MOTO X PLAY. Review on Motorola Moto X Play

Its looking so great.the Moto X Play is the balancing act between the Moto G and Moto X Style with a tendency to aim high instead of settle for less.

At 5.5 inches in diagonal its display still puts it in phablet territory, leaving the Moto G(3rd gen) to cater to compact phone lovers. It's a FullHD panel too, striking the obvious reasonable compromise between sharpness and battery life.And battery life is one area, where the Moto X Play should excel - it has a huge 3, 630mAh cell, with support for fast charging too, though a TurboCharger has sadly been omitted from the bundle.Motorola Moto X PlayThe Moto X Play comes with the much-hyped new 21MP camera from the flagship, complete with phase detection autofocus and a dual-LED flash too. What it lacks is 4K video capture - the Snapdragon 615 that powers the Play caps recording at 1080p. Qualcomm's ubiquitous midrange chip is coupled with 2GB of RAM and 16GB or 32GB of built-in storage - run-of-the-mill specs in the segmentThat said, it's hard not to like the Moto X Play. Motorola has struck all the right notes with the Moto X Play and is offering a comprehensive package at an affordable price.

There's plenty of capable competition in the midrange though, and while customizability plays a major role here, the phone also needs to perform. The Moto X Play takes on esteemed rivals on the following pages, but we'll kick off with the usual unboxing and hardware overview.