Motorola Moto E6 Play Smartphone Review – Tiny highlights
Comparison Devices
Bewertung | Rating Version | Datum | Modell | Gewicht | Laufwerk | Groesse | Aufloesung | Preis ab |
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71.1 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 01 / 2020 | Motorola Moto E6 Play MT6739, PowerVR GE8100 | 140 g | 32 GB eMMC Flash | 5.50" | 1440x720 | |
74.5 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 12 / 2019 | Xiaomi Redmi 8A SD 439, Adreno 505 | 188 g | 32 GB eMMC Flash | 6.22" | 1520x720 | |
69.8 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 11 / 2019 | LG K30 425, Adreno 308 | 148 g | 16 GB eMMC Flash | 5.45" | 1440x720 | |
74.9 % v7 (old) | v7 (old) | 08 / 2019 | Samsung Galaxy A10 Exynos 7884B, Mali-G71 MP2 | 168 g | 32 GB eMMC Flash | 6.20" | 1520x720 |
Case, Equipment and Operation - Fancy, but a fingerprint magnet
The Moto E6 Play is one of the cheapest smartphones in the manufacturer's line-up. For not even 110 euro manufacturer's price, you get a 5.5 inch device with entry-level qualities.
The case is made of plastic, the back is mirrored and wants to bring some glamour to the entry-level class. It does look chic, but it is very susceptible to fingerprints. The case is reasonably stable, but pressure on the front side gets through to the screen. The Moto E6 Play is a very handy device, which is also quite light at 140 grams.
32 GB mass storage is common in this class, and we like the fact that it can be expanded via a separate microSD slot, so you don't have to sacrifice either of the two SIM slots for this. In our test with the reference router Linksys Nighthawk AX12, the WLAN speed is on a slightly lower level than in comparable smartphones.
There is a fingerprint sensor on the back, which unlocks the smartphone after a significant delay, but our finger is reliably recognized. The operation is basically precise, but due to the low system performance there are always delays and waiting times.
Networking | |
iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
LG K30 | |
Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
Samsung Galaxy A10 | |
Motorola Moto E6 Play | |
iperf3 receive AX12 | |
Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
LG K30 | |
Samsung Galaxy A10 | |
Motorola Moto E6 Play |
Cameras - Quite good for the class
The main camera at the back is a single lens, as in the predecessor Moto E5 Play, but it now has a resolution of 13 megapixels, and there is still a 5-megapixel lens at the front.
The photos tend to have a slight color cast and could also be brighter, details are quickly lost in dark areas. The camera has a hard time in low light, especially when the image lacks the right sharpness. In bright ambient light, however, the sharpness is quite good, but as soon as you zoom in closer, artefacts become visible. All in all, the quality of the photos is appropriate for the price range and even quite good in bright environments.
Videos can be recorded with the main camera in maximum 1080p and 30 fps. The quality is reasonable, but artifacts are visible during exposure transitions.


Display - Solid with a slight blue cast
The screen is at class level in terms of resolution. 1,440 x 720 pixels are sufficient, individual pixels can only be seen if you get very close to the screen. Nevertheless, the display is of course not as brilliant as on higher resolution screens. We measured PWM flicker at such a high frequency that even very sensitive people shouldn't have any problems with it.
The brightness is also on the level of comparable devices, the black value is OK at 0.3 cd/m², so the contrast ratio is also decent. The colour deviations are a little higher than in some other devices in the price range, but still within limits. In our tests with the CalMAN software, we noticed a visible blue cast in the greyscales.
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Brightness Distribution: 89 %
Center on Battery: 443 cd/m²
Contrast: 1477:1 (Black: 0.3 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 5.91 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.9
ΔE Greyscale 7.4 | 0.5-98 Ø5.2
94.2% sRGB (Calman 2D)
Gamma: 2.235
Motorola Moto E6 Play IPS, 1440x720, 5.5" | Xiaomi Redmi 8A IPS, 1520x720, 6.2" | LG K30 IPS, 1440x720, 5.5" | Samsung Galaxy A10 IPS, 1520x720, 6.2" | |
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Response Times | -28% | 15% | -12% | |
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 48 ? | 52 ? -8% | 44 ? 8% | 38 ? 21% |
Response Time Black / White * | 26 ? | 28 ? -8% | 24 ? 8% | 16 ? 38% |
PWM Frequency | 1923 | 595 ? -69% | 2500 ? 30% | 77 ? -96% |
Screen | 4% | 4% | 9% | |
Brightness middle | 443 | 441 0% | 460 4% | 451 2% |
Brightness | 433 | 421 -3% | 456 5% | 430 -1% |
Brightness Distribution | 89 | 89 0% | 91 2% | 90 1% |
Black Level * | 0.3 | 0.38 -27% | 0.47 -57% | 0.22 27% |
Contrast | 1477 | 1161 -21% | 979 -34% | 2050 39% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 5.91 | 4.46 25% | 3.91 34% | 5.44 8% |
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 11.58 | 8.01 31% | 6.52 44% | 11.94 -3% |
Greyscale dE 2000 * | 7.4 | 5.4 27% | 5 32% | 7.8 -5% |
Gamma | 2.235 98% | 2.146 103% | 2.11 104% | 2.206 100% |
CCT | 8492 77% | 7901 82% | 7565 86% | 9149 71% |
Total Average (Program / Settings) | -12% /
-5% | 10% /
7% | -2% /
3% |
* ... smaller is better
Display Response Times
↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
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26 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 11 ms rise | |
↘ 15 ms fall | ||
The screen shows relatively slow response rates in our tests and may be too slow for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 59 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (20.9 ms). | ||
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
48 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 23 ms rise | |
↘ 25 ms fall | ||
The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.165 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 81 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (32.7 ms). |
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
Screen flickering / PWM detected | 1923 Hz | ||
The display backlight flickers at 1923 Hz (worst case, e.g., utilizing PWM) . The frequency of 1923 Hz is quite high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 8627 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured. |
Performance, Emissions and Battery Life - Slow
The Mediatek MT6739 has already been around for two years and is not the fastest SoC anyway. Especially the integrated graphics solution PowerVR GE8100 doesn't come close to the comparable devices in our benchmarks. These partly offer four times the performance. But at least quite a lot of benchmarks run on the SoC, which don't even start with others.
MicroSD cards, like our Toshiba Exceria Pro M501, are read with normal speed, but the internal memory is accessed much slower than in other, similarly expensive smartphones.
There is hardly any noticeable warming, under a longer load it is a maximum of 35.3°C. The smartphone stays absolutely cool in idle mode.
The earphones are used as speakers, they even offer a bit more force and a somewhat more balanced sound than other speakers in this class, but can't hold a candle to the Xiaomi Redmi 8A. Sound output via 3.5mm plug or Bluetooth works without any problems.
The small 3,000 mAh battery unfortunately doesn't help the Motorola Moto E6 Play to particularly great runtimes: After not even 10 hours the smartphone has to be plugged in again in our WLAN test. The LG K30 can last over an hour longer, the Redmi 8A is out of reach anyway.
PCMark for Android | |
Work performance score (sort by value) | |
Motorola Moto E6 Play | |
Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
LG K30 | |
Samsung Galaxy A10 | |
Average Mediatek MT6739 (3742 - 5136, n=11) | |
Work 2.0 performance score (sort by value) | |
Motorola Moto E6 Play | |
Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
LG K30 | |
Samsung Galaxy A10 | |
Average Mediatek MT6739 (2467 - 5377, n=16) |
GFXBench | |
on screen Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen (sort by value) | |
Motorola Moto E6 Play | |
Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
Samsung Galaxy A10 | |
Average Mediatek MT6739 (1.4 - 2.5, n=6) | |
Average of class Smartphone (5.5 - 166, n=202, last 2 years) | |
1920x1080 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen (sort by value) | |
Motorola Moto E6 Play | |
Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
Samsung Galaxy A10 | |
Average Mediatek MT6739 (0.6 - 0.95, n=6) | |
Average of class Smartphone (3.4 - 321, n=202, last 2 years) | |
on screen Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen (sort by value) | |
Motorola Moto E6 Play | |
Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
Samsung Galaxy A10 | |
Average Mediatek MT6739 (0.61 - 2, n=5) | |
Average of class Smartphone (0.85 - 144, n=203, last 2 years) | |
2560x1440 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen (sort by value) | |
Motorola Moto E6 Play | |
Xiaomi Redmi 8A | |
Samsung Galaxy A10 | |
Average Mediatek MT6739 (0.21 - 0.4, n=4) | |
Average of class Smartphone (1.2 - 129, n=202, last 2 years) |
Motorola Moto E6 Play | Xiaomi Redmi 8A | LG K30 | Samsung Galaxy A10 | Average 32 GB eMMC Flash | Average of class Smartphone | |
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AndroBench 3-5 | 61% | 33% | 58% | 47% | 1886% | |
Sequential Read 256KB | 104.7 | 282 169% | 261 149% | 296.4 183% | 242 ? 131% | 1931 ? 1744% |
Sequential Write 256KB | 80.8 | 106.4 32% | 73.8 -9% | 101.7 26% | 100.5 ? 24% | 1549 ? 1817% |
Random Read 4KB | 37.1 | 73.1 97% | 53.1 43% | 73.4 98% | 43.1 ? 16% | 279 ? 652% |
Random Write 4KB | 9.3 | 15.8 70% | 10.24 10% | 13.3 43% | 22.3 ? 140% | 319 ? 3330% |
Sequential Read 256KB SDCard | 81.9 ? | 84.9 ? 4% | 85.6 ? 5% | 78.8 ? -4% | 71.8 ? -12% | |
Sequential Write 256KB SDCard | 64.7 ? | 61.7 ? -5% | 65.8 ? 2% | 65.3 ? 1% | 52.9 ? -18% |
Temperature
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 35.2 °C / 95 F, compared to the average of 35.1 °C / 95 F, ranging from 21.9 to 63.7 °C for the class Smartphone.
(+) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 35.3 °C / 96 F, compared to the average of 33.9 °C / 93 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 28.6 °C / 83 F, compared to the device average of 32.8 °C / 91 F.
Speakers
Motorola Moto E6 Play audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (82 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 37.4% lower than median
(+) | bass is linear (5.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | reduced mids - on average 8.6% lower than median
(±) | linearity of mids is average (10.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 1.9% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (3.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (28.6% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 72% of all tested devices in this class were better, 5% similar, 23% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 36%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 85% of all tested devices were better, 3% similar, 13% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 24%, worst was 134%
LG K30 audio analysis
(±) | speaker loudness is average but good (79.5 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 39.9% lower than median
(+) | bass is linear (4.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | reduced mids - on average 7.8% lower than median
(±) | linearity of mids is average (10.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3.7% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (4.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(-) | overall sound is not linear (32.2% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 81% of all tested devices in this class were better, 2% similar, 17% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 36%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 90% of all tested devices were better, 2% similar, 8% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 24%, worst was 134%
Battery Life
Motorola Moto E6 Play 3000 mAh | Xiaomi Redmi 8A 5000 mAh | LG K30 3000 mAh | Samsung Galaxy A10 3400 mAh | Average of class Smartphone | |
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Battery Runtime | |||||
WiFi Websurfing | 584 | 1145 96% | 659 13% | 753 29% | 1005 ? 72% |
Pros
Cons
Verdict - Smartphone for low demands
We have found the Motorola Moto E6 Play to be a very affordable companion cell phone and we would recommend you keep this in mind! You have to manage with little power. But the Moto E6 Play is quite handy, which makes it practical for small hands. The screen also has a clear blue cast, but is otherwise on class level. The camera takes quite decent pictures.
If only it weren't for the competition: The hardly more expensive Xiaomi Redmi 8A has a lot more power, especially in the area of graphics, lasts twice as long and also offers much better speakers. The Samsung Galaxy A10 also cuts a better figure in many respects, but you have to add another 30 euro to the price of the Moto-Smartphone at the time of testing to get it.
The Motorola Moto E6 Play is a handy smartphone for those who don't need much performance or long battery life.
If you need a handy smartphone, you can consider the Motorola Moto E6 Play, it doesn't do badly in the area of camera and screen for so little money. You shouldn't expect much performance or battery life, though.
Motorola Moto E6 Play
- 01/09/2020 v7 (old)
Florian Schmitt