Honor formally unveiled the 30S 5G online in China. It was less expectedly joined by the Play 9a, a decidedly budget alternative. Quite unlike the new Kirin 820 device, it is a dual-rear-camera phone with 4GB of RAM. This SoC does have 4 Cortex A76 cores as projected: 1 is clocked at the chipset’s highest speed of 2.36GHz, whereas the rest have a speed of 2.22GHz. They are joined by 4 additional A55 cores, which are all set at 1.84GHz, on this module.
Design and Display
Design-wise, the smartphone looks a lot like the recently launched Huawei P40 series. It has a similar camera housing. However, the rear side of the smartphone comes with a “butterfly 3D glass” paint job, like its predecessor.
Cameras
At the back, the Honor 30S features a 64 MP main sensor, an 8 MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom, 5x hybrid zoom, and 20x digital zoom, another 8 MP sensor and a 2 MP macro shooter.
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On the front, it features a 16 MP sensor for selfies.
Battery and Pricing
The phone packs a 4000mAh battery with 40W fast wired charging.
Its two memory variants are priced as follows:
- 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM – ~$338
- 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM – ~$380
Honor 30S specifications
- CPU: Octa-core
- GPU: Mali-G77
- Chipset: HiSilicon Kirin 820
- OS: Android 10.0, Magic UI 3
- Networks: 2G, 3G, 4G LTE, 5G
- Display:
- IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 6.5 inches, 1080 x 2400 pixels resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio
- Memory:
- RAM: 8 GB
- Internal: 128 GB/ 256 GB
- Camera:
- Primary: 64 MP + 8 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP
- Secondary: 16 MP
- Connectivity: LTE, USB Type-C, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, 3.5mm jack
- Fingerprint scanner: Yes (sidde-mounted)
- Battery: 4000 mAh
- Price:
- 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM – ~$338
- 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM – ~$380