The affordable MotoGPlay (2023) is Motorola's first new phone of the year. Does it make too many sacrifices?
Moto G Play MSRP $170.00 Score Details “The most impressive thing about the Moto G Play is its $170 price. But it becomes apparent very quickly how many corners Motorola cut to get there.” Pros Cons Motorola is a brand name that has been around forever, despite some restructuring a while back. In the pre-iPhone days, Motorola was well-known for its Razr flip phone, and these days, Motorola has a slew of Android smartphones in its catalog, with several in the more affordable price range.
On the back of the Moto G Play , you’ll find a triple-lens camera system , as well as an indented circle with the Motorola “M” logo. This is where the fingerprint sensor is, and while it feels like it works reliably, I personally hate the placement of the sensor. Moto G Play screen The Moto G Play has a large 6.5-inch LCD display, but it is only HD+ and capped at a 1600 x 720-pixel resolution. Though that’s disappointing if you’ve tried out a higher-resolution display, it’s not surprising for a phone this cheap. However, a saving grace is the fact that you get a 90Hz refresh rate, which actually beats even the $800 iPhone 14, which only has a 60Hz refresh rate.
Moto G Play performance and software The Moto G Play comes equipped with a MediaTek Helio G37 chip, 3GB RAM, and Android 12 out of the box. It’s important to note that the Helio G37 came out in late 2020, so the Moto G Play is using a chip that is already over two years old. This hampers performance considerably, as I found the device to be sluggish even with basic tasks and navigation. And as mentioned above, I noticed a lot of stuttering and frame rate drops.
Moto G Play cameras The Moto G Play comes with what appears to be a triple-lens camera system on the rear, but in reality, it’s just a single 16MP main camera that is assisted by two 2MP sensors for both macro images and depth sensing. For the front-facing camera, you only get a 5MP shooter. If you’re looking for a powerful camera system, you won’t really find it on the Moto G Play . But if you must have this phone, the pictures it can take are … fine. Nothing mind-blowing compared to the competition, but in a pinch, it’ll do.
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