Gadgetory

all right let's jump in we have two phones in a bunch of accessories to check out motorola has well outfitted this review package for the Moto Z and the z4 s and unlike some other modular phones which we won't mention we can jump right into showing you the initial batch of Moto mod add-ons I'm taking a quick look at what's in the Moto Z box we've got the phone of course which I almost dropped that's awesome moto includes a woodgrain backplate which is a nice touch we got some papers which I'll totally read after I'm done with this video there's a turbocharger though it's important to note that the cable is built-in and there is no separate USBC cable in the box for folks who connect to their phones to computers and as these Moto's lack headphone jacks we get a headphone adapter that plugs into the USB port this handy little strap also helps keep your headphones connected to the adapter though it does add a little bit of bulk and cracking through the z-force box I almost dropped this phone - and it's outfitted almost exactly the same as its leaner brother alongside the phone's we have the to me battery back the Lenovo projector and the JBL speaker back a plus Verizon also sent along this handy carry case to keep all of your moto mods well organized nice touch there walking around the phone Hardware little has changed since the lenovo tech world unveiling event but moving to a dark front face keeps the overall appearance cleaner than the dots and sensors we saw on the white panel moto Z these are sleek and well-built phones these devices share largely the same overall platform similar internal specs though the z4 s includes the shatter resistant display a higher resolution camera and a significantly larger battery it's thicker and taller but moto engineers have done something really clever with the tapers here sliding to the rear of the phone these line back up with the dimensions of the regular moto Z so the two can share the same moto mods this might mean future Motorola's won't be constrained to exactly the same dimensions so long as the camera is the same shape and same distance from the bottom pins this is very clever very early impressions these phones feel nice in the hand the using at least a mod backplate will probably be the norm I just don't see us using these phones naked and we'd probably want to keep those pins clean on the bottom the side buttons are clicky but there's not a lot to delineate the feel between the power and the volume buttons the fingerprint sensor is a touch on the small side but it is a quick performer like we mentioned on the Moto G however it feels strange to use this hardware to turn the phone on and not have it also double as a home button the long press on the sensor turns the phone back off I'm not used to that at all it's not bad but it's really unfamiliar bottom of the phone is home to the u.s. PC port top of the phone holds a micro SD and SIM card tray the back of the phone is home to the camera bulge up top and Moto mod pins at the bottom the front face holds the 5.5 inch quad HD AMOLED display with a 5 megapixel front-facing camera that also has its own flash the first boot happens radically fast it would probably jump even quicker wear it not for this Verizon intro and the center process is reasonably smooth though there are a lot of Verizon add-on menus before dumping you into your home screens I also find it a bit disappointing that the phone will finish the initial setup on LTE and that it never asked me to sign in to my home Wi-Fi Verizon must really need me to use their data and of course there's quite a bit of value-added software pre-installed caller ID Verizon cloud a gems game Empire game whatever this is hotels.com message + NFL mobile slacker Verizon Navigator and Verizon protect and most of these can be disabled otherwise we have a pretty clean moto style build of almost stock Android I actually wish we had a few more options to play with as the home screens are pretty stark I accidentally left on the option to add icons to the homescreen installing apps but NBD we can just delete these home screens but no we can't there's no way to change the grid size it's just a 4 by 4 grid of 16 even though 5 icons look just fine below in this dock maybe if we remove the Google search nope that just stays up there as empty space and our main home screen is always the leftmost screen so I'll probably be installing Nova Launcher to replace this a quick look at the moto mods this connection method is very sick your magnet snapped the mod to the phone and a little pin here helps lock the mod in place there's a tiny bit of wiggle but it holds together very well and easily supports the weight of the phone for mods that contain their own batteries we have power indicators that allow you to see the capacity of the mod without having to snap it onto your phone and the JPL speaker also has a handy USB port to charge the mod directly a hardware option we hope to see on more mods in the future the install action here is instant snap the mod on the phone chimes and it's ready to go no hardware swaps battery poles or resets required this really does feel like the first proper joint venture between motorola and Lenovo and the Moto Z's give off a stellar first impression how do these to perform in real-world conditions what's the difference in camera performance or battery life and what exactly do these mods really bring to the table well you'll just have to stay tuned for our future Moto Z coverage full reviews on all of this gear are coming soon as always thanks so much for watching be sure to subscribe to this channel for our future Moto Z coverage and hit that thumbs up button for a little extra positive reinforcement for pocket now I'm Juan Carlos now some gadget guy on Twitter and Instagram and I will catch you all on the next video