Mid-range · 2025

Motorola Moto G Play (2026)

Name: Motorola Moto G Play (2026)
Brand: Motorola

Our Take CPU benches near recent mid-range phones like the Samsung Galaxy A17

A solid mid-ranger with all-day battery and a 120Hz display — but slow 18W charging and an HD+ display show its age.

Best for Daily driver · WhatsApp · calls

Strength All-day battery (5200mAh), 120Hz smooth scrolling

Watch out 18W charging (slow), HD+ display, not Full HD

Skip if Long video-watching sessions

6.7″ IPS LCD · 120Hz

Dimensity 6300 4 / 64 GB

5200 mAh 18W charging

32 MP 8 MP selfie

5G NFC

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Full specifications

What stands out

Dolby Atmos for higher-quality listening

Pro camera extras: optical zoom, RAW, laser AF

Display

6.7″ · IPS LCD · 720 × 1604 · 120 Hz · HDR

Smooth scrolling

A standard LCD panel. Fine indoors, watch out for sunlight legibility.

Screen size

6.7"

Panel type

IPS LCD

Resolution

720 × 1604 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Brightness

920 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Performance

Mediatek Dimensity 6300 (6 nm) · 8-core 2.4 GHz · Mali-G57 MC2

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Mediatek Dimensity 6300 (6 nm)

Current CPU tier

Mid-range

AnTuTu

524,096

GeekBench

2,074

CPU

8-core, 2.4 GHz

GPU

Mali-G57 MC2

Process

6 nm

RAM type

LPDDR4X RAM

Storage type

UFS Storage 2.1 eMMC 5.1 Storage

CPU layout

4x2.4 GHz Kryo 265 Gold + 4x1.9GHz Kryo 265 Silver

Camera

32 MP f/2.2 main · 8 MP selfie

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

32 MP f/2.2

Front camera

8 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Samsung S5KJN1, 1/2.76", 0.64µm

Slow motion

Yes, 120 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, RAW, laser AF

Video

1080p @ 30 fps

Battery

5200 mAh · 18 W wired

All-day

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5200 mAh

Lab active use

17:23h

Wired charging

18 W

Slow for 2026

Removable

Audio

Excellent (-21.0 LUFS) · Stereo · Dolby Atmos

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Excellent (-21.0 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Audio features

Dolby Atmos

Microphones

Memory

4 GB RAM · 64 GB · expandable

Tight

RAM

4 GB

Tight for 2026

Storage

64 GB

Fills fast

Storage type

UFS 2.2

Expandable

Yes

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 5

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 5

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, SUPL, Galileo

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

Yes

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

202 g · 8.5 mm

Height

167.2 mm

Width

76.4 mm

Thickness

8.5 mm

Weight

202 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

Specifications sourced from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

Apple iPhone 17

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

Longer tested battery life

17h 23m vs 14h 59m active use · 5,200 mAh vs 3,692 mAh battery

Lower-resolution screen

IPS LCD vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · 720 × 1604 vs 1206 × 2622 resolution · Tradeoff: 6.7″ vs 6.3″ screen

Lower benchmark score

524k vs 2.2M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Flagship tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 1080p @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 32 MP vs 48 MP main

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 202 g vs 177 g

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Samsung Galaxy S25

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

Longer tested battery life

17h 23m vs 13h 9m active use · 5,200 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Lower-resolution screen

IPS LCD vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · 720 × 1604 vs 1080 × 2340 resolution · Tradeoff: 6.7″ vs 6.2″ screen

Lower benchmark score

524k vs 3.1M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Flagship tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 1080p @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video · 32 MP vs 50 MP main

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 202 g vs 162 g

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How it stacks up against the rest.

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