Motorola has launched Moto X Play today in India, the device was announced in July along with Moto X Style. The Moto X Play is targeted as a mid-range smartphone, it sports a 5.5-inch 1080 pixels IPS LCD display and will be available exclusively on Flipkart at Rs. 18,499 for the 16GB model and Rs. 19,999 for the 32GB model starting from midnight.
The Moto X Play is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor supported by 2GB RAM and comes with 16GB and 32GB internal storage variants, which can be further expanded using up to 128GB using microSD card. It runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop which will be stock as seen in all Motorola devices.
The Moto X Play sports a 21MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and video recording up to 1080p and f/2.0 aperture, it comes with a 5MP front facing camera. The Moto X Play from the design aspect is similar to the Moto G 3rd Gen with similar design form, it measures 148 x 75 x 8.9-10.9mm in dimensions and weighs 190 grams in weight.
It is powered by a 3630mAh battery which is the main selling factor of the device along with the impressive camera. It comes with connectivity features like 4G LTE / 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/g/b/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS.
- Display: 5.5-inch 1080p IPS LCD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protection
- Processor: 64-bit Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 with (4 cores of 1.1GHz cortex A53 and 4 cores of 1.7 GHz Cortex A53) and Adreno 405 GPU
- RAM and Storage: 2GB and comes in 16GB and 32 GB variants of internal storage
- Camera: 21MP rear camera with dual LED flash and 1080p video recording, along with a 5MP front facing camera
- OS: Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
- Battery: 3630mAh
- Connectivity: 4G LTE / 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS.
The Motorola Moto X Play will be available in two variants of 16GB and 32GB with two color variants of Black and White. The pricing is Rs. 18,499 for the 16GB variant and Rs. 19,999 for the 32GB variant. It will be available on Flipkart from midnight.
There are many offers on Flipkart starting from the launch day which will be available till September 20, 2015. With offers like 100% cashback for random 100 Flipkart Ping users, there are vouchers like Flipkart e-gift worth Rs. 1,000 along with movie vouchers worth Rs. 500 from BookMyShow and with many MakeMyTrip offers. At this pricing the Moto X Play will be competing with the OnePlus One.
