Lenovo-owned Motorola recently launched its second generation of Moto Z Play, dubbed as “Moto Z2 Play” in the US smartphone market earlier of this month. Now the company is all set to introduce its much awaited Moto Z2 Play on June 8 at an event in India. Although Motorola has still not announced the launch date for the Moto Z2 Play in India, the company has confirmed the details for pre-booking the new generation Moto Z Play smartphone in the country. The new Moto Z2 Play and the latest Moto Mods will go on pre-order through various offline retail stores across India starting from June 8 (Thursday).
We see today’s smartphones & raise you a #smarterphone.#MotoZ2Play #ComingSoon
Know more about pre-booking offers: https://t.co/Jzch7gqsKv pic.twitter.com/RRXd6EBKmZ— Motorola India (@motorolaindia) June 3, 2017
Moto India on Sunday confirmed the news on its official Twitter account. The tweet sounds, “Bid Goodbye to a bulky phone & Say Hello to re-defined sleekness on the #MotoZ2Play!” The company has also opened a dedicated web page for prospective customers to get registered. The new Moto Z2 Play is priced at $499 (approximately Rs. 32,100) in the US market. In the Indian smartphone market, the second generation Moto Z Play will likely to be priced somewhere in between the Rs 25,000 and Rs 30,000.
Bid Goodbye to a bulky phone & Say Hello to re-defined sleekness on the #MotoZ2Play!
For pre-booking offers, visit: https://t.co/Jzch7gqsKv pic.twitter.com/EfDwV2nLTu
— Motorola India (@motorolaindia) June 4, 2017
The company also announced a great pre-booking offer for the new MotoZ2Play. As an incentive, those consumers, who pre-book a Moto Z2 Play by paying an advance payment of Rs 2,000, they can avail to pay the rest of the amount for Moto Z2 Play over 10 months without any interest. The offer is only valid through either Bajaj or Homecredit. Alternatively, you can also swipe your card and convert the payment into 3/6/9/12 months EMI without any interest at select offline retail stores. Additionally, Motorola will also offer the Moto Z2 Play with Moto Armor pack, which comes packed with protective accessories to protect your smartphone.
Moto Mods:
Motorola has also launched four new Moto Mods. These new varieties of Moto Mods include a new JBL SoundBoost 2 with 2 x 3V stereo speakers and extra 1000mAh battery, TurboPower Pack with a 3490mAh battery, Moto Shells with wireless charging and a new Moto GamePad for handheld gaming. Like its predecessor, the Moto Z2 Play also supports Moto Mods accessories for powerful sound, extra battery backup, wireless charging, and full-on gameplay controls. As for pricing, the new JBL SoundBoost 2 and the TurboPower Pack comes at $79 (approximately Rs. 5,100). The new Moto Shells with wireless charging starts from $39 (approximately Rs. 2,500). Lastly, a new Moto GamePad is priced at $79 (approximately Rs. 5,100).
Moto Z2 Play design, specifications and features:
In terms of design, the Moto Z2 Play is very similar to the Moto Z Play with respect to design. The second generation Moto Z Play sports a metal unibody design with a metal frame all around giving it an overall premium look. The new Moto Z2 Play also features onscreen navigation buttons and a fingerprint scanner, that is housed underneath the Home Button of the device. The volume rockers as well as the power/lock buttons are placed on the right-hand edge of the smartphone and a 3.5mm audio socket is placed on the bottom edge of the device. The speaker grille is seen at the bottom edge of the handset along with a USB Type-C port sitting in the middle. The rear panel houses a 12-megapixel camera and the connecting pins for the Moto Mods are also seen at the back side, while the top front panel features a selfie camera, dual-LED CCT (colour correlated temperature) flash, and an earpiece.
In terms of specifications, the Motorola Moto Z2 Play sports a 5.5-inch full-HD Super AMOLED display with a screen resolution of 1080 × 1920 pixels and scratch resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection on top of the display. The device is powered by an octa-core 2.2GHz Snapdragon 626 processor paired with Adreno 506 GPU to handle the graphics. In terms of memory, the Moto Z2 Play comes in two models– a 3GB RAM with 32GB storage variant, and a 4GB RAM with 64GB storage variant. Both the native storages can be further expanded up to 2TB via a dedicated microSD card slot. Talking about its software front, the device runs on Google’s Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system out of the box.
In terms of photography, the Moto Z2 Play features a 12-megapixel primary rear camera with an f/1.7 aperture, phase detection and laser autofocus, dual-tone LED flash. Other features of the rear-camera include 1.4 µm pixel size sensor, touch focus, geo-tagging, panorama, face detection, and Auto-HDR. The rear camera is also capable recording 4K UHD videos at 30fps. On the front, there is a 5-megapixel front-facing shooter with an f/2.2 aperture, wide-angle lens, and a dual-LED CCT flash for capturing better selfies and making video calls.
In terms of connectivity, the Moto Z2 Play offers various connectivity options including 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n (2.4GHz and 5GHz), NFC, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS/A-GPS, FM radio, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a USB 3.1 Type-C port for super-fast charging and other connectivity. The device is fuelled by a decent 3000 mAh non-removable battery that is rated to deliver up to 30 hours of talk time on 3G network. Sensors on board include Fingerprint (front-mounted), Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Ambient Light Sensor, and Proximity sensor. The handset measures 156.2 x 76.2 x 5.99mm and weighs around 145 grams.
