Motorola Moto Z with Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM, Modular ‘Moto Mods’ Launched

Lenovo owned Motorola has launched two new flagships at the Tech World 2016 conference in San Francisco - the new Moto Z and Moto Z Force with Moto Mods magnetic snap-on back panels with various partners, including JBL and Incipio. Both smartphones feature support for Moto Maker customisation.

The Motorola Moto Z will be available globally from September, along with the Moto Mods, which are designed to work with future generations of Moto Z smartphones. In the US, they will be available as the Moto Z Droid this summer on carrier partner Verizon Wireless. No word on the pricing yet.

Moto Z features 5.5-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD AMOLED Corning Gorilla Glass display powered by 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with Adreno 530 GPU and 4GB LPDDR4 RAM. it has an internal storage of 32GB/64GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 2TB. It sports a 13MP rear cameras with dual tone LED flash, OIS, Laser Autofocus and a 5MP Wide-Angle lens front facing camera. It runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and has 2600 mAh battery to give 8 hours of battery life in 15 minutes.

Motorola Moto Z

Key Features :

• 5.5-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD AMOLED Corning Gorilla Glass display
• 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with Adreno 530 GPU
• 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
• 32GB/64GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 2TB
• 13MP rear cameras with dual tone LED flash, OIS, Laser Autofocus
• 5MP Wide-Angle lens front facing camera
• Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
• Single-SIM (Nano-SIM)
• Fingerprint sensor
• Moto Mods connector, Water repellent nano-coating, USB-C port for headphones, charging and data
• Front-ported loud speaker, 4-Mics
• 4G LTE (Cat 9) / 3G, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz with MIMO, NFC
• 2600 mAh battery with Turbo charging to give 8 hours of battery life in 15 minutes

The Moto Mods which connect to the 16 dots at the rear, will at launch include the JBL SoundBoost, the Moto Insta-Share Projector (meant to deliver a 70-inch projector experience), and the Power Pack (said to provide up to 22 hours of additional battery life). Style Shells will also be available, and offer finishes like real wood, leather, and fabric.

Moto Mods