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iPhone 8 Plus vs Moto Z2 Play

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When comparing iPhone 8 Plus vs Moto Z2 Play, the Slant community recommends iPhone 8 Plus for most people. In the question“What are the best smartphones?” iPhone 8 Plus is ranked 8th while Moto Z2 Play is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose iPhone 8 Plus is:

The iPhone 8 Plus lasts 14 hours on a single charge in airplane mode while continuously streaming offline video. Even though it does not tell the whole story on how it would fare during real-world use, tests show that you can use it comfortably for a full day on a single charge without worrying about battery life.

Specs

OSiOS

Size5.3''+

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OSAndroid

Size5.3''+

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Pros

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Can be comfortably used a full day on a single charge

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Can be charged wirelessly

The iPhone 8 plus (with the X) is the first iPhone to implement wireless charging. What's more, Apple decided to implement the Qi standard for wireless charging which is shared by multiple manufacturers, making it easy to find a third-party non-expensive wireless charger .

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Can play sounds at very high volumes

The speakers have been improved by a lot compared to the iPhone 7 Plus which were quite loud and are about 25% louder on the iPhone 8 Plus now.

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Can easily be used under direct sunlight

The display for the iPhone 8 Plus is incredibly bright which makes it easy to use under direct, bright sunlight.

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The camera is able to shoot very high quality pictures and videos

The iPhone 8 plus is equipped with a camera that is significantly improved from predecessors. Both the rear and front cameras take amazing pictures, especially at low light. The shutter speed and focus have also been improved from the previous iPhone.

The iPhone 8 plus can shoot 60fps, 4K video and 240fps, 1080p slow-mo which amounts to some serious video capturing capabilities.

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Performance is considerably better than on previous iPhone versions

The new 6-core, 64bit, A11 Bionic chip inside the iPhone 8 Plus does not disappoint. Performance is smooth, as is expected from an iPhone, and, according to GeekBench, the iPhone 8 Plus has 25% better performance on single core and 80% better performance on multi core compared to the iPhone 7.

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Wallet-friendly

You get what you pay for and not a brand name.

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Has a headphone jack

So you can listen to music while your out in about.

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The Moto mods are this phone's best feature for a poke hunter

The battery mods are especially helpful, I keep a pair in my backpack at all times giving the phone the opportunity to keep the Pokémon Go on screen for more than Y hours. Each battery adds about 80% of the phone battery capacity(the incipio battery mod).

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Cons

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The camera module forms a bump on the back

Unfortunately the camera module for the iPhone still forms a bump a few millimetres wide on the back. It's quite annoying especially since that extra space could have been filled with extra battery.

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The design is a bit outdated

The iPhone 8 plus uses the same design introduced by the iPhone 6, albeit with some small differences like the back being glass instead of metal. The biggest eyesore however are the relatively large bezels around the screen, bezels which the iPhone 8 does not have.

Other than being aesthetically pleasing, edge-to-edge screen also serve a practical purpose: they let you have a larger screen without increasing the overall size of the phone and in this case the screen could have been a couple of inches larger.

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Buying a cover for it is highly advisable

Since Apple decided to ditch their design with an aluminium back and return to the glass back, having a cover for the X is almost a necessity since dropping it means you risk breaking both sides of the phone (back and screen) at once.