Gadgetory

so as you can tell I have the brand new moto z2 force in front of me this in fact is my first look at any moto mod capable Motorola device so I'm kind of excited about that but on top of that this guy here packs the latest from Snapdragon 835 one of the unknown features or at least something that isn't commonly discussed is the gigabit LTE capabilities of that processor so for this video I partnered up with Snapdragon to go a little bit more in depth about what gigabit LTE might mean for you in either the Moto z2 force or another smartphone that features it we are looking at the 64 gigabyte super black version but this unit does feature expandable storage so theoretically up to 2 terabytes in the microSD slot so there it is motorola is stating that this display right here is shatterproof not resistant proof and they've done a number of displays and presentations where they're dropping the thing slamming the thing and they can't smash the screen so that's pretty cool so there's the device very thin in fact Jack can pick that up for you there fingerprint sensor on the front as you could sell USB type-c with quick charge also over on the side here we have volume up/down and a power switch now this is something that also goes overlooked this textured power switch is something that I appreciate when you reach down in your pocket you can immediately differentiate between the power and lock switch and the volume rockers you don't even need to look at the device you can just tell by touch I'm a big fan of that the SIM card tray is up on the top here there's a dual lens system capable of a monochrome mode or a portrait mode so you can blur the background and get the effect of a large aperture from traditional photography or an interchangeable lens system now this is the fancy part right here it's these pins this connector at the bottom that allows you to just slap moto mods on to the back so whether that's the battery expansion or the 360 camera that I mentioned earlier as far as I know they're one of the only manufacturers with a system like it USBC to traditional USB whoa hello there it's super light especially for something that's mostly metallic I think part of that has to do with the fact that the display this shatterproof display is actually made out of a special plastic rather than glass you have the 1440p display I believe this is their first device with a dual land system built in the thing that still sets this apart from the other phones that are on the market is the expansion through moto mods it's that childhood dream of the modular smartphone there's everything from camera attachments to projectors and I've even got a couple of them over here it's a battery expansion it just clips on right like this oh look at that you've just added extra battery it's magnetic and it speaks to the device through this pin system on the bottom now power is cool but not as cool as sound this is a lot more sound for your device fits on just like that now you can pop out the kickstand and turn up the volume so there is a kickstand on the back you can basically stand it like that now first I'd like to test the audio without the sound pack on I didn't even realize this the speaker for this device is up where the earpiece is same song let's slap this guy on and see what happens okay now the cool thing here is that previous generation mods even work with new equipment so presumably the next version of this device would still be functional with these mods with newer mods and so on you just shake your hand like this to switch between the forward and rear-facing camera that's kind of cool kaboom and now one of the things with this dual lens system is it features a monochrome sensor so if I flip over to black and white it's gonna give me a more true black and white look with more contrast it's a much cleaner looking black and white as well is that slick or what that's artistic that's borderline artistic so these two cameras can be used independently like that for the monochrome aspect or together these two lenses can work in conjunction to give you this portrait effect they're calling it depth enabled and I grab my focus where I want it the background is far more blurry than on this frame here like look at these chairs over here and the background all the way down to there is still in focus if I flip over to the portrait style you can see how much softer the elements in the back are and of course it wouldn't be a phone unboxing video without a wonderful selfie of yours truly here we go three two one so there you go that's my moment right there doo doo doo doo doo doo yeah and obviously you're dealing with the latest from snapdragon here and i told you at the beginning of this video that was gonna talk a little bit about gigabit LTE this of course is the fastest connection type that you can currently have to your smartphone from your cell tower you got extra antennas in here so even if you're in a busy spot or a spot where you don't get the best service or place where you can take advantage of all that extra bandwidth it's gonna happen right in here so that means multimedia I mean streaming it means VR potentially 360 video anything that's bandwidth intensive that you are now doing on your smartphone you want the best connectivity you can get and currently this is where it's at so there you have it the Moto Z 2 with the Moto mod and the latest from Snapdragon packed inside if you want to learn anything more about that chip be sure to click the link down in the description thanks to Qualcomm for partnering up on this video