Along side the Honor 30S, the Chinese Electronic Giant Huawei announced Honor Play 9A in its hometown China. The smartphone comes with a large 5,000mAh battery which the company claims to last for three days in one charge. On the optics side, it has a dual rear camera setup, a notched selfie shooter coupled between a sleek design.

The phone powered by an octa-core MediaTek processor and comes in two storage variants. Both of the variants featured the same RAM with different Internal storage. Honor Play 9A arrive in three colour options.

Key Specs

Display: 6.30-inch (720x1600)
Processor: MediaTek Helio P35
Front Camera: 8MP
Rear Camera: 13MP + 2MP
RAM: 4GB
Storage: 64/128GB
Battery Capacity: 5000mAh
OS: Android 10
Release Date: 30th March 2020

Display & Design

Dual-SIM (Nano) Honor Play 9A packs a 6.3-inch HD+ (720×1,600 pixels) display with a pixel density of 278ppi. Dimensions of the Play 9A are 159.07×74.06×9.04mm in size and weighs 185 grams.

Software & Hardware

It runs Android 10 with Magic UI 3.0.1 on top, and also powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P35 SoC. The processor has four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 2.3GHz and four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.8GHz.

The Honor Play 9A is paired with 4GB of RAM.  Two storage variants are 64GB and 128GB, which are both expandable via microSD card (up to 512GB). Like said earlier, the phone is equipped with 5,000mAh battery that is claimed to last up to three days in a single charge. It  however supports 10W charging and comes with a 5V/2A charger in the box.

Camera

The dual rear camera setup includes a 13-megapixel shooter with f/1.8 aperture and a 2-megapixel depth sensor with an f/2.4 lens. Up front is a single 8-megapixel selfie shooter with f/2.0 aperture.

Sensor & Connectivities

Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/AGPS, 3.5mm headphone jack, and Micro-USB port. There is also a fingerprint sensor on back.  The phone also packs an ambient light sensor, compass, and a proximity sensor.

Honor Play 9A Specifications

General

Brand: Honor
Model: Play 9A
Release date: 30th March 2020
Form factor: Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm): 159.07 x 74.06 x 9.04
Weight (g): 185.00
Battery capacity (mAh): 5000
Removable battery: No
Fast charging: Proprietary
Wireless charging: No
Colours: Blue Water Emerald, Jasper Green, Night Black

Display

Screen size (inches): 6.30
Touchscreen: Yes
Resolution: 720×1600 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI): 278

Hardware

Processor: octa-core
Processor make: MediaTek Helio P35 (MT6765)
RAM: 4GB
Internal storage: 64/128GB
Expandable storage type: microSD
Expandable storage up to (GB): 512
Dedicated microSD slot: Yes

Camera

Main camera: 13-megapixel (f/1.8) + 2-megapixel (f/2.4)
Rear autofocus: Yes
Rear flash: Yes
Front camera: 8-megapixel (f/2.0)
Pop-Up Camera: No

Software

Operating system: Android 10
Skin: Magic UI 3.0.1

Connectivity

Wi-Fi: Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported: 802.11 b/g/n
GPS: Yes
Bluetooth: Yes, v 5.00
Micro-USB: Yes
Headphones: 3.5mm
FM: Yes
Number of SIMs: 2
SIM Type: Nano-SIM
GSM/CDMA: GSM
3G: Yes
4G/ LTE: Yes

Sensors

Fingerprint sensor: Yes
Compass/ Magnetometer: Yes
Proximity sensor: Yes
Accelerometer: Yes
Ambient light sensor: Yes

Honor Play 9A Price, Availability

Huawei Honor Play 9A comes in two variants, 4GB + 64GB and 4GB + 128GB. The 64GB version is priced at CNY 899 (roughly N47,000) while the 128GB version is priced at CNY 1,199 (roughly N62,000).

Both variants went on pre-sale on March 30 and the pre-orders will continue till April 6 11:30pm. Final payment will have to be done between April 7 and April 8, 11:59pm while Shipping commence starting from April 7. There is no information on Honor Play 9A’s availability in international markets.