The Moto Z3 Play is an actual real thing we've had our hands on! It arrives this summer for $499 with an extra battery pack.

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The more time I spend with the Moto Z2 Play, the more I like this midrange phone.

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It's certainly the most interesting handset in its price range. Those magnetic Moto Mods and a ton of software features and shortcuts take it way beyond what most $500 phones can do. The hardware gets the job done, and there are a lot of little touches I appreciate.

Go ahead and laugh, but the timer is the best of the four phones I've currently been using, including the Samsung Galaxy S8, HTC U11 and the iPhone. A timer may seem inconsequential, but since I've been using three times a day as part of an exercise routine, I really start to notice. (If you really want to know, the Moto interface lets you tap the time widget on the home screen to open the clock, plus you can save multiple timers, say for 1 minute and 2 minutes. The other phones have you open the clock app first and don't save timers, so I'm scrolling a lot to switch duration.)

Anyway, I like this phone, and I'm eager to see how it compares to the upcoming OnePlus 5, which will launch June 20. The 3T earned CNET's Editors' Choice award for its midrange prowess, so the OnePlus 5 should present some pretty stiff competition.

(P.S. This review is based on near-final software. Motorola says a final version of the phone's software will be pushed out before the phone ships to consumers in July.)

In the US, eager buyers can get it from Verizon in early July, or buy it unlocked from Motorola.com.

Amazing battery life, promising voice trick

I have good news and bad news. The good news is that the best thing about the Z2 Play is its battery life. In our looping video drain tests, the Z2 Play ran an average of 17 hours, which is pretty great for a phone that costs a fistful less cash than tier-toppers like the Galaxy S8 ($440 at Amazon) and LG G6. Those guys ran for 16 hours and almost 13.5 hours, respectively, in the exact same test.

In real life, you should be able to easily go a day and a half or even two days with some heavy use. I streamed 45 minutes of YouTube video without making much of a dent. (Motorola claims the battery will last up to 30 hours total.)

Are you ready for the bad news? It's that last year's Z Play ran for 23 hours in our video playback test, so this year's attempt isn't as much a marathoner. If you're looking for a new phone though, this is still very good.

So that was the Z2 Play's best feature. Its most clever feature -- and its most promising -- is actually a voice command that opens apps when you simply say 'show me.' That's right: no wake word like 'Siri,' 'Alexa' or 'OK, Google' to call out before telling the phone what you want it to do. Just 'Show me YouTube,' 'Show me Maps' -- you get the idea.

You just slide the shade that pops up and you're in. Or, in the case of the calendar and weather, the information floats on screen before fading off. Best yet, you can configure 'show me' to work from the lock screen when it recognizes your voice.

After we reviewed (and loved) the Moto Z2 ForceEdition smartphone, we were sure to hop on the queue to check out the latest Moto Mod that intrigued us the most. The Moto Gamepad gives your Moto Z device all of the buttons and controls that you’d expect to see in a gaming controller in today’s day and age. Most importantly, through the Moto Mod interface of the Moto Z family of smartphones, you get a gaming controller for your phone that doesn’t have to connect wirelessly. If you’re interested in having a physical gaming controller for your mobile device, then you’re probably aiming for that close to home gaming experience that is hopefully devoid of input latency. Well then, let’s walk through the Moto Gamepad, the latest Moto Mod out now for the Moto Z family.

The Moto Gamepad gives you dual analog sticks, a D-pad, four front-facing action buttons, four top buttons for your triggers and bumpers, a Select button and a Start button. It has a 1035 mAh battery with 8hrs of battery life, illuminated LED’s on the triggers and on the back, a USB-C port for charging the controller, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The LED’s illuminate whenever buttons are pressed and can be shut off if you want to save power or if you simply find them to be distracting. The Moto Gamepad also comes with an optional wrist strap.

I really liked the overall design of the Moto Gamepad. Buttons, analog sticks and the d-pad are all arranged in an ergonomic fashion that makes them easy to reach for and press. Pressing the buttons, d-pad and analog sticks felt satisfying and added to the overall handheld gaming experience. I would have liked a different surface or finish on the back of the controller, however. While the Moto Gamepad’s finish and appearance are pleasing to the eye, it made the unit as a whole slightly slicker than I would have liked. Don’t get me wrong, the Moto Gamepad, with the Moto Z2 Force attached, wasn’t exactly flying out of my hands. However with as literally and figuratively sweaty as some gamers can get, I just felt the finish on the back could have provided just a hint more of traction or grip.

That said, the layout of the buttons combined with the curvature of the back allowed for a comfortable gaming experience. The LED’s look nice and all, but I was glad that the option to turn them off was there. I also liked that the controller itself has a 3.5mm jack included, considering that you cover the headphone jack of any of the Moto Z family of devices once you snap them into the Moto Gamepad. Speaking of snapping, once you connect your Moto Z device to the Moto Gamepad, you can rest assured that your phone is in there for the long haul. The magnetic hold between the phone and the Moto Mod is respectably solid, where only an unrealistically rigorous shake would actually dislodge the two units.

In application, the Moto Gamepad played very well, where if there was to be any lag at all, it was either negligible, adaptable or both. When playing Sonic the Hedgehog 2, a game that has simple controls but depends on jump timing, the lag was negligible or simply nonexistent. Gameplay felt smooth and natural with the Moto Gamepad, making beating the game and collecting the Chaos Emeralds in the first zone laughably easier than it would be with the touch controls.

Now let’s take a game where you need to apply timing with more complicated controls, such as with the fighting game King of Fighters 98. I’m no stranger to the King of Fighters franchise in even the slightest bit, having even reviewed their last two games here on RFMag.com. So needless to say, I had a certain expectations as to how the gameplay should have felt. While I did experience a smidgeon of barely noticeable input lag, the Moto Gamepad did allow me to perform combos, specials and supers at a very satisfying rate. So the results definitely outweighed any lag I detected and made the game more playable and more enjoyable than ever.

Playing a handful of other mobile games using the Moto Gamepad, the input lag wasn’t as nearly as prevalent or noticeable, leading me to believe that the Moto Gamepad simply played nicer with certain apps than others. Luckily, the vast majority of games I tr

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