Moto Z Camera VS Hasselblad True Zoom MotoMod: Is this really an upgrade?

We’ve seen numerous camera experiments where a traditional smartphone manufacturer partners up with a photography company to improve the cameras on our phones. Most famously, the long term relationship between Carl Zeiss and Nokia. More recently, we reviewed the P9, which publicly kicked off a relationship between Leica and Huawei.Circling back to a product we were very excited to hear about when it was announced, Motorola’s first MotoMod relationship with a camera company aimed for the stars in landing ...

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Google Hyperdrives to Andromeda, and Blackberry Black-holes | #PNWeekly 220

Will Android and Chrome OS finally just merge already? What’s going on with Android Wear, and will Huawei jump ship to Tizen? Can Blackberry survive by giving up on in-house hardware? This week we’re joined by Trisha Hershberger to discuss these stories and answer your questions, so make sure you’re charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!Watch the live video broadcast from 2:00pm Eastern on September 30th (click here for ...

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Moto Z, Moto Z Force, MotoMods First Impressions!

Hello Moto.Today we’re taking our first look at the first, proper, joint flagship phone venture between Lenovo and Motorola. These two companies are both known for creating “flexible” gadgets. Motorola’s MotoMaker is easily the most complete platform available for allowing consumers to personalize and customize their phones. Lenovo has a solid reputation for building modular business accessories and multi-mode PC’s. He have high expectations for what these two manufacturers should be able to accomplish when working together.We recently received a very well ...

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Moto Z & Moto Z Force Hands On (Video)

The world’s first “SnapPhones” are finally here, and off the bat, the slightly lower-end Motorola Moto Z (by Lenovo) will leave you gasping for air, as you wonder exactly how its designers pulled off a 5.2mm waist.The answer lies in the traditional headphone jack omission, as well as a controversial battery capacity downgrade compared to last year’s Moto X Pure Edition. Not to worry, since the Moto Z Force packs a much heftier 3,500 mAh ...

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The Moto Z and Moto Z Force are “SnapPhones”

Update: More specs are from a Verizon press release which is sourced below.Update 2: CNET is reporting that the Moto Z does not have a headphone jack. Lenovo is said to box in a USB-C adapter. The exclusion of the port is likely thanks to that 5.2mm thickness on the device.Lenovo has made its largest impression on Motorola’s brand of smartphones since it acquired the Chicago-based manufacturer in 2014. It has officially shed its

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Looks like the Moto Z StyleMods got a premature reveal

The Moto Z‘s rumored MotoMods don’t just stop at functionality. As much as you can get a better speaker or an extended battery for your new Motorola/Lenovo device, modular fashion is also going to play a big part in pushing the device to certain consumers. That’s according to a few leaks of the ...

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Press renders crop up to put the spotlight on Moto Z Droid and trio of MotoMods

It doesn’t look like Google’s Project Ara initiative for developing a truly modular smartphone where you can remove and swap all the key components with minimal effort and no specialized tools will yield a fully functional, mass-manufactured product anytime soon.But you can settle for the next best modular thing, namely the LG G5 and its “Friends”, or the

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Blass: Moto X becoming Moto Z

When a company’s brand, based on a alphanumeric character, becomes too old, it can replace it with another one. After all, there are 35 other options to choose from.So, as the Moto X moniker comes out of its third product cycle, we’re learning from VentureBeat’s Evan Blass that this year’s flagship smartphones from Lenovo subsidiary Motorola may primarily be branded as the “Moto Z”.In relation to ...

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