Motorola Moto X Play Specs

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Description

The Motorola Moto X Play rocks a 64-bit, 1.7 GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 – a midrange SoC, which we've found to be quite adequate in our experience. The phone is equipped with 2 GB of RAM and has 16 GB / 32 GB storage variants. Both are expandable via microSD of up to 128 GB. The display has a 5.5” diagonal with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and the Play doesn't have the stereo speakers, which adorn the front of the Style. The battery that keeps the lights on has an impressive capacity of 3,630 mAh and Motorola promises up to 48 hours of “mixed usage”, and turbo charging. In terms of camera, the device packs impressive specs – its main snapper rocks a 21 MP sensor with F2.0 aperture and a dual-tone LED flash, while the frontal cam has a 5 MP sensor. Motorola's UI philosophy is along the lines of “the lighter – the better”. The midranger comes with Android 5.1.1 installed out-of-the-box and offers it in its vanilla form.

This device is also known as Motorola XT1562

Cons

  • Thick body (0.43 inches)
I want it 20 users
I have it 10 users
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Display

Size: 5.5-inch
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 px, 403 PPI
Screen-to-body: 74.72 %
Colors: 16 777 216
Features: Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip: Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 8939
Processor: Octa-core, 1700 MHz, ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit
GPU: Adreno 405
RAM: 2GB (LPDDR3)
Internal storage: 32GB
Storage expansion: microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS: Android (7.1 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow, 5.1 Lollipop)
Device type: Smartphone

Battery

Capacity: 3630 mAh
Type: Not user replaceable

Camera

Rear: Single camera
Main camera: 21 MP (PDAF)
Specifications: Aperture size: F2.0
Sensor size: 1/2.4"
Pixel size: 1.1 μm
Flash: Dual LED
Video recording: 1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps)
Features:
HDR, Video calling
Front: 5 MP
Dimensions: 5.80 x 2.95 x 0.43 inches
(147.3 x 75 x 10.9 mm)
Weight: 5.96 oz (169.0 g)
Materials: Back: Plastic
Resistance: Splash
Keys: Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key

Cellular

4G (FDD): Bands 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 19(800 Upper), 20(800 DD), 28(700 APT)
4G (TDD): Bands 38(2600), 41(2600+)
3G: Bands 5(850), 8(900), 3(1800), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed: LTE, HSPA, HSUPA
SIM type: Nano SIM

Multimedia

Headphones: 3.5mm jack
Speakers: Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features: Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring: Wireless screen share
Radio: FM

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth: 4.0
Wi-Fi: 802.11 a, b, g, n, dual-band
Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
USB: microUSB, USB 2.0
Features: Mass storage device, OTG, Charging
Location: GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Sensors: Accelerometer, Compass
Other: NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Phone features

Notifications: Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features: Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Availability

Officially announced: Jul 28, 2015
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Alternative variants

Motorola Moto X Play 16GB
Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage: 16GB
Motorola Moto X Play XT1563
Differences from the main variant:
4G (FDD): Bands 12(700 a), 17(700 b), 28(700 APT), 5(850), 8(900), 4(AWS-1), 3(1800), 2(1900), 1(2100), 7(2600)
3G: Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)

News

Motorola starts rolling out Android 7.1.1 Nougat for Moto X Play
It looks like Motorola has just started to push the Android 7.1.1 Nougat update to the Moto X Play. The US-based company confirmed back in June that the mid-range smartphone will be updated to Nougat, but it did not offer details on the exact release...
, by Cosmin Vasile, 4
Motorola starts rolling out Android 7.1.1 Nougat for Moto X Play
Motorola confirms Android 7.0 Nougat is coming soon to the Moto X Play
The two-year-old Moto X Play is going to receive Android 7.0 Nougat, Motorola confirmed recently. The smartphone received an update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow about one year ago, but few expected Motorola to offer Moto X Play owners another major OS ...
, by Cosmin Vasile, 3
Motorola confirms Android 7.0 Nougat is coming soon to the Moto X Play
Nougat update delayed until May for Moto X Style, X Play, X Pure and X Force in Germany
The other day, we told you that a tweet from the official Twitter account belonging to Motorola Germany revealed some bad news. The Android 7.0 update for the Moto Z Play in the country was being delayed until March. At the same time, the Nougat upda...
, by Alan Friedman, 3
Nougat update delayed until May for Moto X Style, X Play, X Pure and X Force in Germany
Motorola Moto X Play begins to receive the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update
The Motorola Moto X Play, as you may remember, launched last year alongside the Moto X Style and the 2015 edition of the Moto G. Though the Style and Moto G were created with the U.S. market in mind, the Play was intended primarily for Canada, Latin ...
, by Ben Reid, 10
Motorola Moto X Play begins to receive the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update

User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
8.8
Camera quality
9.3
Performance
8.8
Display
9.5
Battery life and charging
9.8
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
9
Excellent Phone
Phone owned for less than a month

For now it works ok. Performance is good for high amount of installed apps. I try to work with all apps without closing any one and it works ok. The new Android 6 helps a lot on this, but the phone is great.

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9
Excellent phone
Phone owned for less than a month

For the price, this is an execellent phone. It has dropped performance in the CPU area, but has improved greatly in the battery and camera sections (over the previous Moto X 2nd gen, 2014). A very good smart phone for a decent price !

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10
Quite good one
Phone owned for less than 3 months

It is surprisingly good phone. Maybe because I'm coming from a samsung note edge phone which was slow and weird. No touchwiz here almost stock android. Fast, responsive, perfect size for me, good to hold in hand. The screen is ok, very bright, and the automatic brightness is also good. I wish it would be amoled but its ok anyway. My problem, real problem is the lack of notification led, however I read somewhere it is inside but not working. Hmm looks wise decision. So why is there if it is not working and why is it not working if it was there. The moto display is cool but I could find better in play store and cannot even close to replace the led. The moto display could just jump directly to lock screen since no battery saving with dark color because it is not amoled. I wish it was amoled and have the same feature as the Nokia or MS Lumia do the always on glance feature so I have a clock always there and I would be always notified without interaction. Practically without interaction I cannot know anything happened. And with the moto display the sensitivity is too high so in a car it is always turning on because of the movement and vibration etc. I'm a light user, 15m instagram 15m chrome 15m playing some easy game and with that it is ok for almost 3 days so I guess the battery is superb. The higher edge of the device is quite sharp it can irritating my ear... weird. The build quality is not the best but at least I don't care about having a case... The buttons are loose, the back panel can move a little but after all it is pleasing to hold in hand. The camera is good, I wish some feature like always on led flash for night shots or more manual stuff but it is ok even in low light. Somebody told me when I using the speaker during phone call he did hear me not so clear as he did with my note edge. I don't care if is only one speaker and not stereo in fact with my M8 I was always scared when I made a voip phonecall If somebody call me I got ear damage because it got ringing into my ear, so it is not happening here. Basically a good budget phone.

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