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as you can probably see behind me everyone is going crazy over an announcements that Motorola made here at Lenovo tech world a new phone in the Moto line that makes modularity a snap it's Josh Picard from Android or D what's going on buddy and this is e and here it is the Moto Z newly announced at Lenovo tech world the Moto Z is a new take on the Moto line going a step further of course than the Moto X it brings modularity and brings it in a snap those connectors on the back and bottom portion of the phone are able to take in with strong magnets a number of different covers but also a number of different new functions based upon the different peripherals that you put on to them but first let's talk about the actual phone itself 5.5 inches in the screen comes with a AMOLED quad HD display and it makes for a rather large device but not really anything too out of the ordinary when compared to other phablets of its size it is a very thin device especially the mode of Z not the Moto G force which has a little bit more girth to it and a bit of a chamfered edge on the sides underneath the surface you can pretty much expect all of the same from a flagship device of Snapdragon 820 and four gigabytes of RAM along with pretty much all of the different connections that you would expect including NFC for stuff like Android pay overall it's a very nice feeling device it might be a little bit big for some people at 5.5 inches for the screen but it does feel very premium and the regular moto Z that I have in my hand right now actually feels quite light the Moto Z fours as you're seeing in the shop right now is a little bit beefier a little bit heavier and it has that shatterproof screen so you can drop the phone and you're not going to have to worry about the screen ever shattering overall though the look is quite nice but the camera hub on the back does stick out quite a bit now the small things about a phone tend to really excite me and then camera hump even though it does protrude out quite a bit is covered up by the different moto mod covers it actually makes the camera very flush with the body and it's a nice little addition to have on an incentive that you can have to have an actual cover for the phone to customize it the way that you want to be among other things the although z-force has a few different specifications when compared to the original brothers II first of all its battery is larger at 3400 milliamp hours compared to 26 hundred million dollars and then you can also get the fast charging the faster between the two where you can get half of the battery in 15 to 20 minutes after that the camera is 21 megapixels instead of 30 mo compared to it and of course the Moto G Force has the shadow proof screen so even if you are able to drop it should still be fine as we've already mentioned the Moto Z and the Moto G Force have different cameras the interface is pretty intuitive and pretty simple to use but the actual cameras themselves will be 13 megapixels for the Moto Z + 21 megapixels from the Moto Z force we weren't able to take any samples from the cameras that we were using so we will just have to wait until we get our hands on for review units to bring you our review of the cameras of these two phones now the Moto Z is a very thin device and it's very lovely to hold in the hand is also quite light the modal force motors the force rather is of course going to be a little bit deep here and a little bit thicker and heavier but one omission that you're probably noticing as I rotate this device around in my hands is the lack of a headphone jack no there's not going to be a headphone jack on the Moto C or the motors of course instead it will come with an adapter that goes into the USB C port and that is how you're going to have a 3.5 millimeter for this phone now the software on the Moto C and the Moto G force is really familiar it's very similar to a stock version of Android complete with the vertical Abbe drawer different quick settings menus and of course the settings around here with the recent apps cooler right here everything is pretty much what you would expect it to be and of course we still have the different dots on the top and bottom of the front of the device made for the active display the active display is still here stole a very nice feature to have on these phones makes it easy to look at what's going on on the phone without having to actually turn it on but of course the main story with the Moto Z and the Moto Z Force is modularity this is a arguably easier way of getting modularity on a device as you don't have to pull the battery out or even turn off and turn on the phone again you just have to snap on the peripheral to the back of the device and you're good to go there are a number of different covers that moto maker will provide so you can change the look of the phone whenever you want to and it actually feels like this film because of how thin it is it needs to have these covers to sort of round out or even complete the look and feel of this phone there are a few different peripherals that are available including battery cases and incipio has already made a few extra battery cases that snap right onto the back and provide even more power to make sure that the battery life goes as long as you need it to there's a pico projector which goes on to the back and does make the phone quite thick but it does have a pico projector inside that can be angled onto the wall or onto the ceiling so you can easily provide presentations or just watch anything that you want on this bigger screen and finally there is a JBL speaker that goes around the back of the device actually adds a lot of growth to it but it does have a 10 hour battery inside and provide some really great sound that you can hear in the following clip overall we're pretty impressive when we see in the Moto Z darn few trade-offs like what the headphone jack and the fact that there are two different versions both of which have different features - really both but overall both of the phones bring modularity to a different level and they also make them a snap you still get the ability to style the phone whichever way you want and it's a pretty nice way of just changing the look without having to go through the model maker again and getting a whole new phone overall the modularity is a wonderful idea that might actually be executed properly because it's very easy to just snap on and snap off different functions onto the device and moto thinks that it's going to be a very innovative step forward for smartphones and so there you have it for this hands-on with the moto Z and the Moto Z force these two phones are very exciting and even though there are some trade-offs with some of the features and the fact that you get the Moto mods to add even more functions to the device it looks like the trade-offs will even everything out and this could be a very worthwhile device to have later in the summer and later on in the fall when unlocked versions come out so keep it tuned to Android authority for even more on this new Moto line of phones and make sure you stay tuned for our camera reviews and also comparisons that we make between this and other devices in the flagship market this year and after all that make sure you subscribe to our Channel and drop us some likes on these videos because we are your source for all things Android