ISSUE 64 • ANDROID ADVISOR 105ROUND-UPtwo and taking some snaps without a top-up. In our
battery benchmark test, the G7 Play managed a total
of seven hours 26 minutes, putting it in line with the
likes of the Honor View 20 and OnePlus 6T. That’s not
bad, considering the price tag.
Cameras
While the Moto G7 Play can handle casual mobile
gaming and browsing, it won’t be winning any
awards in the camera department. The G7 Play sports
a single 13Mp rear snapper, with f/2.0, 1.12μm pixel
size, single LED flash and HDR support. The rear
snapper also offers 4K video capture at 30fps, as
well as 1080p at both 60- and 30fps.
That’s impressive for a budget smartphone, but
let’s not kid ourselves and pretend that it’s able to
compete with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S10,
Huawei Mate 20 Pro or iPhone XS.
Photos taken in bright light are detailed on the
surface, but zooming in even slightly will reveal
a layer of noise cancellation that gives most
photos a soft look. The below snap of St. Pancras
Renaissance Hotel is a good example of this, as
zooming in reveals a lack of detail in the brickwork,
pavement and other areas of the photo, too.
The lack of a decent autofocus component is
obvious when trying to take photos, as the phone
rarely gets the focus right on the first attempt using
the built-in PDAF system. You’ll find yourself, as we
did, constantly tapping the screen until it looked
right, and even then, photos look a little soft when
viewed on a PC.