With the smartphone market releasing something new evey other day-Motorola did not want to be left out.Moto Z is an incredibly thin Android phone, yet it’s still able to boast the specs of its rival and add modular accessories to the mix.The Z comes in at 5.19mm thick — thanks to it dropping the headphone jack in favour of a USB Type-C adapter — and supports a range of “Mods”.
Mods are accessories that snap onto the back of the device, such as a Hasselblad compact camera mod, an extended battery, and a pocket projector.
The Moto Z is made from “military aircraft-grade aluminium and stainless steel”, and features a 5.5-inch quad-HD display.
Hardware specs include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of RAM, and microSD support for up to 2TB.
A 13MP main camera, 5MP front camera, fingerprint reader, and “water-repellent coating” are also counted among the phone’s features.
The recommended retail prices of the Moto Z, which will be available in black and lunar grey, and its various mods are as follows:
Moto Z (comes with Moto Style Shell): R12,999
Moto Insta-Share Projector Mod: R4,699
Incipio offGrid Power Pack Mod: R1,199
JBL SoundBoost Mod: R1,699
Technical details:
- System: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
- Processor: Quad Core / 2.1 GHz / Quad Core / 1.6 GHz / Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 / GPU: Adreno 530
- Memory: Internal: 32 GB / RAM: 4 GB / Slot type: microSD / Max. slot capacity: 2 TB
- Display: 5.5″ / Super AMOLED / Resolution: 2560 x 1440 pixels / 534 ppi
- Camera: 13 Mpixels / Flash: Dual LED / Front: 5 Mpixels / Video: 2160p @ 30fps
- Network: 4G: LTE Cat. 6
- nanoSIM
- Wireless: Bluetooth: 4.1 LE / NFC / Wifi: IEEE 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n
- Connection: microUSB Type-C
- GPS: AGPS & GLONASS
- Sensors: Accelerometer, Ambient Light Sensor, Fingerprint sensor, Gyroscope, Hall sensor, Magnetometer, Proximity sensor
- Battery: 2600 mAh
- Weight: 136 grams
- Dimensions: 153.3 x 75.3 x 5.19 mm
