Motorola

Motorola has announced the latest in the mid-range Z Play line of phones, the $499 Moto Z3 Play. Motorola is still pushing its “MotoMod” modular system, and for that $499 price, the Z3 will come with an extra battery backpack.

Your $500 gets you a glass front and back with aluminum sides. Inside there’s a 1.8GHz Snapdragon 636 SoC, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and a 3000mAh battery. There’s a dual-camera setup on the back with one 12MP sensor and a 5MP depth sensor, while the front has an 8MP selfie cam. You get a USB-C port on the bottom, a microSD slot, and no headphone jack.