14 DAY TRIAL // Motorola has made some important releases this year, as it's debuted the Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus, Moto G4 Play, Moto Z, and Moto Z Force, with the last two having just recently been unveiled. And since the company has certainly caught the consumers' attention with the Moto Z line, it appears that it might currently be working on another phone in the said series.
Motorola XT1635 has recently popped up on Geekbench (spotted by @rquandt), showing that the company is now testing another device in the Moto Z line, possibly the Moto Z Play. This smartphone was expected to be unveiled during Tech World, but it seems that Motorola decided against that.
The device on Geekbench comes with the model number, but few other details are specified. What we do know is that it should carry an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, clocked at 2.02GHz, together with 3GB of RAM. This chipset comes integrated with Adreno 506 GPU that supports CAT 7 LTE network and Quick Charge 3.0.
The device will run Android Marshmallow 6.0.1
The smartphone will run the latest version of Android, Marshmallow 6.0.1. The price tag of the device has also been revealed. It will thus cost $305, which means that the Moto Z Play should fall into the mid-range level of phones, not as powerful or pricey as the Moto Z, but more expensive than the Moto G4 line.
The Geekbench listing reveals that Motorola is indeed testing this new handset, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that it will actually release it. Sometimes, OEMs subject devices to benchmark tests but reconsider their initial plans and don’t go through with bringing them to shelves. Adjustments to specs could also be made along the way.
Whatever the case, if Moto Z Play is indeed released, it will join the ranks of Moto Z and Moto Z Force. Since it will be part of the Moto Z series, the smartphone should also be compatible with the MotoMods modules that Motorola launched for additional functionality. This would also mean that the phone is likely to have the 16 connecting pins on the back in order to add a MotoMod module.