Honor Play 4 smartphone was launched on 3rd June 2020. The phone comes with a 6.81-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080x2400 pixels and an aspect ratio of 20:9. Honor Play 4 is powered by a 2GHz octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 800 processor that features 4 cores clocked at 2GHz and 4 cores clocked at 2GHz. It comes with 6GB of RAM. The Honor Play 4 runs Android 10 and is powered by a 4300mAh non-removable battery. The Honor Play 4 supports proprietary fast charging.

As far as the cameras are concerned, the Honor Play 4 on the rear packs a 64-megapixel primary camera with an f/1.89 aperture; a second 8-megapixel camera with an f/2.2 aperture; a third 2-megapixel camera with an f/2.4 aperture and a fourth 2-megapixel camera with an f/2.4 aperture. The rear camera setup has autofocus. It sports a 16-megapixel camera on the front for selfies, with an f/2.0 aperture.

The Honor Play 4 runs Magic UI 3.1.0 based on Android 10 and packs 128GB of inbuilt storage that can be expanded via microSD card (up to 512GB). The Honor Play 4 is a dual-SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM cards. The Honor Play 4 measures 170.00 x 78.50 x 8.90mm (height x width x thickness) and weighs 213.00 grams. It was launched in Magic Night Black, Phantom Blue, and Iceland illusion colours.

Connectivity options on the Honor Play 4 include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS, Bluetooth v5.10, USB Type-C, 3G, and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on the phone include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, compass/ magnetometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, and in-display fingerprint sensor. The Honor Play 4 supports face unlock.