Motorola Moto X Play review: Crowd pleaser

16 October, 2015
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.

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Umbilical Noose, 16 Oct 2015Using high end headphones with these kind of handset is not... moreWhat all do you want in 300$? A fingerprint scanner? Stereo speakers? Metal build? 2k Display? Why dont we add 128GB internal in there for good measure? Its the best phone you can buy in the price range.

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    • 16 Oct 2015

    Anonymous, 16 Oct 2015The battery life is extremely disappointing for its battery... moreas you say . same battery same screen size and same endurance .
    Whats wrong with that ?
    It even use 28nm compare to 14nm cpu .

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      • 16 Oct 2015

      Umbilical Noose, 16 Oct 2015Using high end headphones with these kind of handset is not... moreThey can not put everything in phone just costing 300$. Really miss those stereo speakers?
      go get X style.

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        • 16 Oct 2015

        tobbbie4tobbbie, 16 Oct 2015Again a phone with audio cut-off frequency just at FM Radio... moreWhat 16 kHz? Haven't you noticed the non-linear (logarithmic?) axis?

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          • Anonymous
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          • 16 Oct 2015

          nice performance after 20 days usage ....and good battery

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            • 16 Oct 2015

            Anonymous, 16 Oct 2015The battery life is extremely disappointing for its battery... moreBattery life is very good , see the talktime , web browsing & Video timings...they are good , they only need to improve on Standby time , which is very less even having a big 3630 mah battery...!
            And I know when the phone will get updated to Android 6.0 Marshmellow , the standby time will increase...!

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              • 16 Oct 2015

              Anonymous, 16 Oct 2015The battery life is extremely disappointing for its battery... moreI have it and I get 11 hours+ SOT. Amazing battery life

                tobbbie4tobbbie, 16 Oct 2015Again a phone with audio cut-off frequency just at FM Radio... moreUsing high end headphones with these kind of handset is not a very wise decision to begin with. wanna enjoy your music, go buy a proper DAP.
                The bigger problem here is that mono speaker. What year is it? Those Symbian phones had stereo speakers back in the day.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • PiQ
                  • 16 Oct 2015

                  This would be an awesome phone if Moto didn't decide to ditch the gyro. I see no mention of it in the review, but they cut the flashlight chop gesture because the accelerometers alone couldn't handle it. It also means no VR/photospheres. The X 2nd gen ends up being better if you don't mind the reduced battery.

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 16 Oct 2015

                    The battery life is extremely disappointing for its battery capacity..the same as the S6 edge+.....what a shame..i waited so long for this review before I ordered the phone..I'll just get something else then

                      Again a phone with audio cut-off frequency just at FM Radio level (16 kHz) - how would you like to combine high end headphones with that and still enjoy? Proper filter design is really no problem these days and a flat 20-20k frequency response is not either!

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