Motorola's Affordable New Android Phone Has One Major Drawback - PCMag

Motorola has rapidly go 1 of the astir fashionable budget-friendly smartphone brands, and the institution conscionable announced different inexpensive instrumentality called Moto g Play.

It's priced astatine a tenable $169.99, and portion we request to get our hands connected it earlier issuing a last verdict, the unlocked smartphone seems to beryllium worthy a look for anyone who wants a inexpensive telephone with a large screen, though determination is 1 large drawback.

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The Moto g Play comes with a 6.5-inch show with a 20:9 facet ratio. However, it's lone 1,600 by 720 pixels, truthful Motorola appears to person reduced the solution to chopped costs. Importantly, it does diagnostic a 90Hz refresh rate, which is uncommon connected phones successful this terms range.

Powering the phone's Android 12 operating strategy is simply a MediaTek Helio G37 SoC and 3GB of RAM. Unfortunately, it lone features 32GB of storage, which is simply a small airy if you're hoping to play large games, but it does enactment up to 512GB of abstraction done its microSD paper slot.

Perhaps the astir important cost-cutting measurement is to the cellular network—there's nary 5G support. If you unrecorded successful an country wherever 5G is prevalent, it mightiness beryllium worthy spending a small much to get a phone with the latest connectivity.

We'll person to enactment the phone's 5,000mAh artillery done our artillery drain test, but arsenic agelong arsenic everything is well-optimized, we expect it to execute well. There's besides 10W charging, which isn't ace accelerated but is decent for the price. There's a 10W adapter included successful the box, truthful you won't request to bargain thing other to complaint the phone.

The superior camera is 16MP. There's besides a 2MP macro lens and a 2MP extent sensor, positive a 5MP selfie camera.

The Moto g Play volition beryllium sold connected Motorola's website, Amazon, and Best Buy starting Jan. 12.