Moto Z Play: Most affordable Moto Z smartphone; Price, availability and specs [Watch]

By Maureen Blas / Sep 03, 2016 01:06 AM EDT
(Photo : Getty Images/Kelly Sullivan) Seang Chau, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering for Motorola reveals the Moto Z Family and Moto Mods ecosystem at Lenovo Tech World at The Masonic Auditorium on June 9, 2016 in San Francisco, California.

Just a few months back since the Moto Z and Moto Z Force were launched in the United States, Lenovo just can't get enough and added another phone to the family. Lenovo introduces the Moto Z Play at the IFA 2016, which is the last and the cheapest (but not the quality) among the Moto Z family members.

Although the Moto Z is not yet available for purchase in the United Kingdom, Motorola has unveiled a new addition to the Moto Z line up which is the Moto Z Play. It will be available beginning in September including Moto Mods, according to PC Advisor.

Moto Z Play will bear the Droid nickname in the U.S., same as Moto Z and Moto Z Force. These high-end phones are solely available on Verizon for at least a month, while it would be likely in October that the unlocked versions of Moto Z and Moto Z Play will become available.

The company boasts off their newly-released phone of having a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display and a 1,080 x 1,920 resolution recording at 403 pixels per inch. The device has a built-in octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 together with 3 GB RAM and a battery with 3,510 mAh that retains the light for up to 50 hours of general usage.

Moto Z Play runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and has an internal storage of 32 GB which can store as much as 2 TB with a microSD card. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi will not be left out with GPS and Mod Connector placed at the back. On top is the USB-C port and the phone has also a fingerprint sensor.

With the Moto Z Play's 16-megapixel camera at the back, a user can take crisper shots which is than expected. The new device has a higher resolution compared to the ultra-slim Moto Z. Pictures taken with Moto Z Play are brilliant and has vivid colors. The camera has a dual-focus system that inclines on the phase detection as well as a laser-focusing module to immediately obtain targets, Engadget reported.

The latest Moto Z phone will be exclusive to Verizon for at least a month at $408 which makes it the most affordable way to get a Moto Mod running. Lenovo is making it more affordable for an installment plan of $17 per month in a period of two years.