Motorola has officially announced the new generation of Moto X in two versions named Moto X Style and Moto X Play. Which Moto X Style features 21-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 lens, powered by Snapdragon 808 SoC, 5.7-inch display with 2K resolution and fast charging capability. While the Moto X Play with a little smaller screen at 5.5-inch with Full-HD resolution, using Snapdragon 615 SoC and also own 21-megapixel rear camera.
The Motorola Moto X Style with the front end is similar to the Moto X 2014. The change came from the edges when it is doing the same style of the Moto G, the back cover design is quite similar to the Moto G Gen 3 2015 with the camera, flash and M logo. The back cover of the device has many options including wood covers and bark skin covers.
The Moto X Style has expanded the display size up to 5.7-inch, a 1440 x 2560 pixels resolution and almost cover a 76% front area of the device, quite more compared to the Galaxy S6 Edge (71%) and iPhone 6 Plus (68%). It is powered by Snapdragon 808 processor with 3GB RAM, 16GB of internal memory and external memory card slot to expand memory. The Moto X features a 21-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 lens, dual tone LED flash instead of round flash as Moto X 2014 which was not appreciated and also supports 4K video recording. While it has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera which is also integrated with LED flash.
The Motorola Moto X Style features fast charging technology, which 50% faster than the Samsung Galaxy S6 according to the company, 34% of charge in just 15 minutes. Motorola calls it Turbocharger technology. The Moto X Style is also found as Moto X Pure Edition in the US.
Moto X Style Specifications:
- Dimensions of 153.9 x 76.2 x 11.1 mm
- Weight of 179g
- Display of 5.7 inches with Gorilla Glass 3
- Resolution of 1440×2560 pixels
- Rear Camera of 21 mega pixels, 4K
- Front Camera of 5 mega pixels with LED flash
- Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system
- 6x 1.8GHz Cortex-A57
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 Chip
- Adreno 418 GPU
- 3GB of RAM
- Internal memory of 16GB / 32GB / 64GB
- Expandable memory up to 128GB
- Connectivity of 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, A-GPS, NFC, OTA, Bluetooth 4.1, Micro-USB 2.0
- Battery capacity of 3000mAh
- Dual SIM
Meanwhile the Motorola Moto X Play has a slightly different design at the back side, more highlighted outline and waterproof design. It features a 5.5-inch display with a Full HD 1920×1080 pixels resolution and 21-megapixel rear camera similar to the Moto X Style, of course, without 4K video capabilities. It is powered by Snapdragon 615 SoC, 2GB of RAM and 16GB/32GB internal memory with an external memory card slot.
The Moto X Play with 3630mAh battery capacity, more than the Moto X Style – 3000mAh, and also support Motorola’s Turbocharger Technology. At the time Motorola has not announced the price for Moto X Style and Moto X Play. But the Moto X Pure Edition Unlocked version priced at $ 399.
Moto X Play Specifications:
- Dimensions of 148 x 75 x 10.9 mm
- Weight of 169g
- Display of 5.5 inches with Gorilla Glass 3
- Resolution of 1080×1920 pixels
- Rear Camera of 21 mega pixels
- Front Camera of 5 mega pixels
- Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system
- 8x 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Chip
- Adreno 405 GPU
- 2GB of RAM
- Internal memory of 16GB / 32GB
- Expandable memory up to 128GB
- Connectivity of 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, A-GPS, NFC, OTA, Bluetooth 4.1, Micro-USB 2.0
- Battery capacity of 3630mAh
- Dual SIM
