Lower mid-range · 2023

Honor Play 40

Nobody owns this yet

Our Take

CPU benches near recent lower-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A06 5G

Best for

Strength All-day battery (5200mAh)

Extras Curved display

Watch out No Google Play, No more updates

Skip if You watch a lot of video or play demanding games

6.56″ TFT LCD · 90Hz

480+ 5G 6 / 128 GB

5200 mAh 10W charging

13 MP 5 MP selfie

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Full specifications

Display

6.56″ · TFT LCD · 720 × 1612 · 90 Hz · HDR

A standard LCD panel. Fine indoors, watch out for sunlight legibility.

Screen size

6.56"

Panel type

TFT LCD

Resolution

720 × 1612 px

Refresh rate

90 Hz

HDR

Supported

Performance

Qualcomm SM4350-AC Snapdragon 480+ 5G (8 nm) · 8-core 2.2 GHz · Adreno 619

Light-use CPU

Fine for messaging, calls, and browsing. Heavy multitasking will feel slow.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM4350-AC Snapdragon 480+ 5G (8 nm)

Current CPU tier

Lower mid-range

AnTuTu

380,000

CPU

8-core, 2.2 GHz

GPU

Adreno 619

Process

8 nm

RAM type

LPDDR4X RAM

CPU layout

2x2.2 GHz Kryo 460 + 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 460,

Software & updates

Android 13, Magic OS 7.1 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 13, Magic OS 7.1

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

13 MP f/1.8 main · 5 MP selfie

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

13 MP f/1.8

Front camera

5 MP f/2.2

Slow motion

No, 30 fps

Video

1080p @ 30 fps

Battery

5200 mAh · 10 W wired

All-day

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5200 mAh

Wired charging

10 W

Slow for 2026

Removable

Audio

Hi-Res

Speakers

Mono

Hi-Res audio

Supported

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Microphones

Memory

6 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

6 GB

Storage

128 GB

Configurations

6/128GB · 8/128GB · 8/256GB

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · Wi-Fi 5

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 5

Bluetooth

5.1

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

Yes

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G works · 5G works No B20 or B7 — weaker indoor signal, and slower speeds where the network is busy.

Works

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G BC0, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B5, B8

4G B1, B3, B5, B8

5G n1, n5, n8, n28a, n41, n78

Build & Design

188 g · 8.4 mm

Height

163.3 mm

Width

75.1 mm

Thickness

8.4 mm

Weight

188 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · proximity · compass

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 15

Loses on most 4 losses

Lower benchmark score

380k vs 1.5M AnTuTu · Lower mid-range vs High-end tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 1080p @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 13 MP · f/1.8 vs 48 MP · f/1.6 main

No NFC

No NFC vs NFC

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 188 g vs 171 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S23

Loses on most 5 losses

Less smooth display

TFT LCD vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · 90 Hz vs 120 Hz refresh · 720 × 1612 vs 1080 × 2340 resolution

Lower benchmark score

380k vs 1.8M AnTuTu · Lower mid-range vs High-end tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · — vs Telephoto · OIS · 1080p @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video

No NFC

No NFC vs NFC

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 188 g vs 168 g

Full comparison

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