Sound quality is reasonable – overall you shouldn’t be disappointed, so long as you won’t miss the option to record in 4K. This makes video footage feel quite raw, but it’s sharp and colours are great. It can shoot slow motion video, but only at 540p – not even in HD! You should also know that the Play doesn’t have optical stabilisation, while the OnePlus 2 does. There’s also night and panorama modes.įrustratingly, the Play can only capture 1080p HD video, not the 4K video that’s supported by the Style (and OnePlus 2). You can toggle a focus/exposure control which lets you tap to set the focus and exposure point, and dial the exposure up and down. And if you’re the sort of person who uses their phone only occasionally through the day, or mainly while commuting, then you could well be charging it once every two days. If you’re watching offline video with a fairly low screen brightness, you should easily get through a long-haul flight – over 12 hours – before needing more power. This means you’ll probably end up charging it every night rather than every other as you might have hoped. In our battery benchmark, the Play doesn’t last much more than a typical phone at 6 hours, 21 minutes. That’s with mixed use, of course – not 30 hours of video playback. The battery is a 3,630mAh battery that should last for up to 30 hours according to Motorola. Storage isn’t hugely generous by today’s standards: there are 16- or 32GB to choose between (32GB bumps up the price by £40) but you’ve the ability to add 128GB more thanks to the microSD card slot, a welcome addition that wasn’t present in the previous Moto X models. It weighs a reasonable 169g and is 10.9mm thick at its thickest point, but it’s curved to make it feel comfortable in the hand so it doesn’t feel like a bulky phone at all, particularly thanks to its thin bezels surrounding the screen. Of course, you’re more likely to find a discount from other retailers selling the black or white ‘base’ models. It doesn’t cost any extra and you’ll have a phone that won’t look identical to everyone else’s. If you configure a Moto X Play on Motorola’s website you can choose between 12 colours for the rear, a black or white front face, plus an accent colour which colours the camera surround on the rear and the front speaker grilles. The rear cover pops off like the Moto G’s which means it’s easy to personalise the phone with other covers. Motorola may not have focused as heavily on design with the Moto X Play as it did with the Moto X Style, but it’s still a good-looking phone in our opinion, and we really like the new design of the area around the camera and Motorola logo. Motorola Moto X Play review: Design & build
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