Overview Moto Z2 Play - a new smartphone a design from Motorola

Equipment

The package includes a smartphone, hub quick charging, USB Type-C cable, decorative socket, and a set of instructions for extracting the clip cradle SIM cards.

On the Internet we found a different photo packages Moto Z2 Play, as well as sets with headphones. Apparently, the manufacturer has provided the variability of configuration.

Design and Ergonomics

On the front of the chassis Moto Z2 Play all pretty standard. Under speaker adorns the name of the manufacturer, all the other elements have a functional purpose.

Smartphone catastrophically thin its thickness of 6 mm. If we consider the Moto Z2 Play as a standalone-device, such a decision does not go in his favor: the sharp edges devaysa unpleasantly felt in the palm of your hand and the camera cheekily protrudes at an additional 2-3 mm.

This nuance is pardonable, because we have in the hands of the designer, and a smartphone case - it's just a basic filling. We try to try a decorative socket, bundled - and here we are waiting for the developers fault. She fidgets and backlash.

Above the screen is a flashlight, flash, speaker, camera and motion sensor. According to the creators, the sensor must identify the user approach to the gadget and turn on the backlight for the screen is locked. In fact, it is triggered at random and without obvious regularities. On the upper side is the cradle for two SIM cards and microSD. To choose between memory card and do not have to Simcoe, supports the connection of all at once.

Get down below on the right side there are three mechanical keys. The power button is ribbed and can be easily found by touch.

Under the screen is a black point of the microphone and touch key One Button Nav - multifunctional and customizable analogue Home.

On the back of the smartphone flaunts pad modules, the Motorola logo, and seemingly a giant camera eyepiece. But the solution to the antenna looks quite stylish: she beautifully and gently frames the body. On the bottom slot is Type-C and mini-jack.

Moto Z2 Play is available in two colors: Lunar Grey and Fine Gold. Both options look dignified and will suit both men and women.

Display

The smartphone has a 5.5-inch screen Super AMOLED with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels. To display nothing to complain about: it is not very gives green shades (the sin many AMOLED-display) and is bright enough to be used in the sun.

From scratches and grease smartphone it protects glass Gorilla Glass third generation with oleophobic coating.

Camera

The main camera with a resolution of 12 megapixel matrix is ​​equipped with a dual-CCT-flash, which adjusts the color temperature of the environment. In previous versions of Designer from Motorola rear camera had a resolution of 16 megapixel, but it had the worst performers aperture. F-stop lens Moto Z2 Play - f / 1,7 versus f / 2,0 predecessor chamber.

Working with the camera is quite easy, even in manual mode. Sometimes it comes in handy: occasionally misses an automatic white balance. Other complaints in the automation have arisen. Sometimes there are encountered in Android-device software podglyuchivanie.

The front camera with a resolution of 5 megapixels and aperture f / 2,2 allows you to make not bad pictures, but in low light will flash a powerful flashlight. A nice bonus: selfie camera is able to shoot slo-mo-videos and pictures in the manual mode.

Moto Z2 Play video capabilities are not far behind from the flagship: the smartphone is able to shoot FullHD-video with 60 FPS and 4K 30 FPS. Is a function of stabilizing.

Performance and memory

In Moto Z2 Play set Snapdragon eight-processor 626 clocked at 2.2 GHz and Adreno graphics module 506 with a frequency of 650 MHz. Geekbench benchmark test 4 He showed weak result in 914 points in single-core mode, and the average - 4628 points - in multi-core, ahead of similar figures Meizu Pro 6 Plus and Google Pixel XL.

We tried to play on the Moto Z2 Play in heavy games: several versions of Asphalt and Modern Combat. No lags and FPS drops noticed.

Smartphones Moto Z2 Play are available with two versions of permanent and RAM: 32/64 and 3/4 GB GB respectively. a microSD slot supports cards up to connect up to 2 TB, so the amount of internal memory is not so important.

Battery

Battery capacity compared with the previous version of the device is decreased and now 3000 mA · h, which is equivalent to two work days with moderate use smartphone.

Kit Moto Z2 Play includes high power charger TurboPower, charging gadget from zero to 50% in half an hour. In addition, among the "mods" there are several versions of portable batteries, easily fixed to the body of the smartphone. All this makes the Moto Z2 Play perfect handset in terms of battery life.

Moto and One Button Nav

The smartphone runs on Android 7.1.1 with a goal. Nougat. I am glad no extra add-ons and a minimal set of applications, most of which are really needed. All individual chips gadget lie in one of them - Moto application.

Moto functions are divided into three segments: "Actions", "Display" and "Voice". "Display" allows you to configure notifications on the lock screen and the screen color in the evening, and "The Voice" is an advanced version OK Google.

The most interesting thing lies on the tab "Actions": here are included gestural commands, some of which are really easy to use. For example, the camera can be programmed to switch at twice the rotational movement smartphone or configure the flashlight on ignition at two intense flapping.

Special attention is given One Button Nav button. First, it is built in the correct operating fingerprinting. It triggered instantly and always - it is not necessary to resort to the classic code-password. Second, the button can be programmed to command "Back", "Home" and "Multi-tasking", which means that the classical navigation bar at the bottom of the screen can be dispensed with.

modules

By itself, the smartphone may seem inconvenient, unattractive and unnecessarily expensive. But if you know about all the potential Moto Z2 Play capabilities, it becomes clear why it is too thin, why the developers have allowed themselves to make such a bulging camera and, in the end, why it costs 500 dollars.

This potential is revealed through modules - functional rear panel, "sticks" to the hull with magnets. All mods work with each of the devices lines Moto Z. Sold separately. Below you'll find the most interesting of them.

Verdict

Unambiguous opinion about Moto Z2 Play hard to reach. It is quite expensive, not the most comfortable and performance is clearly not the flagship. But there is a reason that smart phones Moto Z family find their user. It's a fun operation.

Gadgets - this is purely a utilitarian product, which helps us to solve problems. We are not trying to investigate them, reducing the process of using a set of simple actions memorized. The modular system offers an alternative Moto Z and a number of scenarios: today you are a semi-professional photographer, tomorrow - the center of the music party, and the next day - the master of its own movie theater.

Smartphones series of Moto Z are able to awaken passion user collector and force him feel the joy of buying a device does not once but over and over again with each new acquisition module.

Finally, Moto Z2 Play - this is quite a decent smartphone that offers all the key features of modern devices. If you do not like the phones with the letter i and its countless clones, look at the Moto Z2 Play - smartphone from people who know how to take risks for people who know how to have fun.

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