Motorola Moto Z2 Play

The Z2 Play is a recently released smartphone by Motorola and comes compatible with as many as four mods - BL SoundBoost 2, Moto TurboPower pack, Moto Gamepad, and Moto Style Shell with wireless charging. Although the smartphone is available for purchase now, these mods will not be coming in the market until the end of the year.

Coming to the specifications of the successor to last year's Z Play smartphones, it has comes confined in a metal body, and boasts of a 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display. An octa-core Snapdragon 625 chipset acts as the powering source while Android 7.1.1 Nougat is the operating system put into place.

The memory capacities are 4GB for the RAM and 64GB for the ROM. The optic department features a 12MP rear camera with 1.4um dual autofocus pixel size, ƒ/1.7 aperture, laser auto-focus, and phase detection auto-focus. Upon turning the phone, you'll see a 5MP selfie snapper with same pixel size and ƒ/2.2 aperture.

Other than that, the Z2 Play makes use of a 3,00mAh power unit with TurboCharging capabilities (according to the company it charge the phone up to 50% of its capacity in just 30 minutes). Also the phone is splash resistant, courtesy the water repellent nano coating on the top.

The phone is currently out in the market and the Moto Z2 Play best price in India is 27,999INR. You can subscribe to Smartprix to get the latest news, alerts and notifications regarding the Moto Z2 Play.

The Moto Z2 Play ships with Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box, which is about as good as it can get right now. As is usual for Motorola phones, the level of customization done here is minimal and is mostly for the good. The Moto Z2 Play has a new 12 megapixel camera on the back with f1.7 aperture, 1.4um pixels and dual pixel phase detection autofocus. The camera also has two-tone dual LED flash and can do 4K video.

The app has an easy-to-use UI with basic controls spread around the viewfinder.read more →

The Moto Z2 Play is an interesting device from a design point of view. It sticks close to the design paradigm Motorola introduced last year with the Z and the Z Play. It retains a 5.5-inch full HD OLED screen which produces vibrant colours that make the overall experience of the phone a pleasant one.

The screen also is a very reflective one especially when combined with the aggressive auto brightness.read more →

The Moto Z2 Play is an important phone, if only because it's keeping the Moto Mods story going. It's incredible that the project has lasted as long as it has, and other manufacturers would have thrown in the towel long ago (just look at LG or Google), so we love the fact that the Z2 Play exists at all.read more →