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Modularity Done Right (Moto Z/Force)

2016-07-15
what's going on everyone jon rettinger from technobuffalo here with the hands-on unboxings and first look at two phones that I am really excited about we've got the Moto Z and the Moto G Force we've had a ton of phones come out over the past 6 12 month and all that have been relatively similar we've got modularity with youth is why i'm so excited i think it's modularity done right no removing backs or battery to swap in modules this is all hot swappable stuff so really cool to check these things out there are some differences with the Z and as he forced differences are in battery size in megapixel edge and in a shatterproof screen all the benefits going to the Z Force alright so aside from being modules are few differences here with these phones no 3.5 millimeter headset jack which might be a theme of the rest of the year realized only on us BCS let's start with the droid moto Z this thing is just I mean incredibly thin one of the thinnest smartphones I have held you can see those pins there that is where the mods are going to clip onto so a few other things we've got in the box we've got moto style shell as you can customize look your phone that's really what this device is all about is customizing it so pop that off this snaps on the back if you want to use the modules you have to take your style show off and what this is going to do is get rid of that camera hump on the back end it is a significant a hump and now I've got a wood phone putting this guy up there is the Z Force a little bit thicker but by no means a fat phone expected to be a little bit thicker it's got a bigger battery about 900 million power is bigger actually exactly alright so let's talk first about these moto style mods they are really thick and feel pretty sturdy there's a single magnetic connection point and on the back of these phones where the mods are going to hook up there is a single magnetic connection points and put these things on it's really just simple magnets just snaps right on and that's it i doesn't feel like it's gonna pop off though if you dropped it maybe it would this makes a phone feel about as thick as the force but it does get rid of that pretty significant camera hum so if you're not a fan of dem humps pull these guys on and you'll be to go let's start with the JBL sound boost speaker and supposing we connect all of these mods for the first time to get a little tutorial that will pop up on your phone but we shall see so definitely a different way to do modularity than what LG has done they really look like the at least in theory the way this works since you don't have to remove a battery getting to have to turn the phone off it's big big and thick got an integrated kickstand here too to listen to your tunes let's go ahead pop this thing on and see how it works I mean that's pretty simple it just pops on an ID get notification on here alright so we're rocking to each of videos it's pretty loud volume should be controlled by our entrance for a really affordable price the one pulls to the without your disappointment I don't know that's gonna come through from the microphone button it all sounds really loud the ship we turn that off extremely loud if you're at the beach or just rocking out some friends make a really good option to have the insta share projector this is kind of cool this one motorola made themselves let's see what this guy looks like and it's a the name should be pretty obvious what it does it's a projector built in this is really thin to has a built-in fully adjustable kickstand whoo he's projecting and let's look at the last module they teamed up with a few third parties for battery packs this one is the to me mod and it adds 2200 milliamp hours to your phone so whether you pick up the zia dizzy for some you can conceivably have upwards of 50 500 million hours of battery at your disposal which is pretty cool and it shows up here you're ready to go got it pull us down and it's charging the battery now to ninety-two percent and it is charging from the battery pack so I was a little bit on the fence about modular phone specially with the LG g5 I thought it represented a really cool future but it was a future and certainly not the present i looks like i might be changing my tune though with a motorola and lenovo have done here with the Z and the Z Force it might not be the most attracting to look at those pins if I will take those pins any day of the week so not to swap out a battery to put in any extra modules really cool way to do them surprised how easy and hot swappable everything was but it was just first impressions we're going to view these phones let you know what we think anything you guys want us to test in particular the modules are the phones even the comments down below and please give the video a thumbs up we always appreciate it until next time jon rettinger from technobuffalo
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