Huawei Honor 4 Play Mobile Price List in India

Features and Specifications

Honor 4 Play is a dual-SIM very much affordable handset. The screen is 5-inch large having capacitive touchscreen technology with 16M colors. The screen also offers multi-touch capability. The OS is little old here as the set is run on Android v4.2.2 Jelly Beans besides getting power from 1.2GHz processor. The RAM is 1GB and the internal built-in memory is 8GB which can be further extended up to 32GB with microSD card. The back camera is 8MP with LED light and supporting different features like geo-tagging, autofocus face detection and touch focus. The front camera is of 2MP and is used for fallacies and video conferencing. The battery provided is 2000mAh which is non-removable and the multiple connectivity features are there like microUSB, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GSM and 4G/3G/2G.

Design and Quality

The edges of Huawei Honor 4 Play are nicely curved and there is nothing very much notable in the design as it is very much similar to most of the handsets already available in the market. The build quality of it is very good. But the set is quite heavy weighing 170g. The back of the set is having a leather type finish but actually it is made up of plastic and the back covers about the 80% of the device body. The two micro-SIM slots are available in it, SIM1 supports the 4G/3G/2G while the SIM2 supports only 2G. At the right side of the device, there are power button and the volume rockers. The 3.5mm audio jack is located at the top of the phone while the microUSB port is situated at the very bottom. For noise cancellation, there are two mics and the 3 sensors for multiple purposes. On the top left side of the phone, there is an LED notification. The touch of the screen is actually very soft and smooth besides being very responsive and provides very good viewing angles.

OS and Tech

This device has Android v4.2.2 Jelly Beans as an OS and the Emotion UI above it. Though the OS is little outdated but it has been give good support from the powerful processor. This enables the OS to give good performance and nice level of multitasking at a very fast pace.

Camera and Multimedia

The quality of the camera performance is not classy but still not bad not bad though and can be considered as above average. The video recording may at times gives little pain as the dropping of frames is a common issue faced by many of the users but the overall performance of the recorded video then is quite better. The screen of the device can play full HD videos recorded by it. The quality of still images is also above average as loss of description is not clearly visible. The front camera does well for the selfies.

Battery and Memory

The 2000mAh battery is not bad and can support about 5-6hrs of continuous mobile use. Under moderate use, the battery is enough to stand for a day and it takes about more than 2hrs to get the battery fully charged again. The RAM is limited here to 1GB but this range is common for midrange smartphone and it doesn’t prove any hurdle in the performance of the device. The internal storage is 8GB and is extendable up to 32GB which is a good point about this handset. Now one can easily install as many apps as one can think of due to the extended memory available.

Pros and Cons

For pros:

·         Affordable price

·         Large screen supporting full HD

·         Powerful processor

·         Extendable memory

·         Average camera

For cons:

·         Old OS

·         Low RAM

Verdict

The device is available at a very low price providing 4G connectivity which is a plus point about a mid-range device like Huawei Honor 4 Play. The OS is little old here and it is expected that Huawei will give an upgrade to it towards Lollipop. There is not much difference between this handset and many other mid-range devices available in the market like Huawei Honor 3C play. But there are some specifications in this device which are better than few other handsets like HTC HD7S e.g. the Honor 4 Play supports higher version of Bluetooth than HD7S and the RAM is also of higher capacity than the later one. So before purchasing one has to compare features apart from prices as well to get any device.