Verizon Prepaid - Moto G4 Play 4G LTE with 16GB Memory Cell Phone - Black (Verizon)

I got the Motorola "Moto G4 Play" phone with Verizon carrier. This phone was for sale in the "prepaid" phone section of the cell phone department and it came in a box. This phone is big with a nice clear and bright desktop/screen. I like the numerous ring tones and sounds too. What I really needed it for was to book hotels for our annual road trips. The Best Buy tech set it all up for me at the store and then instructed me on how to use it. He was very nice and helpful; I needed that. I needed a case/cover for it too because I can be clutzy and fortunately he had a nice Incipio one for it. Ask for that if you are afraid of dropping your phone! I also got a glass protector for the screen and I prefer to use a stylus with it as well. As you can tell, I'm not very tech savvy but I can see its got Android operating system and a Lenovo/Motorola maker. One feature I really like is using your home wifi with it to avoid using up all the Verizon data. Even so, I did get a decent $40.00 a month pay as you go deal. So, overall the phone looks nice, sounds great, and it was on sale too at almost half off at Best Buy so look for a deal on it.

Motorola has hit it out of the park on the G4 Play. It has fantastic build quality, Android Marshmallow OS (Upgrade-able to Nougat) Removable 2880 Mah battery, Micro SD expansion and lots of storage (16GB).. Five stars.

Great product, i have a watch with foot step tracking, heart rate checking and weather predicting for days i love it!!

i had a galaxy j1 for verizon pp but kept running out of space and had to keep deleting apps (even though i had a 32 gig micro sd card). some apps could not be moved from internal storage. the sales associate steered me to this phone, which had just become available. not only did it have more available on-board storage, it has expandable (so i could still use my sd card) storage, a removable battery (hello galaxy 7), but it cost less than others that verizon pp offers. verizon probably doesn't make much $ from we who use pre-paid and hopes that we will go over our allotted data, which might be why they offer few phones, but this really is a great phone. display is gorgeous, bettery is very good as is sound. very little bloatware compared to other verizon phones. seems sturdy and just the right size. i don't shoot many pix w/ my phone, but the few i have came out very well. this is probably the best phone at this price. the few features i missed, i was able to find apps for- like a notification light for messages. it syncs up to all of your google apps. even after 1 month i still find something new and cool about this phone. so glad i bought it.

For those of you looking to break the leash on contract phones without sacrificing all the top features, this prepaid cell from Verizon is a top contender. The Moto G4 Play smartphone has all the up-to-date features including a fast quad-core processor for multitasking, e.g. browsing websites and streaming movies, a large 16GB internal memory with an expandable 128GB SD card slot, and an excellent 8.0 MP camera. All of this is orchestrated on the huge 5" clear screen with Corning Gorilla Glass for the ultimate protection. Best of all you get all of these features at a super affordable price. This is definitely a top contender in the high end prepaid phone market.

So far this phone has surprised me! It isn't too big for my small hands to use. I am using this for my business and so far so good. I need to check my e- mail, social media and have the best connection wherever I go to pet sit. I need to be reached at any moment for prospective clients and this works perfect. I would have given it a five star, but there are some things that could be improved. For example, the rotating from horizontal to vertical & vice versa sometimes does not work with apps. I had to download a better camera because I take a lot of pictures & like to edit them for posting. One thing that I wish was better was the battery life. It can last a full day, but I have to remember to charge it every night. Other than that the phone and for the inexpensive price it works great. I did not want to have to be on a monthly plan; I like doing prepaid so I am not stuck in a contract. I did a lot of research on Motorola phones before I decided on this phone. I was surprised that the phone had good features without having to fork out hundreds of dollars for a smartphone. I am type of person that does not have to have the newest phone that comes out. I need it for e-mail, social media, talk, text, messenger, maps, and weather. Overall, I am pleased with my purchase.

So far this phone is great. The pictures that I have taken are really nice, I have good service (even not bad inside my home), once I figured it out, setting up contacts wasn't bad, and texts come through well (which was becoming a problem on my "dumb" phone). Wish instruction manual was included in the box or at least the minimum. I also wish that there was notification on who has texted me on the screen. I leave my phone in my toolbox (which I'm not supposed to do, lol) and with my old "dumb" phone, any text messages I received would show on the screen. I will say that prepaid is much, much less expensive than a regular cell phone if you don't need much 4G data (which I don't). With Verizon prepaid I have 3G's of high speed data and then it throttles back. I don't stream anything and just do an occasional internet search so 3G's are fine. The service is a flat $40 per month plus tax - no extra fees that ran my postpaid plan up close to another $10 per month. Plus I was able to keep my phone number when I went to prepaid. I was a little upset with Best Buy as my store would not activate my phone in store because I bought it online. I don't think it should have mattered - the phone was purchased from Best Buy, they just didn't have this model in the store at the time of purchase so the purchase was made from Bestbuy.com. I would definitely buy this Motorola Play again.

The Moto G4 Play is a good phone for basic needs such as Internet, talk, and text. It tends to struggle at times with video on Facebook and Instagram stories. Also my Bluetooth headset has connection issues with this phone. When I turn the Bluetooth headset on it won't automatically connect to the phone. I have to pair it everytime when I turn it on. I never had this problem with other devices. I don't know if it is because I also have a smartwatch connected to the phone.