Triple-lens camera but only one field of view.That higher pixel density makes text look sharper.
The Xiaomi Redmi 9 and Redmi Note 9 have 1080p screens, as does the Realme 6. Xiaomi sells several phones for similar money with higher resolution displays. Can you do better for the same cost? Yes. Its large size is also a big benefit for almost all games and apps. Given the Moto G9 Play’s price we’re happy with the phone’s screen quality. However, we are now quite accustomed to 90Hz and 120Hz screens, and the switch down to a 60Hz one with clearly sub-OLED pixel response times did take a day or two to bed into.īut now, more than a week later? We don’t really notice the slightly old-school handling of fast-scrolling menus. The Moto G9 Play has a perfectly solid screen. We only wished there was a little more on tap when out shooting photos in bright conditions. This is only around a third of the brightness of a phone like the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, but it is still enough to make the phone reasonably clear outdoors. And we measured peak brightness of exactly 400cd/m using a SpyderX colorimeter. There’s no radical change in the screen image at extreme angles, bar some brightness loss, which is the sign of a solid display panel. The Moto G9 Play does not support HDR video but - whisper it - HDR is a bit pointless in phones anyway. It has no particular high-end traits, but good, cheap displays like this now get you close enough to the experience of a much more expensive mobile.Ĭolor is good, just not ultra-saturated even if you use the ‘saturated’ color profile. The Moto G9 Play has a 6.5-inch 720 x 1600 LCD screen.
The Moto G9 Play is out now in the UK and Australia, where it costs £159.99 / AU$299 (roughly $220).
We didn’t leave the Moto G9 Power wishing it had more pixels, but Full HD+ displays always look better.
That offers comparable hardware in most respects, but has a Full HD+ screen rather than a 720p one. The competition heats up if you look further afield, to the Xiaomi Redmi Note 9. And you get more for your cash here than from a Samsung Galaxy A21s. This phone is miles better than the Nokia 3.4 we reviewed recently, bringing up the performance to a level we’re happy with.