Lower mid-range · 2023

Honor Play 8T

Nobody owns this yet

Our Take

CPU benches near recent lower-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A15 5G Camera shares the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G's main sensor

Best for

Strength , All-day battery (6000mAh)

Extras Cooling system

Watch out No Google Play, No more updates

Skip if Heavy gaming or multitasking

6.8″ TFT LCD · 90Hz

6080 8 / 256 GB

6000 mAh 35W charging

50 MP 8 MP selfie

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Full specifications

Display

6.8″ · TFT LCD · 1080 × 2412 · 90 Hz · HDR

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

Screen size

6.8"

Panel type

TFT LCD

Resolution

1080 × 2412 px

Refresh rate

90 Hz

Brightness

850 nits

HDR

Supported

Performance

Mediatek Dimensity 6080 (6 nm) · 8-core 2.4 GHz · Mali-G57 MC2

Light-use CPU

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

Chipset

Mediatek Dimensity 6080 (6 nm)

Current CPU tier

Lower mid-range

AnTuTu

448,036

v10

CPU

8-core, 2.4 GHz

GPU

Mali-G57 MC2

Process

6 nm

CPU layout

2x2.2 GHz ARM Cortex A76 + 6x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex A55

Software & updates

Android 13, MagicOS 7.2 · 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, MagicOS 7.2

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

50 MP f/1.8 main · 8 MP selfie

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

Main camera

50 MP f/1.8

Front camera

8 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Samsung S5KHM3, 1/1.33", 0.8µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G , Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G

Slow motion

Yes, 60 fps

Video

1080p @ 30 fps

Battery

6000 mAh · 35 W wired

Plenty

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

Capacity

6000 mAh

Wired charging

35 W

Removable

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

8/256GB · 12/256GB

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, n3, n5, n8, n41, n78

Build & Design

199 g · 8.2 mm

Height

166.7 mm

Width

76.5 mm

Thickness

8.2 mm

Weight

199 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 1 win 4 losses

79% larger battery capacity

35 W vs 20 W charging · 6,000 mAh vs 3,349 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

448k 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 · 8 MP vs 12 MP selfie

No NFC

No NFC vs NFC

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 199 g vs 171 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S23

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

54% larger battery capacity

35 W vs 25 W charging · 6,000 mAh vs 3,900 mAh battery

Less smooth display

TFT LCD vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · 90 Hz vs 120 Hz refresh · Tradeoff: 6.8″ vs 6.1″ screen

Lower benchmark score

448k 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

Full comparison

Where to buy

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