Saturday, August 25, 2018

The Honor Play is a gaming phone with ‘GPU Turbo’ and AI-powered rumble

Huawei sub-brand Honor has announced its first gaming phone, the Honor Play. It has a 6.3-inch notched 19.5:9 1080p display, a 3,750mAh battery, and a Kirin 970 processor alongside 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.

Those aren’t super high-end specs — in fact, they’re very similar to the mid-range Honor View 10 that came to the US early this year. But Honor says the major innovation with the Play is “GPU Turbo,” a hardware-software integration that supposedly boosts GPU performance by 60 percent while reducing energy consumption by 30 percent.

The Kirin 970’s AI capabilities are also leveraged to provide a “4D gaming experience,” analyzing images and audio in real time and giving vibration feedback accordingly. AI is apparently used to...

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