After floating around the rumor mill for quite a long time, Motorola’s long-awaited Moto Z2 Play smartphone was finally made available to the public in June this year. As suggested by previously surfaced speculations, the phone became an instant hit among smartphone lovers.

If you’ve been waiting with bated breath to get your hands on the coveted Moto Z2 Play smartphone, but aren’t willing to spend a lot of money, you’ve come to the right place. You can get a noteworthy 65% off on the phone’s steep price tag on CooliCool. Let’s check out the details.

While the Moto Z2 Play smartphone would normally set you back $559.99 on CooliCool, the Chinese online electronics store is offering you an opportunity to buy it at a slashed price of just $193.99. Thanks to the discount, you end up saving a noteworthy $366 on the gold-tinted Moto Z2 Play smartphone’s original asking price.
With a mammoth 5.5 Inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display bearing a screen resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, the phone delivers an unparalleled big-screen experience despite its heavily discounted price. Moreover, the Moto Z2 Play comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on top for added protection.

Furthermore, the phone packs a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 2.2GHz Octa Core processor and employs an Adreno 506 GPU, under the hood. It offers 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable onboard storage (up to 2TB).

The Moto Z2 Play houses a 12MP camera with PDAF & laser AF, dual-LED dual-tone flash on the back and a 5MP front shooter with dual-LED dual-tone flash. It runs Android 7.1 Nougat operating system and is backed by a non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery.

You can follow this link in order to check out the full specification and take advantage of the discount which will be valid only for a limited period of time.

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Hello Moto fans! The Moto Z2 Play is now official and it brings along all we expected and more. This is the first of the Z2 line and while there isn’t much difference in terms of aesthetics, it is still an interesting device.

Moto Z2 Play Design

It is thinner and lighter. If you have not been living under a rock, you already know that the Moto Z2 Play comes with a smaller battery thanks to its now 5.9mm thick body. It also weighs less at 145g. The other changes are the redesigned antenna line and fingerprint sensor. If you liked the Moto Z lineup from last year, then you should be fine with this.

Moto Z2 Play Specs

The Moto Z2 Play keeps the 5.5-inch FHD AMOLED display from last year. The changes start with the Snapdragon 626 processor, a new 4GB RAM variant with 64GB storage alongside a 3GB RAM + 32GB model.

The 16MP rear camera has been swapped for a 12MP dual-pixel sensor with a large f/1.7 that captures more light. There is also a laser autofocus module. The front camera is still a 5MP f/2.2 sensor but now ha dual LED flash.

Since the Moto Z2 Play comes with a smaller 3000mAh battery, its battery claims have dropped from 50 hours to 30 hours. There’s Android 7.1.1 out of the box, NFC and a couple of new voice controls that don’t require yo unlocking the device.

New Moto Mods

The Moto Z2 Play works with Moto Mods just like last year’s model but it brings along a bunch of new ones.

There is the Moto Mod GamePad that has dual joysticks, a D-pad, shoulder buttons, and the four X, Y, A, B action buttons. The gamepad also comes with its own 1035mAh battery, so its not drawing juice from the phone. The battery should last up to 8hrs on a single charge. The mod has red LED lights that responds to controls, a USB-C port for charging and a 3.5mm headset jack.

There is also the TurboPower Pack that features Motorola’s signature TurboPower fast charge. It has a 3490mAh battery that can be charged up to 50% in juts 20 minutes via a USB Type-C port while it charges the phone at speeds of up to 15W.

Motorola announced the JBL SoundBoost 2 Mod. It is now splash resistant, has a fabric covering and lasts up to 10 hours.There is also a new JBL app that you can use to tweak the speaker’s audio.

The Moto Style Shell also make a comeback but in a more interesting way. It now adds wireless charging support when you slap it on the Moto Z2 Play or any Moto Z phone for that matter.

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Moto Z2 Play Price & Availability

The 4GB RAM/64GB ROM variant is priced at $499.There is no mention of the price for the 3GB RAM variant.

The GamePad, SoundBoost 2, and TurboPower Pack mods are priced at $79 each, while the wireless charging style shells will sell for $39.99. They all will be available this summer for purchase.

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A few days ago, the invite for a Motorola event leaked online. The invite which is written in Spanish mentions the launch of a new product on June 1 at 9:30 am. A tweet by Motorola Canada has confirmed there will indeed be a launch tomorrow.

Guess what?! We’re announcing the next bold phone from Motorola on June 1st. pic.twitter.com/SCyEkNtPza

— Motorola Canada (@MotorolaCA) May 30, 2017

The tweet doesn’t mention the phone but sources say it is the Moto Z2 Play.

The Moto Z2 Play has been in the news a lot lately. We first got to see press renders of the device which gave us the hint that it would be thinner. Then a TENAA listing confirmed that it will be under 6mm thick (excluding the camera bump) and will sport a smaller 2820mAh battery.

Lenovo then issued a statement saying it will launch with a 3000mAh battery which is better than 2820mAh but still smaller than the original Moto Z Play’s 3510mAh battery.

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The Moto Z2 Play will look a lot like its predecessor save for the redesigned fingerprint scanner, antenna lines, and Moto mods connector. It will sport a Snapdragon 626 processor, 4GB RAM, & 64GB ROM. There is a 12MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera, both with LED flash. It will run Android 7.1.1 out of the box and support the Moto Mods released last year.

(Source, via)

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The Moto Z2 Play was seen on Geekbench yesterday. The benchmarking site has revealed the smartphone will be powered by the Snapdragon 626 which is a slight upgrade over the Snapdragon 625.

The test results shows the Moto Z2 Play scoring 891 points on the single-core test and 4538 points on the multi-core test. The listing also reveals the Z2 Play will come with 4GB of RAM and run Android 7.1.1 out of the box.

The Moto Z Play was praised for its great battery life but we may not be able to say the same for the Moto Z2 Play. Unlike its predecessor that has a 3510mAh battery, the Z2 Play will come with a smaller 3000mAh battery.

The only reason I believe led to Lenovo/Motorola taking this decision is so that it can sell off the thousands of battery mods it has unsold in its warehouses. Nobody complained about the 7mm thickness of the Moto Z Play, so shaving off so much battery to keep the thickness under 6mm isn’t an excuse.

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The Moto Z2 Play will launch with a 5.5-inch OLED display, a 12MP rear camera, and a 5MP front facing camera with its own LED flash. There is no launch date yet but there are rumors it may launch early next month.

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The Moto Z Play was one of the most beloved phones in the Moto Z series line-up from last year. It had a nice 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display, alongside the power-efficient Snapdragon 625 Processor paired with a 3510mAh battery. Plus it had support for Moto Mods and Moto Shells too.

You’d have thought the changes coming to its successor, the Moto Z2 Play would be minimal. Just a newer processor and improved cameras. Instead of leaving at that, someone at Lenovo decided that it was better to kill the most important feature of the Moto Z Play, its battery, in favor of a thinner design.

The TENAA listing for the Moto Z2 Play just confirmed that the phone will come with a 2820mAh battery. That’s almost 700mAh shaved off for a few extra millimeters of thinness.

The Moto Z2 Play is listed with model number XT1710-08 on the Chinese certification site. It has a 5.49-inch OLED display, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. There is an octa-core processor clocked at 2.2GHz which we believe is the Snapdragon 626.

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The rear camera is a 12MP sensor and there is a 5MP camera up front with its own LED flash. The Moto Z2 Play still has a camera bump and sports a redesigned Moto Mod pins at the base. It runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat, weighs 145g and measures  156.2 x 76.2 x 5.99 (mm).

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