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with dual cameras a shatterproof display thinner design and availability on all US carriers Motorola's 2017 flagship is primed to compete with the big dogs is it a force to be reckoned with or will it simply fall flat on its face this is the Moto v2 4th so this year Motorola consolidated their moto Z lineup there's the V to play which came out not that long ago but instead of offering two flagships like they did last year we only get one now with the z2 force the v2 force brings all the latest and greatest specs for a 2017 flagship phone it's being powered by a Snapdragon 835 and 4 gigabytes of RAM which provides for a blazing fast experience it handles all the mundane stuff like launching applications checking emails browsing the web and watching videos extremely well and with 4 gigabytes of RAM multitasking is a smooth experience and so is playing graphically intensive games the phone comes with 64 gigabytes of internal storage which is probably plenty for most people but there's a micro SD card slot that supports up to 2 terabytes if you need more so z2 Force has motorola standard nano coating that makes the phone resistant to the occasional splash but it doesn't officially carry any sort of IP certification so it's not going to survive submersion like many other flagships that we've seen in 2017 and that just feels like an oversight on motorola part to not make this phone water-resistant on the outside of the z2 force not a whole lot has changed from last year's models since it pretty much had to stay relatively the same to maintain compatibility with the Moto Maude's but for better or worse there are some significant changes to the phone's design it's an all metal unibody design so there's no more rear glass inserts and it's constructed from 7000 series aluminum making it pretty strong and durable the rear panel has a hairline finish which doesn't add any sort of texture but it does look a lot nicer than the rear panel of last year's Moto Z and does a much better job of hiding fingerprints there's still no headphone jacks which can be pretty annoying but motorola does give you an adapter in the box so you're still able to use your favorite set of earbuds or over the ear cans audio from the external speaker also isn't all that amazing there's only speaker that's embedded in the earpiece and it sounds fine without any distortion and the fact that it's front-facing is definitely a bonus but because there's only one the audio sounds lopsided when you have the phone in landscape the other big change to the phone's design is that it's even thinner than last year's model which gives a really sleek feel in the hand but the thinner body has stirred up quite a bit of controversy because the phone's battery took a huge hit the original z-force had a 3,500 milliamp hour battery but on the z2 forces has dropped down significantly to 27 30 milliamp hours I honestly thought we were beyond the point of seeing flagship phones with a battery capacity less than 3000 milliamp hours but apparently we're not at least not according to Motorola and Lenovo it's easy to say that there's a moto mod for that if you want better battery life but a phone should be able to stand on its own without relying on extra accessories and this just feels like a ploy for Motorola to sell more moto mods and it'll probably work because the v2 forces battery life isn't all that great just as most people have feared I've gotten around four hours of screen on time max but normally it's anywhere around 2 to 3 which is well below average of other competing flagships in the v2 forces price range with the release of the z2 force Motorola has introduced a couple of new moto mods there's a new 360 degree camera if you're into that sort of thing and a moto gamepad that will be available later the summer that turns your phone into a handheld gaming console with physical buttons and joysticks one of the z2 forces most attractive features is the display the screen is a fairly standard 5.5 inch quad HD AMOLED screen and it's everything that you would typically expect from an AMOLED panel the colors are vibrant it has great viewing angles and excellent contrast with those deep dark blacks but it is a little difficult to see in direct sunlight even with a brightness cranked all the way up what makes the screen special is that it's shatterproof which means you can drop it a bunch of times and it's not going to shatter on you but the secret behind all of this isn't really anything magical it's made of several layers of plastic and it's great that the screen will never shatter but the drawback here is that it gets scratched up and dinged up super easily I've only had this phone for a week and it's already filled with imperfections so I could only imagine what it's going to look like for someone who use this bone for a year or more and the other downside is Motorola is no longer offering replacement screens so you either have to live with the scratches or get a screen protector so you either have to put a piece of plastic on top of plastic to protect the plastic or put a glass screen protector to protect the plastic and make the screen feel more like glass huh below the screen you have the fingerprint sensor and it's very fast and very accurate and I love that you can use it to put the phone to sleep the fingerprint sensor can also be used as your main source of Android navigation with various different swipe gestures which will get rid of the on-screen navigation keys and give you more screen real estate it's a feature that Motorola started implementing with the g5 Plus and it's nice but it definitely takes a little bit of time to get used to dual cameras are becoming increasingly more common especially among flagships and Motorola is the latest OEM to jump on the bandwagon it's more than likely going to be a standard feature on flagship phones at this point both cameras are 12 megapixels and one shoot standard RGB or color and the other is a monochrome sensor that can shoot true black-and-white photos the second sensor is also leverage for a depth effect for portrait mode like the iPhone Huawei p10 or more recently the one plus five it doesn't really work any better than any other phone that has done it before it can look pretty convincing when the objects have sharp and clear cut edges but when you're shooting something like a flower that's a little bit more complex you can start to see the imperfections and it just looks artificial black and white photography isn't really my thing but the option is there if you want it and in the right situation it can make your shot look more dramatic if there's one thing I wish this camera had its optical image stabilization because without it this phone really struggles in low-light it's very slow to capture which causes a love shot to be out of focus and when you do get a shot in focus they lack detail and just aren't as sharp as they could be if the phone had OAS on the flip side daytime shots do turn out quite good there's a lot more detail color reproduction is nice and accurate and there's just enough saturation to make the images pop shadows and highlights are handled surprisingly well leading to overall good dynamic range overall the camera is a step in the right direction for Motorola and the results are pretty good in most situations but there's still room for improvement my favorite part about any phone from Motorola is the software experience because of how close it is to stock Android it's as close to pure Android as you're going to get outside of using a pixel or a oneplus bone the z2 force is running Android 7.1.1 and comes with Motorola's entire suite of features like the wrist twist to launch the camera double chop for the flashlight and the ever so useful battery friendly notifications with the Moto display the only thing you'll run into with the software is all the carrier bloatware which will vary from carrier to carrier and as of right now Motorola is not selling an unlocked version if you were looking to avoid carrier bloat the z2 force was announced as a starting price of $800 but that has already dropped to 720 bucks if you get it directly from Motorola that's a little bit cheaper than carrier prices and for a limited time you can get last year's modal mod projector included for free but is this phone worth its price tag there's no doubt that the z2 force checks a lot of the right boxes for a flagship phone and the modal mods are just as awesome as ever but there's just one too many shortcomings and compromises that prevents it from being an even better phone there's still no headphone jack but for some reason the more mid-range the tube play has one it's not water-resistant like most flagships and the phone's battery was sacrificed in favor of a thinner design it's clear that Motorola wants to compete with the best of the best but if you're going to do that you need to deliver a great smartphone and the 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