HONOR Play 40S w/ Snapdragon 480+ now official

HONOR has just launched its latest budget smartphone, the HONOR Play 40S, a month after introducing the HONOR Play 40.

Both carry the same Snapdragon 480 Plus chipset but with the difference mainly being that the HONOR Play 40S only packs in up to 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage as well as having an 8MP front selfie camera.

The HONOR Play 40 on the other hand goes up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage while also having a 5MP selfie camera. Check below for the full specs and price of the HONOR Play 40S.

HONOR Play 40S specs:

6.56-inch HD+ TFT LCD @ 720 x 1612
90Hz refresh rate
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
8-cores, 2.2GHz max clock speed
Adreno 619 GPU
4GB RAM
128GB storage
13MP f/1.8 main camera
8MP front camera
Dual Nano-SIM
5G
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 5.1
GPS/AGPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Galileo
USB Type-C (USB 2.0)
3.5mm audio jack
Magic OS 7.1 based on Android 13
5,200mAh battery
10W charging
163.3  x 75.1 x 8.4 mm
188 grams
Midnight Black, Green

The HONOR Play 40S is priced in China at CNY 999PHP 8,053USD 137INR 11,631EUR 131 (~PHP 7,700USD 131INR 11,123EUR 125CNY 956) for its sole 4GB+128GB model.

This is roughly PHP 3,000USD 51INR 4,334EUR 49CNY 372 less than the HONOR Play 40 which starts at CNY 1,380PHP 11,124USD 190INR 16,067EUR 181 (~PHP 10,600USD 181INR 15,313EUR 172CNY 1,315)

No word has been made yet on its availability and pricing in the Philippines.