Honor Play 60

The Honor Play 60 has a standard candy-bar form factor — it does not fold and is not built to rugged standards — but it does carry an IP64 rating, meaning it can handle dust ingress and water splashes without issue. The body stands 164 mm tall and 75.6 mm wide with a thickness of 8.4 mm, and the overall volume comes to approximately 104.15 cm³. At 197 g, the handset sits at a moderate weight for its size class.

The Honor Play 60 uses an IPS LCD touchscreen measuring 6.61″, delivering a resolution of 720 x 1604 px at a pixel density of 266 ppi. One of its more notable display traits is a 120Hz refresh rate, which enables noticeably fluid motion when scrolling or navigating the interface. The screen does not support HDR10, HDR10+, or Dolby Vision, and there is no Always-On Display mode or secondary screen; it also lacks branded damage-resistant glass.

The Honor Play 60 is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300, a 6 nm octa-core chipset configured as two performance cores running at 2.4 GHz and six efficiency cores at 2.0 GHz, with 8 threads, big.LITTLE architecture, and Heterogeneous Multi-Processing support for more adaptive workload distribution. It is paired with 12 GB of LPDDR4 RAM at 2133 MHz — the maximum the platform supports — and 256 GB of internal storage, with a peak memory bandwidth of 17.07 GB/s. Graphics are handled by the integrated Arm Mali-G57 MC2 GPU running at 950 MHz, which supports DirectX 12, and the chip also features integrated LTE. Cache is arranged across 512 KB of L1, 1 MB of L2, and 2 MB of L3. In Geekbench 6 testing, the platform scores 782 in single-core and 2012 in multi-core, and the SoC is fully 64-bit capable with multithreading support.

The Honor Play 60 features a single-lens rear camera with a 13 MP CMOS sensor and an f/1.8 aperture, capable of recording video at 1080p and 30 fps with continuous autofocus during recording and slow-motion support; there is no optical image stabilization, no optical zoom, and no BSI sensor. Focusing options include phase-detection autofocus, touch autofocus, and manual focus, while shooting modes extend to burst, panorama, and HDR, and manual controls cover exposure, ISO, and white balance — though manual shutter speed, RAW capture, and 360° panorama are not available. Flash is provided by a single LED unit with no dual-tone or RGB capability, and HDR10 and Dolby Vision recording are both absent. The 5 MP front camera sits behind an f/2.2 aperture in a standard cut-out position — not under the display — and comes without a front-facing flash or a secondary lens, and neither camera system offers 3D photo or video recording.

The Honor Play 60 runs Android 15 and comes with a solid set of privacy controls, including clipboard warnings, location privacy options, and camera and microphone access management, though Mail Privacy Protection and cross-site tracking blocking are not present. On the customization side, the OS supports dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, home screen widgets, and customizable notifications, while productivity is aided by split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, full-page screenshots, a media picker, sharing intents, and the ability to play games while they are still downloading. On-device machine learning is supported, as are offline voice recognition, voice commands, Live Text selection from images, app offloading, a child lock, multi-user accounts, and phone tracking. Battery health monitoring and an extra dim display mode are also included. Features not available include Wi-Fi password sharing, focus modes, direct OS updates from the vendor, Quick Start, and the ability to use the device as a PC.

The Honor Play 60 is equipped with a 6000 mAh rechargeable, non-removable battery that supports fast charging at 15W, allowing for quicker top-ups over a wired connection. Wireless charging is not supported. A battery level indicator is present, giving users a clear read on remaining charge at a glance.

The Honor Play 60 retains a 3.5 mm headphone jack for wired listening, and on the wireless side it supports both aptX and aptX HD for higher-quality Bluetooth audio transmission. However, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC are not available. The device has a single speaker rather than a stereo setup, and there is no built-in FM radio.

The Honor Play 60 supports 5G connectivity and accommodates two SIM cards, with Wi-Fi covering both Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) standards and a peak download speed of 3300 Mbit/s. Bluetooth 5.3 is on board, and the device connects via a USB Type-C port running USB 2.0; there is no HDMI output, no external memory slot, and no NFC. Location is handled through GPS with Galileo support, and onboard sensors include an accelerometer and a compass, while a gyroscope, barometer, infrared sensor, heart rate monitor, and motion or optical tracking are all absent. Fingerprint scanning handles biometric authentication — 3D facial recognition and an iris scanner are not included — and features such as ANT+, DLNA certification, satellite SOS, crash detection, a stylus, and a built-in projector are likewise not part of the package.

The Honor Play 60 includes a video light, which keeps the rear flash active during video recording. The display is flat rather than curved, uses neither sapphire glass nor an e-paper panel.