Motorola Moto G8 Play Full Specifications, Features and Price

Today, finally, Motorola has made the eighth generation of its Moto G family official and, together with the Moto G8 Plus, the Moto G8 Play has been released. This new mid-range model has confirmed everything that had leaked so far on it, including the triple rear camera and the V-shaped notch. It shares many specifications with the Motorola One Macro announced a few days ago.

Moto G8 Play Features

• 6.2 inch IPS LCD with HD + resolution
• Helio P70 processor
• 2 GB RAM
• 32 GB storage + Micro SD
• Android 9 Pie
• Rear Camera: 13 MP + 8 MP (angular) + 2 MP (depth)
• 8 MP front camera
• 4,000 mAh battery with fast charge
• Rear fingerprint reader

Renovated on the outside, improved on the inside

The new Moto G8 Play has replaced the elongated notch of its predecessor (the Moto G7 Play ) with a much more discreet V-shaped notch where the 8-megapixel front camera is housed. With this, the screen, which has grown to 6.2 inches, achieves greater use of the front, although it does maintain the HD + resolution.

For the brain of this new phone, Motorola has opted for Mediatek and its Helio P70, a processor with 12 nm architecture and eight cores. It is accompanied by 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of expandable internal storage with a micro SD card up to 512 GB. It runs under the Android 9 Pie operating system and is powered by a 4,000 mAh battery with fast charging.

The biggest change from the Moto G7 Play is the rear camera, which now has three sensors and is housed in a vertical module.

If you look at your rear camera, we see important changes from the previous model: Motorola has added two more sensors and replaced the circular module with a module aligned vertically in a corner. The result is a camera with artificial intelligence functions that has a main sensor of 13 megapixels, a wide-angle of 8 megapixels with 117 degrees of field of view and the third sensor of 2 megapixels for depth calculations.

The most important features of the Moto G8 Play are completed with a USB-C port, a headphone jack on the top frame and the usual Motorola logo that serves as a fingerprint reader.

Moto G8 Play versions and price

Unlike his brother, the Moto G8 Plus, which has been presented simultaneously in Spain and Brazil, the Moto G8 Play has only been announced in the Carioca country, so, for now, we do not know what markets will arrive.

What we do know is that the Moto G8 Play will be available in two colors, black and cherry red, and in a single configuration with 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of expandable internal storage. In Mexico, for example, its commercialization has already been confirmed at 4,999 Mexican pesos, equivalent to about 262 dollars.

Motorola Moto G8 Play Full Specifications

Brand and Model

Brand

Motorola

Model

Moto G8 Play

Model Alias

Moto G8Play

Moto G8 Play Operating System (OS)

Android 9.0 Pie

Moto G8 Play System on Chip (SOC)

SOC

Media Tek Helio P70 (MT6771V)

Process Technology

12 nm

CPU

4x 2.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A73

4x 1.95 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

CPU Bits

64 bits

Instruction Set

ARMv8-A

CPU Frequency

2100 MHz

CPU Cores

8

GPU

ARM Mali-G72 MP3

GPU Cores

3

GPU Frequency

900 MHz

Moto G8 Play RAM Capacity

2 GB

Moto G8 Play Storage

32 GB

Moto G8 Play Memory Cards

microSD

microSDHC

microSDXC

Moto G8 Play Display

Type / Technology

IPS

Diagonal Size

6.2 in

157.48 mm

15.75 cm

Width

2.63 in

66.7 mm

6.67 cm

Height

5.62 in

142.66 mm

14.27 cm

Aspect Ratio

2.139:1

Resolution

720 x 1540 pixels

Pixel Density

274 ppi

107 ppcm

Color Depth

24 bits

16777216 colors

Display Area

80.33 %

Other Features

Capacitive

Multi-touch

Scratch resistant

Moto G8 Play Sensors

Proximity

Light

Accelerometer

Compass

Gyroscope

Fingerprint

Moto G8 Play Rear Camera

Sensor type

CMOS BSI

Aperture

f/2

Flash Type

LED

Image Resolution

4160 x 3120 pixels

12.98 MP

Video resolution

1920 x 1080 pixels

2.07 MP

Video FPS

30 fps

Features

Autofocus

Continuous shooting

Digital zoom

Geotagging

Panorama

HDR

Touch focus

Face detection

White balance setting

ISO setting

Exposure compensation

Self-timer

Scene mode

Pixel size- 1.25 um

Phase detection

Laser autofocus

Secondary rear camera - 2 MP (depth-sensing)

Pixel size- 1.75 um (#2)

Aperture- f/2.2 (#2)

Third rear camera- 8 MP (ultra-wide angle)

Pixel size- 1.12 um (#3)

Aperture- f/2.2 (#3)

Angle of view- 117 degree (#3)

Moto G8 play Front Camera

Sensor Type

CMOS BSI

Aperture

f/2

Image Resolution

3264 x 2448 pixels

7.99 MP

Video Resolution

1920 x 1080 pixels

2.07 MP

Video FPS

30 fps

Features

Face unlock

Moto G8 Play Audio

Loudspeaker

Earpiece

Moto G8 Play Radio

Yes

Moto G8 Play Tracking / Positioning

GPS

A-GPS

GLONASS

BeiDou

Galileo

LTEPP

SUPL

Moto G8 Play Wi-Fi

802.11a (IEEE 802.11a-1999)

802.11b (IEEE 802.11b-1999)

802.11g (IEEE 802.11g-2003)

802.11n (IEEE 802.11n-2009)

802.11n 5GHz

Dual band

Wi-Fi Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct

Wi-Fi Display

Moto G8 Play Bluetooth

Version

4.2

Features

A2DP

LE

Moto G8 Play USB

Connector Type

USB Type-C

Version

2.0

Features

Charging

Mass Storage

On-The-Go

Moto G8 Play Headphone Jack

Yes

Moto G8 Play Connectivity

Computer sync

OTA sync

Tethering

VoLTE

Moto G8 Play Browser

HTML

HTML5

CSS 3

Moto G8 Play Audio File Formats /  Codecs

AAC

AMR / AMR-NB / GSM-AMR

eAAC+ / aacPlus v2 / HE-AAC v2

FLAC

MIDI

MP3

OGG

WMA

WAV

Moto G8 Play Video File Formats /  Codecs

3GPP

AVI

H.263

H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 / AVC video

MKV

MP4

QuickTime

WebM

WMV

Xvid

Moto G8 Play Battery

Capacity

4000 mAh

Type

Li-Ion

Features

Non-removable

Fast charging

Charger Output Power

5 V / 3 A

9 V / 1.6 A

12 V / 1.2 A

Quick Charge Technology

TurboPower

Moto G8 Play Launch

Announced

2019, Oct.

Status

Release Nov. 2019

Moto G8 Play Price

2 GB + 32 GB = 262 $

Moto G8 Play Design

Colors

Black Onyx

Magenta Red

Width

75.4 mm

7.54 cm

0.25 ft

2.97 in

Height

157.6 mm

15.76 cm

0.52 ft

6.2 in

Thickness

9 mm

0.9 cm

0.03 ft

0.35 in

Weight

183 g

0.4 lbs

6.48 oz

Volume

106.95 cm3

6.49 in3

Body Materials

Plastic

Aluminium alloy

Moto G8 Play SIM Card

SIM Card Type

Nano-SIM (4FF-fourth form factor, since 2012, 12.30 x 8.80 x 0.67 mm)

Nano-SIM / microSD

Number of SIM Cards

2

Features

Dual SIM stand-by

Moto G8 Play Mobile Network Technology and Bandwidth

UMTS (384 kbit/s)

EDGE

GPRS

HSPA+

LTE

EV-DO Rev. A (1.8 Mbit/s, 3.1 Mbit/s)

Moto G8 Play Networks

GSM

GSM 850 MHz (B5)

GSM 900 MHz (B8)

GSM 1800 MHz (B3)

GSM 1900 MHz (B2)

W-CDMA

W-SDMA 850 MHz (B5)

W-SDMA 900 MHz (B8)

W-SDMA 900 MHz (B19)

W-SDMA 1700 MHz (B4)

W-SDMA 1900 MHz (B2)

W-CDMA 2100 MHz (B1)

CDMA

CDMA 800 MHz

CDMA 1900 MHz

LTE

LTE-FDD 700 MHz (B28)

LTE-FDD 800 MHz (B20)

LTE-FDD 850 MHz (B5)

LTE-FDD 850 MHz (B18)

LTE-FDD 850 MHz (B19)

LTE-FDD 850 MHz (B26)

LTE-FDD 900 MHz (B8)

LTE-FDD 1700 MHz (B4)

LTE-FDD 1800 MHz (B3)

LTE-FDD 1900 MHz (B2)

LTE-FDD 2100 MHz (B1)

LTE-FDD 2600 MHz (B7)

LTE-TDD 2300 MHz (B40)

LTE-TDD 2500 MHz (B41)

LTE-TDD 2600 MHz (B38)