Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsIt is a 2 years old phone, but... GREAT!!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2019
Yeap, this MOTO Z2 Play was launched to the market on June 2017, but I always loved it's design.
I've sold my 2 years old Samsung Galaxy S8 (which is VERY good phone and I inherited from my wife. Before this S8 I've had a MOTO X4 and a MOTO E 2nd generation), just to buy this brand new MOTO Z2 Play here at Amazon. I've tried to get it directly from Motorola's web site, but one of their Call Center agents told me that the last batch of those phones, were delivered to Amazon, so, I got mine one on Sunday June 16th using my Prime membership, and I'm EXTREMELY happy with my purchase.
The phone itself is beautiful, because of the high precision milled aluminum body (it haves just glass on the screen, the rest it is just aluminum which equals sturdy) and this was of the main reasons I've bought it.
The AMOLED screen with 401 ppi resolution and 1920x1080 and 5.5" size is great, it's the perfect size with 16:9 aspect ratio, even my wife (who haves a Samsung Note 9, which have maybe the best AMOLED screen in the market) said: "hey, the screen colors are beautiful!". In my own personal opinion after being with a highly saturated Galaxy S8 screen colors for a whole year, I like better the color rendering of the MOTO Z2 play, they look more natural.
I love Motorola's smartphones because of their heritage, their Industrial design style and their resistance and also the near stock Android OS (mine came with 7.1 Nougat and as soon as I turn it on, I received the 8.0 Oreo, but from Motorola's web site, at some point I will also receive the Pie 9.0 upgrade), their MOTO Gestures and it's audio electronics, which by the way, are very clear and loud on this phone, both from it's speaker and with headphones.
The Snapdragon 626 PRO processor running at 2.2 Ghz is not the last generation, but it feels and works very fast (I don't play any games or run any heavy stuff on my phone), I just read my E-Mails/check Twitter once in a while, watch YouTube videos ramdomly) BUT I do hear A LOT of my own music, which I keep safe on a 32 Gb MicroSD card that have been with me the last 6 years (I don't use any music streaming and this phone have the external slot and accepts up to 256 Gb ones).
One more detail that I really love from this phone: It haves a REAL FM radio! The whole audio experience, specially with headphones is VERY good, is not at the same big leagues level of my previous Galaxy S8 or the Note 9 of my wife, but it is really close.
The other main reason of getting this phone, was the MOTO Mods, which for me is a genius idea and design approach. The phone comes with the spare battery Mod (2220 Mh more and worth of 50 $ itself) Included on the box, which together with the 3000 Mh of the phone itself, you have 5220 as a whole! I've also bought the JBL SoundBoost 2 and it sound great but not that loud, but the quality of the sound it is VERY good.
Just to let you know, 2 weeks ago, I've ordered from Motorola their new Z4 Play directly from their web site the same of their official release, which included a 360° camera Mod and I've ordered a red Kevlar shell Mod..
When I got the box and open it I was so excited! It was a beautiful phone but when I've attached the MOTO Mods in the back, by the way of the new MOTO Z4 Play body was design, the Mods DO NOT attach perfectly flush (like they do on the Z1, Z2 and Z3), they felt "woobly" like if they were bigger than the MOTO Z4 Play body itself. The reason for that, it was the back round glass borders of the phone and believe me, it was very disappointed and I can't even believe that Motorola having all their design background experience, had this faulty-loosy mistake. 5 min later after open it, I put the MOTO Z4 Play back on its original box with both Mods, request a RMA from Motorola, send it as a return, got my reimbursement, and came here to Amazon to order the MOTO Z2 Play.
Why I did not order the newer MOTO Z3 Play you might ask yourselves? I went to a Best Buy store to try it personally, but I hated the side/border mounted finger print sensor (the MOTO Z4 Play has an on-screen one, I've tried it too and it is not working properly and it is not as fast as the front mounted one in the Z2 Play), and it DOES NOT have the 3.5 mm audio jack, which my MOTO Z2 Play does. Also, I did not liked the shiny and ultra slippery glass back of the MOTO Z3 Play.
The best of all? I save 250 $ between the 500 $ from MOTO Z4 Play refund and/or buying a 350 $ MOTO Z3 Play and I paid just 240 $ for my brand new MOTO Z2 Play,
100% recommend, both the phone and buying it with Amazon Prime.
