The Moto X series is where Motorola usually places its fancy phones: the ones that’ll bludgeon your budget at least a bit, but tend to look and feel fancy. However, the Moto X Play is different.
This ?18, 499 phone is really a cheaper antidote to phones that cost ?50k or more. Having lived with the Motorola Moto X Play for a while now, we see it as a hybrid. It’s like the Moto G stepped into the Moto X factory and ended up having a bit of an XL-size makeover.
That’s no bad thing. What you end up with is a phone with a dashing screen, impressively detailed camera and long-lasting battery, just without the flashy design bits you get on the Moto X Style or something like the Samsung Galaxy S6. If you have the patience to deal with buying one, we still prefer the OnePlus 2. But this value-soaked mid-ranger isn’t too far off the top spot
