The Verizon-only variants of the Moto Z and Moto Z Force are finally getting cleared up for Android Oreo in the next few weeks.
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Get Moto Z2 Force discounts at Best Buy, as well as free Projector Mod from Motorola
Regularly discounted by this retailer and that carrier, the Moto Z2 Force is quite affordable from Best Buy right now, also coming with a free Moto Mod for a very limited time.
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25 percent off Moto Mods at Best Buy for a limited time
Best Buy has 13 of them with discounts between $10 and $75. If you've got a Moto Z phone that needs spicing up, this may be the time to do it.
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Get free iPhone 8, Galaxy S8 or LG G6 from US Cellular with qualifying trade-in
If you sign up to a US Cellular unlimited plan between November 22 and 27, and turn in an eligible device, the iPhone 8 can be yours free of charge.
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Moto Z2 Force ShatterShield screen scratches easy, Motorola responds to inquiry
Reports from reviewers across the tech space have panned the ShatterShield screen on the Moto Z2 Force for its "scratch magnet" tendencies.
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Flagship Moto Z2 Force goes official at last with Snapdragon 835, up to 6GB RAM, small battery
The Moto Z2 Force is everything we expected, with good and bad things, including a powerful SoC, dual cameras and modest battery.
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It’s happening: ‘Shatterproof’ Moto Z2 Force is essentially confirmed to see daylight on July 25
We're not sure if a "regular" Z2 is coming, and the X4 could still be a ways off, but the Moto Z2 Force is definitely just a couple of weeks away.
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AnTuTu benchmarks Moto Z2 Force suspect with 6GB RAM, 128GB storage
In addition to a "shatterproof" display, the impending Moto Z2 Force could stand out from its "regular" sibling with more memory and internal storage.
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Latest Moto Z2 Force render confirms AT&T availability, still no headphone jack
It's the classic good news/bad news scenario. The Moto Z2 Force is apparently headed to AT&T, as well as Verizon and T-Mobile, with no audio jack in tow.
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New Verizon subscribers can get a free Moto Z Play from Best Buy, $20 a month Z Force
With the Z2 Play right around the corner stateside, Best Buy is running the ultimate promotion for interested buyers of the first-gen Moto Z Play.
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Moto Mod lineup grows with Incipio car dock, many more Moto Z add-ons coming next year
Excited at the prospect of an augmented reality-enabling Moto Z Tango Moto Mod? As you may have suspected, it’s not the only potentially game-changing idea for the next wave of snap-on smartphone modules.
While LG is reportedly hesitant to go down this road after G5’s commercial woes, Lenovo feels quite encouraged by the Moto Z family’s early box-office numbers. More importantly for the future of the modular phone concept, it seems roughly half of the Moto Z, Z Force and Z Play’s owners have quickly embraced the ingenious accessories, including 20 percent that use the pricier projector and camera add-ons.
Discounts and bundle deals probably helped incentivize adoption, but it’s also essential to note people are actually finding Moto Mods useful and practical, operating their projectors for 10 hours a week on average, and milking those extra battery charges for 37 hours.
It’s no wonder therefore each and every Indiegogo proposal is taken seriously, with over 380 submitted already, and stuff like alarm clocks, e-ink screens, game controllers, keyboards, walkie-talkies, kinetic chargers and even 5G radios all very much “in play”, according to Moto Mod “ecosystem director” Stephen McDonell.
Before moving to an ambitious release schedule consisting of four new Moto Mods per quarter starting “mid next year”, Motorola is today unveiling a far lower-profile Incipio car dock module. Priced at $65, this will charge your phone’s battery while mounted to your automobile’s dashboard, connect it to your audio system via a 3.5mm port, and automatically launch the overhauled Android Auto app. Simple, straightforward and, well, a little boring.
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Verizon’s best phones are free all weekend long with eligible trade-ins
Does $10 a month still feel a little rich for your blood, although the “made by Google” Pixel is certainly worth a whole lot more than $240 all in all? Taking a page from T-Mobile’s earlier revealed Black Friday playbook, Verizon will let traders of select like-new devices to pick up brand-new, sizzling hot high-end phones for absolutely no charge all weekend long.
Slightly less restrictive than Magenta’s free phone promotional program, Big Red’s top holiday deal includes the iPhone 7, 7 Plus, Pixel, Pixel XL, Moto Z Droid, Z Droid Force, Galaxy S7, and S7 Edge.
Any of these can be yours at “no cost with no money down” on device payment plans, as long as you’re willing to give up a mint condition iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, 7, 7 Plus, Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, Edge+, S7, S7 Edge, Note 5, LG V20, G5 or Moto Droid Turbo 2 starting today online, and in physical stores on the actual Black Friday.
To further sweeten the deal, Verizon will give away $200 Visa prepaid cards for every line switched to America’s largest carrier up to a grand total of four, as well as shave $250 off any iPad with iPhone 7 or 7 Plus purchases.
If you’d rather just get a 32GB iPad mini 2, its on-contract price is brought all the way down to $99 Thursday and Friday only, while the Ellipsis 10 Android tablet is $49 with a new two-year agreement for a limited time. A bunch of accessories are also heavily discounted through either Friday or Sunday, including a $100 UE Boom 2, $90 Fitbit Charge HR, and $35 Mophie Powerstation XL.
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Motorola takes $250 off its priciest Moto Mods bundled with Z phones for Black Friday
Friday can’t come soon enough for a wide range of US retailers and mobile device manufacturers operating stateside, with Motorola, aka Lenovo, the latest to jump the gun by slashing the prices of select Moto Z-compatible Mods.
Right now, you can score both the Insta-Share Projector and Hasselblad True Zoom snap-on accessories from motorola.com/us at $250 off list, but only if you buy either of them alongside a Moto Z, Z Force or Z Play phone.
Typically setting you back $300 apiece, the professional projector and “true” 10x optical zoom camera attachments will technically cost just $50 for a limited time, requiring you cough up a grand total of $674 on a Moto Z Droid bundle, $770 for the Z Force Droid with your Moto Mod of choice, or $458 if the lower-end Z Play Droid tickles your fancy, Insta-Share or Hasselblad appendage included.
Not a big Verizon fan? Not a problem, as the standard Moto Z and Z Play are on sale in GSM unlocked configurations too, going for $750 and $500 respectively, once again bundled with your favorite top-class Moto Mod.
If you’re lucky, you may also be able to get a second-generation Moto 360 smartwatch with a leather band at $250 instead of $350, though both elegant cognac and black flavors are currently listed as out of stock. Perhaps they’ll return in time for the actual Black Friday.
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Moto Z officially gets Android Nougat, Daydream VR
As seen on Reddit last week, the updates came by the few to those with the Droid. But soon, they will make their way in waves across all Moto Z and Moto Z Force handsets.
Motorola has just announced that Android 7.0 Nougat is getting its official roll-out this week to the two devices, though we don’t have any specific dates to watch out for. This comes days after the Verizon-exclusive Moto Z Droid and Moto Z Force Droid phones started receiving the update.
Users were able to get grips on the Daydream VR platform and Motorola confirms that every phone will be able to do just as much, putting discussions to rest about whether phones with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset can support it.
Check with our source link to keep updated on your model’s particular progress with the OTA, be it coming from the carrier or Motorola directly.
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Reddit’s getting Android Nougat for Moto Z Droid and Moto Z Force Droid
More Nougaty action in the Motorola family is coming its users ways. More than just the Moto G4, the Moto Z Droid and Moto Z Force Droid are getting an update to Android 7.0.
Two separate threads in the Moto_Z subreddit have shown off both Verizon-exclusive devices with the system update screen in its glory. Unfortunately, unlocked versions are not into the action just yet. But, at least with the Moto Z Force Droid, we do have access to Daydream VR — good for your View headset.
The spread is apparently on, we just hope that unlocked units get their spread on sooner than later.
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