The Nexus phones were not the best phones available at the time, did not have the best silicon or camera, but were good enough and sold at a price that was hard to resist. It's a price point that makes the phone compelling, and in many ways, reminds me of the Google Nexus phones when they had been on the market for a while. On the Nokia front, the 7.1 retails for AU$500 and is actually available in Australian retailers. The catch is that with the AU$800 price mark, this puts the Z3 Play up against the likes of the LG G7 ThinQ, which is an actual flagship with premium components.Ī Moto Z3 Play with a battery pack is not value for money compared an LG G7 ThinQ and a nice dinner. These are a range of accessories that affix to the back of the phone with magnets, and make its considerable camera bump a thing of the past. There is one exclusive feature that Motorola has offered for some time: Moto Mods.
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While the 7.1 has only 3GB of memory to play with, it handles Android One fine - but there is a question about whether it could handle future Android One releases if Google cannot restrain the footprint of its OS.Īll in all, both phone makers get full marks for their different, yet correct, takes on Android.
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If phone makers learn the lessons of Motorola's approach, Android would have a lot less crapware and duplicate apps appearing on handsets.Īs has become typical for the reborn Nokia brand, the 7.1 uses Android One, which is a pure Android experience with a couple of the goodies from Android Go kicked in. This approach still holds up in 2018 - when Motorola makes an addition to the system, it is a good one.
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The good news with this approach is that when Motorola decides to add something to the software, it makes a good addition. Motorola in recent years has decided to mostly get out of the way of stock Android and let Google's operating system look and feel the way that Google wants it to.