Back in May, Honor launched the Honor Play 40 5G smartphone in China. And now, the brand has silently unveiled a new phone called the Honor Play 40C. Here is a look at the specifications, features, and price of the device.
The Honor Play 40C features a 6.56-inch LCD waterdrop screen with an HD+ resolution of 1612 x 720 pixels and a 90Hz refresh rate. It also offers a 90Hz touch sampling rate and 70% NTSC color gamut.
On the camera front, the Play 40C features a 5-megapixel front-facing camera for high-quality selfies. At the rear, it houses a 13-megapixel camera with an LED flash. The device comes preinstalled with MagicOS 7.1 UI-based Android 13.
Powering the Honor Play 40C is the Snapdragon 480 Plus chipset and a massive 5,200mAh battery with 10W charging. The device comes with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage.
The Play 40C comes with other features, such as dual SIM, 5G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, a USB-C port, a side-facing fingerprint scanner, and a 3.5mm audio jack. With a thickness of just 8.35mm and weighing 188 grams, the phone offers a sleek and lightweight design.
The Honor Play 40C is almost identical to the Play 40 5G. The only major difference between the two phones is that the Play 40C has a single 13-megapixel camera, whereas the Play 40 5G features a 13-megapixel + 2-megapixel dual camera setup.
Honor Play 40C Specifications
CPU: Snapdragon 480+ 5G, SM4350-AC, 2.2GHz Octa-core
GPU: Adreno 619
Display: 6.56 inch, HD+ 1612 x 720, 20:9, 90Hz, TFT LCD (IPS)
RAM: 6GB LPDDR4X
Storage: 128GB (microSD compatible)
Main camera: 13 MP
Front camera: 5 MP, f/2.2
OS: Android 13 (MagicOS 7.1)
Dimension: 163.32 × 75.07 × 8.35 mm
Weight: 188g
Battery: 5200mAh (10W)
Colors: Green, Black, Blue
Wi-Fi: 2.4G/5GHz, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth: v5.1
USB: USB Type-C
Earphone Jack: Yes
Authentication method: Face ID
Others: Dual SIM (NanoSIM), VoLTE
Network
- 5G bands: n1/n41/n78/n5/n8/n28A
- 4G bands: LTE B1/B3/B5/B8//B34/B38/B39/B40/B41
- 3G bands: WCDMA B1/B5/B8
- 2G bands: GSM B3/B5/B8
- CDMA 1X BC0
Honor Play 40C Price and Availability
The Honor Play 40C comes in three attractive colors: Magic Night Black, Ink Jade Green, and Sky Blue. It comes in the 6GB+128GB variant only and is priced at 899 Yuan (~$126). In comparison, the same configuration of the Play 40 5G is priced at 1,380 Yuan (~$193).
