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motorola has just announced its latest phone this is the Moto XIII this is going to launch as an exclusive with Verizon at first selling August 16th in the US this is part of the Z family which means that it's got these magnetic pins on the back of course you can use it with any of the existing mods that will help customize the look and feel but the most interesting thing about this phone is actually that it is all ready for 5g of course 5g networks aren't ready yet but in early 2019 you'll be able to buy a 5g moto mod that will work with Verizon's Network and that will bring incredibly fast 5g speeds to the phone so imagine downloading 90 songs from Spotify in 10 seconds that's how fast we're talking this mod you're seeing now is not the 5g mod that's not ready yet but it will work exactly like this however you're not going to be able to get that until early 2019 so here is the phone that you have now it runs the latest version of Android at the moment that's Android 8.1 it's got the typical moto take on the operating system which I really like including a new optional one-button navigation so you can swipe and press and hold to get around instead of using the three typical on-screen controls you're looking at a six inch Super AMOLED display with two 12 megapixel cameras on the back and an 8 megapixel front-facing camera now the cameras on the back are interesting because in addition to taking portrait shots one of those lenses is monochrome so you are able to capture black and white shots as well there is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor inside pretty large battery and a 15 watt turbo power charger now there is no headphone jack but you will get a USB C dongle adapter that will work with that port the phone isn't fully waterproof but it is splash resistant and if you want wireless charging you will need to get the Moto MOT that supports it the Moto Z 3 will sell for a reasonable $480