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Motorola Moto G7 Play Review

Score: 70.9 / 100

Motorola Moto G7 Play is a top quality Android cellphone launched in February 2019, equipped with a huge 5.7-inches screen, an extremely powerful 1.8 GHz Octa-Core CPU, and two cameras, a 13 mega-pixels back side camera and an 8 megapixels front facing camera.

This cellphone is offerred in three color options, black, blue and gold. Motorola didn't seem to put much effort to reduce weight in this 5.93 ounces phone. The Motorola Moto G7 Play is incredibly thin and stilized, being just 0.32 inches thick. This cellphone is just 5.85" long and 2.81" wide, but it manages to hold a 5.7 inches display. About its body design materials, this device is manufactured with Plastic .

The Motorola Moto G7 Play includes a nice 5.7 inches display with a 720 x 1512 resolution, which makes all pictures and videos look beautiful.

Motorola decided to power this cellphone using a Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 SDM632 system chip, packing a very fast 1800 megahertz Octa-Core processing unit with a big 2 GB of RAM memory. This device counts with a great 32 GB internal memory and an SD memory card expansion slot, allowing the user to install lots of apps, games, songs, photos and videos without having to worry about how much storage is left.

This phone counts with wi-fi connection (which can be shared with other devices as a mobile hotspot), 4G (LTE-A) super quick internet connection and also HSPA+ connectivity (which is a slower 4G type) and the fastest 3G connection type, using HSDPA and HSUPA technologies. This phone comes with two Nano SIM cards to be able to to use 2 different phone numbers in the same cellphone.

This cellphone is equipped with two cameras, a 13 MP back camera and an 8 mega-pixels front facing camera. While it's 13 MP may sound incredible the back camera sensor size is quite small it takes darker photos than you would expect. It is capable of capturing videos in 3840x2160 (4K) at 30 frames per second. This cellphone also features time lapse video.

The features amassive 3000 mAh non-replaceable battery that provides this device an amazing battery duration. An issue to consider is that this cellphone's battery isn't removable so you can't buy a new battery when it begins losing capacity, although with such a big battery you will probably replace this phone before it becomes a real problem.

The Motorola Moto G7 Play also includes a wide range of interesting characteristics such as Fingerprint unlock, Face ID, Bluetooth, GPS and FM Radio, and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Compass.

This phone is being sold for $ 199, quite high for a cellphone this level. If you are looking for a social cellphone, are an amateur photographer, will use this cellphone for playing games or are looking for a phone for work, you will probably love this phone. Motorola also sells this phone with USB-C Cable, SIM pin, Guides and 10W charger.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Motorola
Operating System (OS):Android 9.0 Pie
Dimensions:5.85 x 2.81 x 0.32 inchesMetric14.86 x 7.14 x 0.81 cmImperial
Weight:5.93 ouncesMetric168.11 gImperial
Colors:Black, Blue and Gold
Materials:Plastic
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Accessories:10W charger, Guides , SIM pin, USB-C Cable
Release date:2019-02-07
Price:$ 199.00

Display

Screen Type:IPS LCD
Size:5.7 inchesMetric14.5 cmImperial
Resolution:1512 x 720 pixels
Pixel density:294 pixels per inchMetric115.75 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:No

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 SDM632
Processor:Kryo 250, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz)
RAM Memory:2 GB
Graphics Processor:Adreno 506
Internal Memory:32 GB
SD Card Slot:microSDXC (up to 512 GB)

Battery

Removable:No
Capacity:3000 mAh

Camera

Back camera:13 megapixels
    Aperture:f/2.00
    Focal length:26mm (35mm equivalence)
    Sensor size:0.33 inches (1/3.06")
Front camera:8 megapixels
Max video resolution:3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K)
Camera features:Time Lapse Video

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
Dual SIM:Yes
LTE (4G) Bands:1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 14(700 PS), 17(700 b), 20(800 DD), 25(1900+), 26(850+), 29(700 d), 30(2300 WCS), 66(AWS-3), 71(600), 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
UMTS Bands:Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Technologies:LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.2
GPS:Yes
Fingerprint ID:Yes
Face Unlock:Yes
Radio:FM Radio
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor