While the Honor 30S was the big highlight of the event today, the brand also launched the Honor Play 9A, a budget smartphone with a large battery. The phone arrives with a simple design and a massive 5000mAh battery, which Honor claims is good for up to 3 days on a single charge. The Honor 9A has a 6.3 inch LCD with 720p+ resolution (20:9 aspect ratio), it covers 70% of the NTSC color space. The Honor 9A starts at 899 yuan ($127) for the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage variant and goes up to 1199 yuan ($169) for the 4GB RAM and 128GB storage model. There are three colors option - Green, Blue, and Black.
On the back panel is a 13MP primary camera (f/1.8 aperture) that also shoots video in 1080p. Next to it is a 2MP depth sensor for portrait shots. You’ll also get a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. The Honor Play 9A is powered by a MediaTek Helio P35 chipset (eight Cortex-A53 CPU cores + PowerVR GE8320 GPU). Under the hood, the budget-friendly handset draws power from the 5,000 mAh battery. This large battery is good for 35 hours of video playback, 33 hours of 4G talk time, and 37 hours of FM radio playback. The phone also comes with a smart PA speaker system, which is the company claims is loud.
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