Moto X Style vs. Moto X Play: Six Key Differences

Motorola India on Thursday launched its new Moto X Style in India,
priced at Rs. 29,999 for the 16GB model.

The company has smartly priced
its new Moto X Style to compete against the likes of upcoming LG Google
Nexus 5X, which will be available at Rs. 31,900 for the 16GB internal
storage variant. Motorola has lately been expanding its Moto X range of
smartphones in India with Moto X Play (Review) and Moto X Style launching within span of a month. To recall,
Motorola had launched the Moto X Play smartphone in India at Rs. 18,499 for the 16GB variant.

Despite
being from the Moto X family, both smartphones are poles apart in terms
of innards and price. Here we take a look at some differences between
the Moto X Style and Moto X Play.

1. Display
To start with,
the biggest noticeable difference between the two is display sizes.
While the Moto X Style features a large 5.7-inch TFT LCD display, the
Moto X Play comes with a 5.5-inch display. The screen resolution also
differs on both the handsets with the Moto X Style sporting a Quad HD
(1440×2560 pixels) resolution with a pixel density of 520ppi while the
Moto X Play sports a full-HD (1080×1920 pixels). Both the devices
however come with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on top of the display to
protect from daily scratches.

2. Chipset
Under the hood, the
Moto X Style packs a 1.8GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 (MSM8992)
processor coupled with Adreno 418 GPU. Notably, several high-end
smartphones have been launched with the Snapdragon 808 SoC including the
LG G4 and LG V10.

The Moto X Play, on the other hand, features
the Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor clocked at 1.7GHz coupled with
Adreno 405 GPU. Notably, the Snapdragon 615 chipsets have been used in
majority of affordable and mid-range smartphones including the Sony
Xperia M4 Aqua Dual, HTC Desire 826, Oppo R7 and R7 Plus. It is
certainly the most underwhelming aspect of the Moto X Play at its price.

3. Memory
The
Moto X Style also features a 3GB of RAM compared to 2GB RAM found on
the Moto X Play. The greater RAM value will simply help the Moto X Style
to carry multitasking with ease.

4. Camera
One of the
biggest difference between the Moto X Style and Moto X Play, despite
both featuring a 21-megapixel rear camera module is 4K video recording
capability. The Moto X Style supports 4K video recording at 30fps. The
Moto X Play only support full-HD (1080p) recording at 30fps. For
shutterbugs, Motorola has also fitted a font-facing flash into the Moto X
Style to lighten the low-light shots. Notably, there is no front-facing
flash on the Moto X Play. Both the handsets sport a 21-megapixel rear
and 5-megapixel front-facing camera modules.

(Also see: Moto X
Play vs. OnePlus 2: The Mid-Range Battle)

5. Battery
Battery department also marks a major
difference between the two handsets; the Moto X Style features a QHD
display but packs just 3000mAh battery. On the contrary, the Moto X Play
featuring a full-HD display offers a large 3630mAh battery, which in
our review performed decently, but not spectacularly.

No doubt that the
Moto X Play’s massive 3630mAh battery was one of the standout
specifications of the handset. We will have to wait for out full review
of the Moto X Style to see what the battery performance in real world
is.

6. Body
Motorola has been adding a water repellent
coating on its majority of Moto handsets that save it from occasional
water splashes but doesn’t guarantee a waterproof body. We saw the
original Moto G launched in 2013 featuring the water repellent coating
and since then almost every Moto handset features the coating.

The
Moto G (3rd Gen) however was an exception as it featured IPX7
certification making it waterproof. The Moto X Style comes with IP52
certification.

This makes the handset protected (via DSMT) from limited dust
ingress and also protected from water spray less than 15 degrees from
vertical. The Moto X Play only comes with water repellent coating.


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Motorola Moto X Style

Motorola Moto X Style

  • Review

  • Key Specs

  • News

    Display

    5.70-inch

    Processor

    1.8GHz

    Front Camera

     5-megapixel

    Resolution

     1440×2560 pixels

    RAM

     3GB

    OS

     Android 5.1.1

    Storage

    16GB

    Rear Camera

    21-megapixel

    Battery capacity

    3000mAh

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    Motorola Moto X Play

    Motorola Moto X Play

    • Review

    • Key Specs

    • News

    • 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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    Motorola Moto X Play
    review

    Display

    5.50-inch

    Processor

    1.7GHz

    Front Camera

     5-megapixel

    Resolution

     1080×1920 pixels

    RAM

     2GB

    OS

     Android 5.1.1

    Storage

    16GB

    Rear Camera

    21-megapixel

    Battery capacity

    3630mAh

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    Motorola Moto X Play
    specifications

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    • Moto X Play vs. OnePlus 2: The Mid-Range Battle

    • Moto X Play Review: Boringly Good

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