Lower mid-range · 2021

Honor Play5 5G

Name: Honor Play5 5G
Brand: Honor

Our Take CPU benches near recent lower-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A05s

A dependable lower mid-ranger with 66W fast charging and an AMOLED screen — but a smaller battery shows its age.

Best for Streaming · reading · social

Strength 66W fast charging, AMOLED screen

Watch out Smaller battery (3800mAh)

Skip if Heavy gaming or multitasking

6.53″ OLED · 60Hz

Dimensity 800U 8 / 128 GB

3800 mAh 66W charging

64 MP 3 rear · 16 MP selfie

5G NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.53″ · OLED · 1080 × 2400 · 60 Hz · HDR

OLED display

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.53"

Panel type

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2400 px

Refresh rate

60 Hz

Slow for 2026

HDR

Supported

Protection

Schott Xensation Up

Performance

Mediatek Dimensity 800U (7 nm) · 8-core 2.4 GHz · Mali-G57 MC3

Basic CPU

Best for messaging, calls, and light browsing. Avoid heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Mediatek Dimensity 800U (7 nm)

Current CPU tier

Lower mid-range

Launch class

Mid-range

AnTuTu

330,000

CPU

8-core, 2.4 GHz

GPU

Mali-G57 MC3

Process

7 nm

RAM type

LPDDR4X RAM

Storage type

UFS Storage 2.1

CPU layout

2x2.4 GHz ARM Cortex A76 +6x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex A55

Camera

64 MP f/1.9 main · 16 MP selfie · 4K video

4K video

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

Main camera

64 MP f/1.9

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.4

Macro

2 MP

Front camera

16 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

0.8µm

Slow motion

Yes, 129 fps

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

3800 mAh · 66 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

3800 mAh

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Removable

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB · expandable

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Expandable

Yes

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 4

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 4

Bluetooth

5.1

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

179 g · 7.5 mm

Height

161.6 mm

Width

74.8 mm

Thickness

7.5 mm

Weight

179 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · proximity · compass

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, proximity, compass

Specifications sourced from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

Apple iPhone 13

Loses on most 1 win 3 losses

17% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 15 W charging · 3,800 mAh vs 3,240 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

330k vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Lower mid-range vs High-end tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection

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Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

Faster charging

66 W vs 25 W charging

Less smooth display

OLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · 60 Hz vs 120 Hz refresh · Tradeoff: 6.53″ vs 6.2″ screen

Lower benchmark score

330k vs 899k AnTuTu · Lower mid-range vs Upper mid-range tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 24 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 179 g vs 169 g

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How it stacks up against the rest.

Apple iPhone 13

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