![]() ![]() ![]() When you take a photo, it swishes off the screen, and doesn't appear as a thumbnail anywhere on-screen, which can be a little concerning if you're used to other smartphones, but is easy enough to get used to. To view the photos or video you've taken, you swipe from right to left, and to change additional settings you swipe from left to right. The Professional mode can be used with both the rear, and front cameras. Using the camera app is straightforward, and you simply press the camera icon to switch to the different modes, which includes: Professional, slow-motion, panoramic, video, and auto. You can use the volume controls to take photos. Once you're in the app, you can rotate the phone again to switch between the rear and front cameras. The phone feels very well built, with the metal surround giving it a tough construction.īy quickly rotating the phone back and forth you can enter the camera app, and this makes it quick and easy to start taking photos. The front of the smartphone has a slightly curved edge towards the metal edge, making it feel a little more comfortable. The metal edge is quite harsh, particularly without the rear plastic cover fitted, and the phone definitely feels better with the rear cover in place. 5.5inch Super AMOLED screen, 1080p, Corning Gorilla Glass 3.Front Flash, Auto Night mode, Beautification software, Professional mode.5mp, f/2.2 aperture, wide-angle 85° lens, front camera.Laser and Phase detection autofocus (PDAF).16 megapixel sensor, 1.3micron pixel size.Everything else you come to expect from a mid-range smartphone is included, with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC, and a headphone socket. The processor is an octa-core 2 GHz Snapdragon 625, so not top of the range, but still very good, and there is 3GB of RAM built in, and 32GB of storage built-in, which you can expand with a MicroSD memory card. You can use gestures to quickly get into the camera app, simply by twisting the smartphone back and forth. The Moto Z Play is water repellent (not waterproof!), with a water repellent nano-coating. While on the subject, let's have a quick look what the difference is between the three different Moto Z models: Moto Z In comparison, the Moto Z features a metal back. Luckily the phone comes with a textured cover to protect the back, for when you don't have a Moto Mod attached. Whilst the back of the phone (according to some websites) is made out of glass, it feels more like plastic, and scratches just as easily as plastic. The screen is protected with Gorilla Glass 3 and the phone has metal sides. It has an 85 degree view, making it wider than most, and it also features an LED flash to help illuminate photos. The front selfie camera uses a 5 megapixel sensor, and has an f/2.2 aperture. The camera can record 4K video at 30fps, as well as 120fps slow-motion at 720p. There's a professional mode that gives you more manual controls, however the camera doesn't feature a raw shooting mode. Focus is fast, with both phase detection focus, as well as laser autofocus. The rear camera has a 16 megapixel sensor and the f/2.0 lens has an anti-relective coating applied to the protective glass, and underneath you can find the colour balancing dual-tone LED flash. Read our Hasselblad True Zoom review here. These mods can only be used with the Moto Z range of phones, so if you upgrade your phone at some point, you're tied in to buying another Moto Z smartphone if you want to continue using the mod with it. Incipio offGRID Powerbank (adds an extra 2220mAh).Insta Share Projector (features a 1100mAh battery).JBL Soundboost Stereo Speaker (features a 1000mAh battery).Hasselblad True Zoom (adds a 10x optical zoom and Xenon flash).The Moto Z range can be expanded with Moto Mods: ![]() It's known as the Moto Z Play Droid in the US. The phone runs Android v6, with reports of Android v7 rolling out to the phone in some areas of the world. The phone is large, but thin, being just 7mm thick, and features a high power 3510mAh battery. It's available in white / gold as shown here, and also available in black. The Moto Z Play features a large 5.5inch screen with a FullHD (1920x1080) resolution, and there's a fingerprint sensor built-in to the bottom front of the phone. The Moto Z Play is the cheapest Moto Z phone from Lenovo, and features the same Moto Mod compatibility as the other Moto Z phones available, meaning you can add extra functionality to your smartphone, including an extra battery, a projector, stereo speakers, or even a 10x optical zoom Hasselblad True Zoom camera! The Moto Z Play is available for around £340-360 sim-free. ![]()
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