Motorola announced the Moto G Play (2024)

Motorola has launched its fair share of premium smartphones over the last year, but the company’s bread and butter is still its budget phones. The newest entry into the company’s popular Moto G line is the Moto G Play 2024. The company just announced this phone, and it looks like it should be your next affordable handset.

The Moto G Play 2024 has enough horsepower to get the job done

This phone comes with a set of specs that make it an all-around solid performer. It’s not exactly going up against the next Galaxy S Series phones, but it’s not exactly a slouch. This phone is sporting the Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 SoC. That’s a pretty solid performer, though it is getting a little long in the tooth.

This processor is backed up by 4GB of RAM, which could be further expanded to 6GB with RAM boost. As for the storage, we’re looking at 64GB of onboard storage which can be expanded 1TB via a microSD card.

The Moto G Play 2024 comes with a 6.5-inch 720p+ display. It’s not quite pixel-packed, but it does have a smooth 90Hz refresh rate. This will make for a pretty nice viewing experience.

Moving on to the camera, the Moto G Play 2024 will come with a sizable 50-megapixel camera. This camera will use pixel binning, so you’ll be looking at about a 12-megapixel shot. However, if you want to use the full 50 megapixels of the sensor, you’ll be able to do that as well. Up front, this phone is sporting an 8-megapixel selfie camera.

Moving on to the battery, this should come as no surprise. Motorola tends to put rather large batteries into some of its mid-range phones. The Moto G Play 2024 sports a large 5000mAh battery. This is standard for flagship smartphones on the market, so that’s a plus.

Other features include dual speakers, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, a water-repellent design, Bluetooth 5.1, and 10-watt fast charging.

Launch and availability

The Moto G Play 2024 will be available in the US starting on November 8th. This phone comes in at $149.99, and you’ll be able to get it unlocked from Amazon, Best Buy, and Motorola.com. If you’re looking to get it on a plan, then you can look into Consumer Cellular, Verizon, Xfinity Mobile, Visible, Cricket, AT&T, US Cellular, Cox Mobile, Straight Talk, Family Mobile, Total by Verizon, and Simple Mobile.