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Motorola Moto X Play Review

    See other variants reviews Score: 70.4 / 100

Motorola Moto X Play is a top quality cellphone launched back in the year 2015, which features a powerful processor clocking at 1700 megahertz, a really big 5.5" multi-touch capacitive screen, and 2 cameras, a 21 megapixels back camera and a 5 mega-pixels front camera.

Talking about its materials quality, the is mostly created with plastic. This cellphone feels much lighter than what you expect from a cellphone like this. Although this phone is quite slim it's not so slim as many other phones currently available, with a thickness of 0.43 inches. This cellphone is a compact phone, taking into account that it has a 5.5" display and it's only 5.8" long.

The Motorola Moto X Play includes a completely amazing 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) 5.5" screen, which makes all images and videos look absolutely perfect.

Motorola decided to build this cellphone with a fast processing unit speeding at 1.7 gigahertz, bundled in a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 8939 system chip with a great 2 GB of RAM. A key advantage of this phone is the 32 GB big internal storage and a slot for an external memory card, which allows you to install hundreds of applications and even the largest games available nowadays without worrying about how much storage capacity is left.

This cellphone features two cameras, a 21 megapixels back facing camera and a 5 MP front camera. this cellphone's back facing camera lens has an aperture of 2 so it can capture sharp photos even in low lighting conditions. It is also able to shoot Full HD 1920x1080 videos at 30 frames per second. This camera also features some good features like flash, face detection shooting, geo tagging and HDR mode.

This phone offers wi-fi connection (which it can share with other devices around, acting as a wireless router or modem), LTE 4G high performance data connection and the fastest 3G internet connection, supported by HSPA, HSUPA and EDGE technologies. This phone works with a Nano SIM card for GSM connection.

The also comes with lots of cool characteristics such as Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth (allows communication with other devices, computers, and accessories), GPS and Radio, and multiple sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.

The Motorola Moto X Play features a big 3630 mAh battery that provides this cellphone an impressive battery duration.

Motorola sells this device for $ 235, which is somewhat expensive for comparing with similar phones. No matter whether you are a photography fan, want a cellphone to play games, want a work device or want a cellphone to mostly use social networks and internet browsing, this device is a great option for you.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Motorola
Operating System (OS):Android 5.1
Variant:See other variants reviews
Also Known As:Motorola XT1562
Dimensions:5.80 x 2.95 x 0.43 inchesMetric14.73 x 7.49 x 1.09 cmImperial
Weight:5.96 ouncesMetric168.96 gImperial
Materials:Plastic
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Release date:2015-07-28
Price:$ 235.00

Display

Size:5.5 inchesMetric14 cmImperial
Resolution:1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD)
Pixel density:401 pixels per inchMetric157.87 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 8939
Processor:ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Single-Core 1700 MHz)
RAM Memory:2 GB (800 MHz)
Graphics Processor:Adreno 405
Internal Memory:32 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB)

Battery

Removable:Yes
Capacity:3630 mAh

Camera

Back camera:21 megapixels
    Aperture:f/2.00
    Sensor size:0.42 inches (1/2.4")
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:5 megapixels
Max video resolution:1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD)
Camera features:Face Detection Shooting, Geo Tagging and HDR Mode

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
LTE (4G) Bands:700 (band 28), 800 (band 19), 800 (band 20), 850 (band 5), 900 (band 8), 1800 (band 3), 2100 (band 1), 2600 (band 7)
UMTS Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
Technologies:LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.0
GPS:Yes
NFC (Near Field Communication):Yes
Radio:FM Radio
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor