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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room with new smartphones on the way we're talking about these Samsung new eighths the iPhone 8 Google pixel XL to Motorola gets a jump start by offering their flagship the z2 force like last year's model motorola banks on providing a modular design by offering their lineup of moto mods they're magnetized attachments that further extends the capabilities of your phone we'll see how they do along with today's Motorola z2 force I received as a loaner from the lovely folks at AT&T as of this video motorola has the phone going for seven hundred and twenty dollars and it comes with a free projector mod if you're here in the States check out a teensy calm or there are local stores for the latest prices so without further adieu I'm Jimmy with Jim's review room and I'm here to help you make that purchase decision welcome everyone to another review going over the physical features first the z2 force is crazy thin from the factory you get a little bulge from the camera but it's wide enough to prevent the phone from rocking on the table just like the Moto z2 play I reviewed about two weeks ago the phone is quite slippery there's moto mods you can attach that does completely fix this matter but I'll show you those later in the review the phone is splash proof it's not waterproof though I personally test this hex identity with air quotes around accidentally here spelling a cup of water on it and a z2 force is still functioning fine now one the biggest perks about the z2 force is its shatterproof display drop it and it should survive now one of the biggest flaws though that seriously deters me from possibly buying because of these super soft plastic like shatterproof screen which you might be able to tell on camera here it scratches very easily when we went out to film the scenes you've seen so far I left his phone in my bag along with the moto mods and after about two hours of walking around I found the phone scratch no other review sites are experiencing the same thing and it's very unfortunate as I've carried numerous other phones here over the years in the same bag with charging cables my mouse other miscellaneous items and rarely if ever do I get a scratch now I can run my fingernail along every other phone and have no issues I run my nail along the z2 force and it's intense crazy I know and sadly the market doesn't go away now if you're the type of guy that puts the phone into their bag or maybe the ladies out there who puts it into their purse you gotta be careful by going around the physical features your sim in micro SD card reader is up top we're chatting to the right there's a volume rocker buttons with power below and the all three buttons work quite small and very similar to each other it does take a little bit of time to build up muscle memory now on the bottom I have no idea why here but the premium z2 force removes the three F millimeter input for headphones and earphones while the mids here z2 play gets one so in the middle here is the USB type-c port for charging better life is below average as well for a flagship as I'm getting around five and a half hours or six hours at most for a screen on time rotating to the rear this is where things get really cool and possibly the biggest reason why you would buy this phone it's the moto mods you can buy varies back plates to attach for different functions as I mentioned earlier the projector comes free with your purchase and when I first put this together I thought it was small I thought it was gimmicky I also didn't have the lights off in the office but as soon as I dimmed everything down wow this thing really performed for the average consumer I thought this had 720p out of the box and expected the resolution to be more pixelated or distorted it surely isn't as sharp as a screen but once on the wall and sitting back it doesn't look bad surprisingly it's only at 480 P now it's able to play anything that's on your screen from YouTube to playing games do simply what you're surfing on their internet it works now it's able to get as big as 70 inches and if you're at a funky angle there is a little kickstand to prep this up now the few quirks here the first time we tried using Netflix we did get an error every time we use the modem at projector if we took off the projector it worked perfectly fine on our phones on the second day of testing them it works then Netflix had no issues also if it was just a smidge brighter this would display slightly better and like all projectors they do get slightly hot after using it for some time also the projector does have its own battery it doesn't kill your phone thankfully here but playing a movie on this during my testing I'm averaging about 45 minutes to an hour worth of use not enough for a full-length movie no other motor BOTS and why the Moto Z line is really cool here there's a JBL bluetooth speaker you can't attach this to to get better audio I set it in the Z to play it does sound like a $50 Bluetooth speaker so it's nothing special but it is better then each speaker phone that you have on the camera I also have a backplate that gives you an extra day worth of battery life also because of the texture it gives the phone much better grip when holding again there's more moto mods out there if I don't have them all of course but they're good quality in general but getting back to the phone continue with what is unique the moto options include chopping the phone twice here to activate the flashlights two more chops to turn it off and twisting the phones you turn on the camera even if the phone is light now both of these actions required a pretty firm movement most likely to prevent accidental actions when not intended and the home button can be used as your navigate with swiping rights hit left and go back on webpages and certain apps left to right to access the menu features and to lock the phone you just hold it until it's slightly vibrates now sounds great in theory but from my testing it's been hit or miss there's moments where it works in some moments where you're swiping multiple times to execute now looking at the camera we have a 12 megapixel shooter and the rear with dual lenses this might be the only other camera that I personally use that's as fast or the closest to what these Samsung cameras can do in regards to auto focusing it's crazy fast nearly instant as you can see on your screen here they're very close going through some samples everything was on auto mode as most average consumers would use and I'm really shocked here time and time again I noticed more often than not the Motorola did better than my samsung s A+ well generally Samsung shoot quite sharp images but once I placed them side-by-side then differences between a Motorola and Samsung are noticeable the z2 force also tends to push color and saturation even further than the Samsung S A+ from my comparison here and if I had to critique the Motorola does tend to push the blue tint on some areas making the photo look a bit unnatural though honestly if I didn't have the photos side by side I don't think the average consumer would notice you can see again with some of these samples here that I'm showing as for low-light performance these are not pretty pictures at all but I had taken photos and very low light to stretch the cameras performance now still doesn't perform as well my samsung s A+ in ultra low light areas I noticed the Motorola would decrease sharpness significantly to compensate for noise also it does have trouble balancing bright light sources and the low-light areas with blowing out the color white in photos now that's capable and the quality at times isn't too far off but the Samsung remain consistent every time in those dark areas all right so enough about the camera we've seen the unique features from Motorola like the flashlight turning on with a chop to twisting your wrist or turn on the camera we've seen the motor mounts which were very unique but jumping over to phone use I'll place these specs on your screen for your convenience please pause the video if you like the details the displayed comes in at 5.5 inches with a 2560 by 1440 display the image scrape the picture quality is sharp and the colors do pop if you're not comparing this to any other phone and you're wanting to get this there's nothing wrong with the display in my opinion now for those who are dat picky or a heavy into specs a side by side again with my s8 plus this Samsung is brighter and that helps a good bit and making the image just pop out at you also I noticed that there is of more of an orange tint and warmer tones overall with easy to force now as for performance the z2 force has the same processor that most other flagship phones have that's a Snapdragon 835 phones these days honestly performs well with nearly everything you throw at it some games may load faster than older processors and some apps may load faster for you as well but in general the z2 force performs with no issues that I've personally encountered so in the end here I want you guys to comment down below tell me what you think about this film personally there's a lot of pros but there's also some cons that I think might deter some people from buying again I'm Jimmy with Jim's reviewer and I'm here to help you make that purchase decision you guys take care and I'll see you on the next one bye