Moto Z Play with Moto Mods support, Snapdragon 625 and 3GB RAM announced

While Moto G4 Play which is scheduled to launch in India in next few days, Motorola today has announced Moto Z Play today at IFA 2016. It was appeared in Live images couple of weeks ago. The new Moto Z Play will be available starting September 8 in US as Moto Z Play Droid Edition via Verizon at the price of $408 ($17/month). It will also be exclusive via motorola.com. Regular pricing of the phone will be $449.99 which is approximately Rs. 30,100 in US, while in Europe it will cost 499 Euros. The phone will be available in 6 different color choices including Black, Silver, White, Fine Gold , Sugar White and Black Slate.
Moto Z Play is a mid ranged smartphones with impressive specifications including 3GB RAM, 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625, expandable up to 2TB and more. It sports a 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection offering 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution with 403 ppi pixel density. It comes out of the box running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow OS.
As per imaging, Moto Z Play comes with 16 Megapixel rear camera having dual-tone LED flash, Laser Autofocus, PDAF, 1.3um pixel and f/2.0 aperture. While on the front facing we get a 5 Megapixel Selfie camera with Wide-Angle lens and LED flash of its own. It also seems pretty good in connectivity part supporting 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0 LE, NFC and USB Type-C port. The phone is powered with 3510mAh battery with Turbo charging support.
The new Moto Z Play also supports Moto Mods, which were launched earlier with Moto Z and Moto Z Force. Moto Mods are modular accessories like LG Friends.
Moto Z Play Specifications:
- Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow OS
- Option Dual SIM
- Fingerprint sensor
- 5.5 inch Full HD Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection
- 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution with 403 PPI
- 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 processor
- 3GB of RAM
- Adreno 506 GPU
- 32GB and 64GB internal storage memory, Expandable up to 2TB using microSD card
- 16 Megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, Laser Autofocus, PDAF, 1.3um pixel and f/2.0 aperture
- 5 Megapixel front-facing camera with Wide-Angle lens and LED flash
- Water repellent nano-coating
- 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0 LE, NFC and USB Type-C port
- 3510mAh battery with Turbo charging