Although Honor was not independent, then Huawei consumer business CEO Yu Chengdong said that Huawei (including Honor) would not make gaming phones, but at that time it still launched a machine focusing on gaming performance - Honor Play. The phone is equipped with Kirin 970 chip, which was also the lowest-priced Kirin 970 chip phone at that time.
After many years, Honor has become independent. Huawei mate50 series does not have a Kirin chip, but Honor plans to launch a " gaming mobile phone " - Honor X40 GT.
From the perspective of product naming, the positioning of this phone is not very high - the X series focuses on the mobile phone market of 1,000 to 2,000 yuan, and then up is the digital series machine; Honor X40 GT is also the first X series phone named after "GT", so what is the configuration of this phone? Can we bear the heavy responsibility of "gaming mobile phones"? Xiaozhai will take you guys to take a look. In terms of
configuration, the Honor X40 GT will be equipped with Snapdragon 888 chip, with an LCD screen with a refresh rate of 144Hz on the front, and the machine supports 66W super charging technology; in order to exert the strength of the machine, the machine also adds a high-spec cooling module. Industry insiders say that the cooling module of the machine is even stronger than its own Magic series!
Snapdragon 888 is a flagship chip released in 2020, first released by Xiaomi 11. The chip has very strong performance, but it also has serious heat. Many machines equipped with this chip have experienced "rollover" phenomenon; in order to cope with the "rollover" problem of Snapdragon 888, Qualcomm even launched the Snapdragon 870 chip to "save the situation", but the effect is not very good.
At present, the Snapdragon 8+ chip is the best choice for "gaming phones", but the cost of this chip is relatively high, and the price of the machine is difficult to control at a lower level; and after the price of the Snapdragon 888 chip is reduced, there is no big gap with mid-range chips. It is a good choice for mobile phones at a price of 2,000 yuan, provided that the heating is controlled well.
The mobile phone market at a price of 2,000 yuan is very fierce. Not only are there machines such as Redmi K50 with high-quality screens and high-performance chips, but there are also thin and high-value machines that OPPO and vivo that focus on offline markets. If Honor wants to gain a higher share in this market, it is bound to launch obvious differentiated products. Honor X40 GT may be such a product.
