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Moto X Play India Launch Set for September 14

Moto X Play India Launch Set for September 14

By NDTV Correspondent | Updated: 8 September 2015 13:35 IST

Motorola India has been teasing the launch of its upcoming Moto X Play smartphone in the country. Now, Flipkart, Motorola's exclusive online retail partner, has also confirmed that the upcoming handset is indeed the new Motorola Moto X Play with a dedicated page for the handset.

Android Authority reports that Motorola's dedicated page featured a countdown to the availability of the new Moto X Play smartphone in India though has been since pulled down. According to the report, the countdown suggested that the Moto X Play would go on sale on September 14, the coming Monday, at 2pm IST.

Motorola India has been since teasing the launch of the upcoming handset on social channels. In a tweet on Monday, Motorola India has referred to the Moto X Play's rear 21-megapixel camera. It said, "Tired of those hazy memories? Get hitched with a perfect partner with a 21MP rear camera." The company over the also weekend shared a teaser video of the handset touting the long-battery backup of the Moto X Play.

Motorola India had also teased the upcoming launch on Twitter. The shared image on Twitter showed the upper-back panel of the smartphone with its iconic design and the Motorola logo dimple at the centre.

The teaser comes almost two weeks after Motorola Moto X Play was spotted under the Zauba listings. The handset came with a declared value of Rs. 22,228 (for each model). The price however is likely to change when the product finally reaches the Indian market. The smartphone was launched in the UK, and was priced at GBP 249 (roughly Rs. 25,400).

To recall, the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop-based Moto X Play sports a 5.5-inch display of full-HD (1080p) screen resolution and is powered by 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core processor clocked at 1.7GHz paired with 2GB of RAM. The smartphone range starts with 16GB storage variant, which support external storage expansion via microSD card (up to 128GB). On the camera front, the X Play sports a 21-megapixel sensor with dual-LED flash and a 5-megapixel snapper. Other features of the 4G LTE-enabled Moto X Play include a 3630mAh battery.

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Motorola Moto X Play

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Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Good battery life
Near stock Android
Improved camera

Bad
Low light camera performance could be better
No water resistance

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Display 5.50-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 615

Front Camera 5-megapixel

Rear Camera 21-megapixel

RAM 2GB

Storage 16GB

Battery Capacity 3630mAh

OS Android 5.1.1

Resolution 1080x1920 pixels

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