[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] kishanamlani:
OP explains all my gains and losses as me too came from Moto X 2014. I totally agree with OP and miss my previous device. But i feel change is necessary and these 2 pros outweighs all cons. BATTERY, MOTO MODS.

Though i would like to share my personal experience : (BIT LENGTHY :p)

CONS

1. SCREEN SIZE

I loved screen size of my moto x2, it was so much comfortable to hold and use, Z play now seems very big to me because of that and its so slippery.

2. FRONT CAM

I miss front cam quality. I think front cam 2 mp of moto x2 was more clearer than moto z play 5 mp, image looks much pixelated, it maybe because of big screen. Still we expect decent image from a phone at this price. But i am a rare user of front cam so it doesnt matter much to me.

3. SPEAKER

Surely the loudspeaker volume is much less. It was way too clear and loud in moto x2, u can easily watch any video in noisy environment which is not possible in moto z play. Now I can't imagine of calling someone and talk in speaker mode because voice is too low.

4. MOTO DISPLAY

Moto display is not much effective like moto x2 because of absence of IR. I have stopped using it as it is not much easier like x2. But fingerprint scanner served my purpose of not pushing power key. Still miss onscreen notifications.

5. SCREEN TO BODY

Moto X2 is one of few devices which maintained perfect screen to body ratio. No extra space was used for logo or anything. Perfect use of screen. Ask any user how they felt when they used Immersive mode in custom rom. Superb feeling.

6. FM RADIO

Still missing FM radio. Moto Series dont provide FM. Dont know why but i would be very happy if they have provided FM with Z play as i was not able to use it in X2 also.

PROS

1. BATTERY

The main gain of all this is BATTERY. This was a big pain on my moto x2 last days. It hardly reaches 3 hour SoT in 4g network. Even though rooted and using cm 14.1, now i dont have to carry my charger as i easily get 7-8 hours of SoT with dual sim. I can easily reach 10 hours if not using poor jio lte network.

2. MOTO MODS

Moto mods are future. Its a bit pricey because of innovation and moto is the only company to provide such things, price will reduce and then more mods will be introduced as promised by lenovo, so z play will never become boring and old. Specially waiting for speaker mod to cut price.

3. FINGERPRINT

Its very safe and useful also because power button is much far to reach. So it serves that purpose and holding to lock the screen is also useful. I am addicted to that now.

4. SCREEN COLOR

Moto X2 amoled screen had more yellowish tint which sometime looked ugly but produced great color when watching any video. But in Z play colors are very balanced and we get option to change between vibrant and standard. Vibrant feels more natural.

5. PREMIUM FEEL

Moto Z play feels more premium even if it is cheaper than my Moto X2 when it was bought. It got sexy look and very attractive. Almost everyone asks me about the device.

6. NOUGAT AND MORE

Official Nougat Update is confirmed for Z play. Moto x2 last update was marshmallow although cm14.1 was there for rescue but nothing is as good as stock. Z play is future proof, maybe next update too. Hope to find better development Support.

7. FAST CHARGING

Though fast charging was supported in moto x2 but charger was not provided and i never bothered to buy. But in z play they provided type c quick charger. And Usb type C is future. I just know this much about type C. Lol

8. VOLTE SUPPORT

This is also a big advantage for me. Moto X2 was volte capable but moto didnt provide update to make it useful so had to use only LTE.

9. DUAL SIM & EXPANDABLE MEMORY

This can also be considered as major pros because now i dont have to use my feature phone for my other no. Moto x2 was a single sim device. Also i dont have to worry anymore about storage. Even though 32gb was enough for me but always expandable storage becomes helpful.