 octa-core processor with PowerVR GE8320 GPU, 6GB RAM, 128GB expandable storage via microSD card up to 512GB, and a large 5,000mAh battery with USB-C 22.5W fast charging tech.

For the rear cameras, it uses a 13MP main + 5MP ultra-wide + 2MP macro + 2MP depth + LED flash. It also goes with a side-mounted fingerprint reader, 3.5mm headphone jack slot, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.1 GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Android 10 OS with Magic UI 4.0 skin.

The device measure 165.2 x 76 x 9.2 mm and weigh 191 grams.

China price with direct to PHP conversion (no taxes and duties yet):

HONOR Play5T Life - CNY 1,299 (around PHP 9.6K)

In China, this device retails for CNY 1,299 and it will be available for pre-order starting April 27.

There's no info if it will be available outside of China yet.

Source: HONOR