{"id":14225,"date":"2016-09-15T15:12:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T15:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/motorola-moto-g4-play-review-cnet\/"},"modified":"2016-09-15T15:12:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T15:12:33","slug":"motorola-moto-g4-play-review-cnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/motorola-moto-g4-play-review-cnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorola Moto G4 Play review &#8211; CNET"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"contentBody\" section=\"mncol\">\n<div data-update-area=\"breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"breadcrumb\" section=\"bc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2F\">CNET<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Ftopics%2Fmobile%2F\" itemprop=\"additionalType\">Mobile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Ftopics%2Fphones%2F\" itemprop=\"additionalType\">Phones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span itemprop=\"name\">Motorola Moto G4 Play<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p>If the Moto G4 didn&#8217;t exist, the stepped-down (and even cheaper) Motorola Moto G4 Play would be the deal of the century. For just $  150, \u00a3130 and AU$  279 (or $  100 for Amazon Prime members who submit to Amazon Prime ads, <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fnews%2Famazons-150-moto-g4-is-an-even-better-deal-than-the-original-hands-on%2F\">like this<\/a>), you get a budget phone that&#8217;s surprisingly nice to use, for a rock-bottom price.<\/p>\n<p>But there is a Moto G4, and it comes with a larger screen, a better camera and a much faster processor. Best yet, it only costs a little more than the G4 Play &#8212; $  50 or \u00a339 (it doesn&#8217;t sell in Australia, but the <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fproducts%2Fmotorola-moto-g4-plus%2F\" target=\"_blank\">G4 Plus<\/a> does). So for my money, I&#8217;d invest a little more and get the G4 over the G4 Play.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the G4 Play is actually a great budget find on its own merit. I never encountered a moment where I thought, &#8220;I can&#8217;t use this.&#8221; The G4 Play is the <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Froadshow%2Fauto%2F2017-toyota-corolla%2Fpreview%2F\" data-is-autolink=\"true\">Toyota Corolla<\/a> of smartphones; it has that wonderful balance of price and value to do real-world things like text and email, upload photos and snap pictures of cute little Fifi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode gallery size_small\" data-component=\"[&quot;ellipsis&quot;]\" section=\"shortcodeGallery\">\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fpictures%2Fmotorola-moto-g4-play-review%2F\" data-component=\"imageGalleryModal\" data-image-gallery-modal-options=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cnet.com\\\/pictures\\\/motorola-moto-g4-play-review\\\/xhr\\\/&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:1}\"><span>Motorola&#8217;s Moto G4 Play in the wild<\/span><\/a> <a class=\"subHead\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fpictures%2Fmotorola-moto-g4-play-review%2F\" data-component=\"imageGalleryModal\" data-image-gallery-modal-options=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cnet.com\\\/pictures\\\/motorola-moto-g4-play-review\\\/xhr\\\/&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:1}\">See full gallery<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Moto G4 Play is pretty much identical to the Moto G4, just a tad smaller (see how specs compare below). Despite having a relatively low 1,280&#215;720-pixel resolution for its 5-inch screen, images and websites looked fairly crisp and sharp. But even with adaptive brightness enabled, you might have trouble reading in the noontime sun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div section=\"lwrcomparable\" id=\"compareUnitBottom\" class=\"col-8\">\n<ul class=\"topProductsComponent\">\n<li class=\"col-2 topProduct\" section=\"comparable.1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fproducts%2Fapple-iphone-7-plus%2Freview%2F\" class=\"prodImg imageLinkWrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/24fac__geminus40.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" height=\"128\" width=\"170\" \/><\/a>\n<p><h4>Apple iPhone 7 Plus<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"prodInfoContainer\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fproducts%2Fapple-iphone-7-plus%2Freview%2F\" tiptext=\"8.8\/10\"><span class=\"edRate s4h small\"><span class=\"rating\">4.5<\/span> stars<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dek\">\n<p>With two rear cameras and true optical zoom, the iPhone 7 Plus is Apple&#8217;s most sophisticated&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"col-2 topProduct\" section=\"comparable.2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fproducts%2Fsamsung-galaxy-s7%2F\" class=\"prodImg imageLinkWrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/52dee__samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-product-hero-16.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" height=\"128\" width=\"170\" \/><\/a>\n<p><h4>Samsung Galaxy S7<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"prodInfoContainer\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fproducts%2Fsamsung-galaxy-s7%2F\" tiptext=\"9.0\/10\"><span class=\"edRate s4h small\"><span class=\"rating\">4.5<\/span> stars<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dek\">\n<p>We reviewed the new Samsung Galaxy S7 in London, Berlin, San Francisco and Sydney. 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