Moto Z2 Play[1] has been launched in India[2] at Rs. 27,999, a week after it was unveiled globally[3]. The smartphone is the successor to Moto Z Play[4], which was the first of Lenovo's smartphones to heavily promote accessories called Moto Mods[5]. The smartphone will go on sale via Flipkart and offline stores on June 15, and will be up for pre-orders till June 14. The company had announced new Moto Mods earlier but they won't be immediately available in India. If you use Reliance Jio[6], you get an additional 100GB 4G data if you buy the Moto Z2 Play.
Moto Z2 Play runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat and has a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and a pixel density of 401ppi. The smartphone is powered by a 2.2GHz Snapdragon 626 octa-core processor with 4GB RAM. The 64GB of inbuilt storage on board the Moto Z2 Play can be expanded via microSD card (up to 2TB). It has a 3000mAh battery with fast-charging, 12-megapixel rear camera, and a 5-megapixel selfie camera.
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