The Moto Z2 Play comes with a smaller battery but still has long battery life with great specs for under $500.
In 2016, Lenovo unveiled the Moto Z series of flagships smartphones from the company it had purchased in 2014. The biggest differentiator that the Moto Z lineup had compared to other smartphones was Moto Mods. The ability to extend the functionality of your smartphone by slapping a mod onto the back of it. It was simple to do, and it meant you didn’t need to power off your phone to do it. Now we’re moving into the second-generation of these Moto Mods, and the Moto Z2 Play is here. This is the replacement for the Moto Z Play launched last fall, which was very popular for its great battery life. Now can the Moto Z2 Play replicate that battery life and performance, despite a smaller battery? Let’s find out.
The Moto Z2 Play’s specs are mostly the same as its predecessor. It still sports a 5.5-inch display, and that will likely be the case for a while due to the Moto Mods compatibility. That display is a 1920 x 1080 resolution Super AMOLED panel, which nets around 401 pixels per inch. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 processor which is an octa-core Cortex-A53 chipset clocked at 2.2GHz. It is paired with the Adreno 506 GPU. There are two models available, one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage and another with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Both have micro SD card slots that support up to 256GB of storage and have support for Adoptable Storage. Read more...
In 2016, Lenovo unveiled the Moto Z series of flagships smartphones from the company it had purchased in 2014. The biggest differentiator that the Moto Z lineup had compared to other smartphones was Moto Mods. The ability to extend the functionality of your smartphone by slapping a mod onto the back of it. It was simple to do, and it meant you didn’t need to power off your phone to do it. Now we’re moving into the second-generation of these Moto Mods, and the Moto Z2 Play is here. This is the replacement for the Moto Z Play launched last fall, which was very popular for its great battery life. Now can the Moto Z2 Play replicate that battery life and performance, despite a smaller battery? Let’s find out.
The Moto Z2 Play’s specs are mostly the same as its predecessor. It still sports a 5.5-inch display, and that will likely be the case for a while due to the Moto Mods compatibility. That display is a 1920 x 1080 resolution Super AMOLED panel, which nets around 401 pixels per inch. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 processor which is an octa-core Cortex-A53 chipset clocked at 2.2GHz. It is paired with the Adreno 506 GPU. There are two models available, one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage and another with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Both have micro SD card slots that support up to 256GB of storage and have support for Adoptable Storage. Read more...