moto z
The latest modular Moto Z has a beefy battery and improved low-light camera
When it arrived in 2016, the Moto Z felt revolutionary — or, at the very least, novel. Motorola soon announced it was making the Moto Z its flagship device. In…
The Moto Z is a phone built around a strong gimmick, but it’s a gimmick nonetheless. A little over a year after release, the company has added some interesting Mods…
The Moto Z’s latest Mod turns the phone into a Polaroid instant camera
The Moto Z’s selection of modular backings have been pretty hit or miss (largely miss, if I’m being honest), but this one’s pretty clever. Sure, the addition of a Polaroid…
The Moto Z gets its very own Alexa smart speaker
It was just a matter of time, really. Motorola’s been teasing Alexa integration since Mobile World Congress in February. Back then, the company previewed a sort of “experimental” Mod for…
The Moto Z2 Force Edition makes sacrifices for the sake of modularity
The arrival of the Z2 is a moment of truth for the Moto Z line — and modular phones in general. The product’s novelty was enough to generate plenty of…
The Moto Z was a surprise hit for Motorola — they even made the swappable, modular-backed phone its flagship product. But the novel feature has always been hampered by the…
Motorola’s latest batch of Moto Mod hacks include baby alerts and a breathalyzer
The Moto Z might not have transformed the smartphone world yet, but Motorola’s been doing a solid job generating some interest around its modular smartphone by opening the system up…
Motorola’s hackathon-winning Moto Mods include a gamepad and skin-care monitor
You’ve got to hand it to Motorola, the smartphone maker does appear committed to its nascent modular smartphone offering. The company launched the Moto Z back in July, alongside four…
The Moto Mods ecosystem expands with a car dock and Mophie battery backup
At launch, the Moto Z was compatible with three different modular backings (four if you count the shell projector): a Motorola pico projector, a speaker from JBL and an Incipio…
Motorola ‘likely’ to launch a Project Tango module for the Moto Z
Slowly but surely the Moto Z is getting an ecosystem. The promising handset launched with some solid specs and a handful of add-ons that made it the most fully formed…
The last time we checked in on Nougat market share numbers (a little over a week ago), the latest version of Google’s operating system was ranked below Gingerbread in terms…
Motorola partners with Indiegogo to try to jumpstart Moto Mod development
The Moto Z is an ambitious and impressive device in and of itself, but its success will, in no small part, ultimately be dependent on accessories. In much the same…
Hasselblad’s True Zoom Mod turns the Moto Z into a camera with a giant viewfinder
The latest add-on Motorola’s Moto Z line brings some serious photo taking gravitas to the compelling modular offering. The Hasselblad True Zoom essentially turns the handset into a skinny camera…
Motorola opens its Moto Z modular system to hardware developers
Motorola – or, perhaps more accurately, Verizon – has started selling the modular Moto Z and Moto Z Force Droid Editions today (starting at $624 and $720, respectively), along with…
The Moto Z is an intriguing if not fully formed glimpse at a modular future
Fast processing, hi-res screens, good cameras. Sure, some are certainly better than others, but even the bad ones are capable of things unthinkable on a mobile device not all that…
Hands-on with Moto’s modular Moto Z and a few of its crazy accessories
[tc_aol_on code=”519622913″] The Tango-powered (and weirdly named) Phab 2 Pro wasn’t the only crazy phone on display at Lenovo’s Tech World today. Joining it on stage was a new handset…
Motorola’s new Moto Z line features swappable modular smart backs
Anyone else starting to get the feeling that all of these modular smartphones are becoming interchangeable? Not in the sense that you can swap products cross-platform, of course. That’s not…
