Today Motorola has officially discontinued the Moto G Play (2024). The phone will be available in the US from Amazon, Best Buy and Motorola’s online stores starting February 8 for just $149.99. Later, you’ll also find it on Consumer Cellular, Verizon, Xfinity Mobile, Visible, Cricket, AT&T, UScellular, Cox Mobile, Straight Talk, Walmart Family Mobile, Total by Verizon, and Simple Mobile.
In Canada, it previously arrived at “select carriers and national retailers” on January 26, but unfortunately Motorola hasn’t announced a price for Canada, only saying it varies by carrier.
Well, let’s see what the new Moto G Play (2024) brings to the table It has a 6.5-inch HD+ IPS LCD touchscreen with 720×1,600 resolution, 90 Hz refresh rate and Corning’s Gorilla Glass 3.
The phone is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 680 chipset, which does not support 5G. It is paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable storage. Only one camera sits on the back – a real rarity these days. It has a 50MP snapper for selfies with an LED flash, while you get an 8MP camera.
Moto G Play (2024) has a 5,000 mAh battery with 15W wired charging support. To reach that level of charging you’ll need Motorola’s TurboPower 20W or higher charger, which isn’t available in the box. The phone runs Android 13, unfortunately, and the company hasn’t talked about the update at all.
On the bright(er) side, it has IP52 certification, which means it’s protected from dust — dust isn’t completely prevented, but it won’t penetrate enough to cause damage — and it can withstand vertical drops in four positions. This equates to 3 mm (0.12″) of rain per minute.
