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hey everyone Jimmy would Jim's preview room it's that time of year again starting off phone reviews for August and into the fall season we're going to start seeing phones being announced and released pretty shortly so first up Motorola sent over a loaner unit for 30 days to tests and we're looking at their new Moto G to play accompanied with several moto mods for their website this phone is going for 408 dollars and the Moto mod prices are on your screen for your convenience so without further adieu be sure to follow me on facebook twitter and or instagram again i'm jimmy with jim's review room I'm here to help you make that purchase decision welcome everyone to another review going over the physical features first the z2 plate is crazy thin from the factory well most of the phones are coming in around 8 millimeters thick we're talking about like these samsung SI plus LG G 6 and iPhone 7 just the name of you this is the thinnest film that I've personally tested on the channel coming in at just six millimeters now I'm all for slim phones as they're easier to manage in the pockets but when holding the deed you play it is a bit slippery as there's less meat you can say to hold on to there's moto mods you can attach that does completely fix that matter but I'll show you those later in this review the phone is splash proof perfect and ideal for those who likes using their phone around the sink in the morning and with my time testing spills the splashes they all held up fun you just can't submerge it going around the physical features your sim and micro SD card reader is up top rotating to the right there's Vaughn rocker buttons with power below and all three buttons were quite small and very similar to each other having to take more time than usual to build up muscle memory I give it several days and you should be fine and identifying where everything is located on the bottom is a 3 1/2 millimeter connection for your earphones in the middle is a USB type-c port for charging what are claimed from a dead battery you can have up to 8 hours of life with it and be charger for just 15 minutes from my testing after leaving it in the charger for a quarter of an hour I achieved 15% of battery-life reclaimed for general better life I'm getting on average a day and a half before needing to recharge and six hours and 52 minutes on average of screen on time the most I've ever gone was 7 hours and 32 minutes four days of heavy use rotating to the rear this is where it gets really interesting and the phone starts to differentiate itself from the others the Moto Z line of phones they're modular to an extent you can buy various back plates to attach for different functions now first up is the JBL sound boost - it looks great as a little kickstand here it's also splash proof shaking this in midair did it have the speaker move or shimmy at all as well and from my testing the audio performance sounds equivalent to a small $50.00 stand-alone bluetooth speaker it's great for a personal casual listening even at maximum volume and then on those rare occasions though there is some slight rest fitness at those high levels now the biggest concern that I had though at maximum volume the better does journey at about 8 to 10% every 5 minutes at 50% volume the audio is low for very casual at the best listening but I was able to achieve 16 and a half hours worth of use other attachments that quickly glanced over there's the additional power bank backplate which I absolutely loved this gives you an additional day of battery life also there's tons more grip not only because of its awesome texture but it gives me thrown slightly more meat to hold on to last Motorola sent me this floral pattern design which is it really my style but there are other designs out there others gives me back put some protection gives the phone a bit more meat again to grab on to and less this mod gives the phone the ability to charge wirelessly now there's many other moto mods out there like a projector for displaying view on the wall do a camera attachment that gives you better optical performance just better looking images but getting back to the phone continuing with what is unique that moto options include chopping the phone twice to activate the flashlight two more chops and turn off and twisting the screen to turn on the camera even if the phone is locked now both of these actions required a pretty firm movement though most likely to prevent accidental actions when not intended the home button can be used as your navigation with swiping right to left to go back on webpages and certain apps left to right to access the menu features and to lock the phone a slight hold till your phone Viper no sound the great in theory but from my testing it's been hit or miss there's moments where it works and some moments where you're swiping multiple times just to execute now looking at the camera we have a 12 megapixel shooter and the rear and this has to be the second fastest autofocus system that I've experienced to date motorola says it's using dual autofocus pixels and lasers to measure distance and such and this is not Motorola $700 flagship phone either which is quite impressive well who has the fastest autofocus both the Samsung s7 and si phones are instant and works at closer distances again keep in mind it's not apples to apples those are flagship phones but with the Moto it does a slight hunt for a millisecond that you might see in this demonstration now although not number one is still very darn close and beats nearly every other phone out there now the menus and features are very straightforward here you can adjust aspect ratios and resolution size for photos which is quite odd here but I think most won't mind unless you absolutely need a wide 16 by 9 aspect ratio and the flipside you do get pro mode where you can manually control and adjust shutter speeds iso levels focus etc now possibly the biggest downfall from my experience while using the camera is after each photo that's taken there are no icons that lets me preview my images I would have to back out the camera then go into Google Photos or some kind of photo app now getting into some samples here everything was set on auto mode as most average consumers would use the photos in general were good for a $400 phone the images doesn't necessarily pop but offered photos still worth using and sharing on social media one example here's a photo from the Motorola this was in a dimly lit restaurant this past Saturday as I said nothing too special but again clearly usable here and I know this is not apples to apples comparison but only for reference to see how far off the Motorola is from a flagship film this image is comparing to my samsung as a plus $100 plus device now here's another one real quick the Motorola shows up first again not bad and showing these Samsung once again definitely some differences now here are a few more photos from Motorola itself and feel free to pause the video if you guys need to if I'm going too fast here you guys can see it's not as sharp not as saturated in colors and again if I can sum it all up the images just doesn't really pop again so usable for really generic use I'd say throw on a filter and you're good to go last up is lonely performance the camera does someone struggle here with providing more noise in moderately dark areas and objects so alright here enough about the camera we've seen the unique features from motorola like the flashlight turning on twisting your wrist to turn on the camera we've seen the motor mods which is very unique here and we went into the camera jumping over to phone use I'll play the specs on your screen for your convenience again please pause the video if you like to see the details but the display comes in at 5.5 inches with a 1080 resolution the bezels are quite large however having the phone in black it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb here like my white pixel Excel despite flagship phones offering more pixels using the Moto Z to play on a daily basis I couldn't really tell the difference colors are accurate sand straight away from popping out at you with strong contrast and saturation a Super AMOLED displays though it gives off a pleasing look here and more importantly doesn't make skin tones look orange or red for the average user experience it looks perfectly fine from my experience I asked for performance easy to play is using the latest mid tier processor available that's the snapdragon 626 from my experience the average consumer will be perfectly fine it during my time using the phone like my work phone as checking Twitter Instagram emails uploading and downloading photos opening up the camera app the off performs as it would normally I quickly tested playing a bit more graphically intensive games like Madden UFC and such enduring gameplay never notice the hiccup or skip frame rates etc for those kind of titles so everything loaded up in a reasonable amount of time the webpage is loaded reasonably as well down to call performance cell signal my office building and such really no complaints for everyday use to gaming as well in the end for a mid to your performer you're getting a lot of value considering how thin this is the unique and proprietary features plus the options and expansion with moto mods if you're in the $400 range and you have the right expectations this phone is surely a hit in my personal opinion in the comment section below please let me know your thoughts is this an awesome phone are the Moto mods cool are they worth it I would love to hear your thoughts so again I'm Jimmy with Jim's Revere room and I'm or to help you make that purchase decision be sure to LIKE and subscribe you guys haven't already I'll catch you guys the next one bye