Motorola has come up with a number of decent devices in recent years and have then followed up with their lighter versions. The Moto X is another one of these and has been duly followed up by its lighter version, the Moto X Play. For now, we’ll be focusing our energies more on the Moto X Play.

Build quality and display

The Motorola Moto X Play defies the somewhat de-facto definition of smartphones with the “Play” surname. While most other Play smartphones feature much compromised specs in a bid to lower their prices, this particular device has somewhat put a stop to that norm. Featuring a trademark Motorola design with the speaker grills at the top and bottom bezels, the Moto X Play is 100% Motorola.

That being said, we’ve no idea as to why Motorola has continuously produced some overweight smartphones as this bad-boy weighs in at 169g while also featuring a 10.9mm width. Most people will argue that this can be attributed to its large 3630 mAh battery plus dust and splash resistance but come on! This is post 2016!

The smartphone features a large 5.5 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 401ppi pixel density. This results in an excellent 1080p resolution that is capable of producing some top-notch graphics and super sharp details.

Cameras

One word describes the prowess of the Moto X Play’s cameras; wow! We previously thought that it was only Sony that was used to stuffing large primary sensors in its devices but as things stand, the Moto X Play is here to spoil the party. The smartphone features a powerful 21 megapixel primary sensor with phase detection autofocus and a dual-tone LED flash. The large megapixels and phase detection combine to devastating effect producing excellent results while the selfie camera banks at 5 megapixels.

Hardware and software

The Moto X Play is powered by an Octa-Core processor with 2GB of RAM. It can be said that the RAM is what Motorola has kept at bay to tone down the smartphone’s cost and it might just be enough to adequately run the built-in Marshmallow or Lollipop. Fast battery charging deserves a special mention while you only get to purchase it in either black or white.