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Motorola Moto Z review: Plans | Pricing | Specs
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Motorola wants you to make your own phone with the modular Moto Z, but it has a way to go to prove the platform is worth the investment.
- Thin design
- Lots of flexibility with moto mods
- Good performance for a phone of its era
- Adding moto mods can quickly get expensive
- Ordinary battery life
- Weird button placement
5.5 inches
Display size
1440 x 2560px
64GB
Internal storage
13 MP
Rear camera
2,600 mAh
Battery size
Finder rated as Average vs similar phones
Details
Display
Display Size
5.5 inches
Resolution
1440 x 2560px
Pixels per inch (PPI)
535 ppi
Camera
Rear camera megapixels
13MP
Rear camera aperture size
f/1.8
Video recording
4K
Front camera megapixels
5MP
Front camera aperture size
f/2.2
Physical Dimensions
Dimensions
155.3mm x 75.3mm x 5.2mm
Weight
136g
Connectivity
NFC
Yes
Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Network category speed
N/A
Power, storage and battery
Processor
Snapdragon 820
RAM
4GB
Operating system
Android 6
Internal storage
64GB
External storage support
Up to 2TB
Battery capacity
2,600mAh
Device features
Headphone jack
Yes
Fingerprint sensor
Yes
Water resistance rating
N/A
Wireless charging
No| Launch price (RRP) | $999 |
|---|---|
| Launch date | 2016-09 |
What's in this review?
Go back a little over 10 years and you’ll remember that Motorola (alongside Nokia) ruled the mobile world. The RAZR was an icon of personal communication, with its thin design and robust flip build quality, years before Steve Jobs announced the iPhone.
The company has been bought and sold by Google since those days and is now owned by Lenovo. Motorola pinned its hopes to the modular ecosystem for hardware that was built into the Moto Z and Moto Z Play as well as newer handsets like the Moto Z2 Play and Moto Z3 Play.
Launching alongside some pretty impressive first- and third-party modular attachments, the Moto Z was designed to try and accommodate a simple, intuitive modular ecosystem. For the most part it succeeds, with an intelligent system that comes with impressive mod attachments, though the cumulative costs can be prohibitive.
Design
- Thin design
- It's all about the mods
- Weird button placement
Camera
- Standard camera is ordinary
- Hasselblad mod is much better, but it's a pricey mod.
Performance
- Snapdragon 820 gives it enough power
- Moto actions are practical and fun
Battery life
- 2600 mAh battery
Verdict
- A pioneer in modular phones, but one that is definitely showing its age.
Pricing and availability
Specifications
Display
Display Size
5.5 inches
Resolution
1440 x 2560px
Pixels per inch (PPI)
535 ppi
Camera
Rear camera megapixels
13MP
Rear camera aperture size
f/1.8
Video recording
4K
Front camera megapixels
5MP
Front camera aperture size
f/2.2
Physical Dimensions
Dimensions
155.3mm x 75.3mm x 5.2mm
Weight
136g
Connectivity
NFC
Yes
Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Network category speed
N/A
Power, storage and battery
Processor
Snapdragon 820
RAM
4GB
Operating system
Android 6
Internal storage
64GB
External storage support
Up to 2TB
Battery capacity
2,600mAh
Device features
Headphone jack
Yes
Fingerprint sensor
Yes
Water resistance rating
N/A
Wireless charging
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