First Look: Moto Z and Moto Mods

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Francisco - The Lenovo Moto Z was the biggest, most anticipated and leaked announcement here at Lenovo Tech World. The duo of flagship devices, which is composed of the ultra thin Moto Z and the more muscular Moto Z Force (not coming to Canada) represent the cutting edge of smartphone technology today.

What is interesting about the Moto Z is that it is completely different beast from the venerable Moto X line. That remnant from the days that Google owned Motorola Mobility, did provide a lot of the foundation for what the Moto Z has to offer.

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Video: Here's how Moto Z's Moto Mods work

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Francisco- The ultra-sleek Moto Z is only half the story for Lenovo, the Moto Mods accessories range from different coloured backplates to rechargeable batteries, a pico projector, JBL speakers and even charging attachment to expand functionality.

More importantly, Lenovo is releasing an SDK for developers and partners to create motomods. Currently on board are Incipio, Tumi, Vivienne Tam, Kate Spade and others who will create dynamic add ons for the Moto Z when it ships in the fall.

Lenovo launches Moto Z and MotoZ Force smartphones and motomods modules

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Francisco- Lenovo has launched its most revolutionary range of smartphones with the thin and sleek Moto Z and the tough Moto Z Force. Also announced here were MotoMods which are magnetic modeluar add-ons that can turn the phones into a projector, a JBL soundboost speaker as well as an extended battery pack with up to 22 hours of battery life. Canada will be getting the Moto Z but not its more robust Moto Z Force, these devices are expected to come in September.

Lenovo believes that smartphones are limited by their size, so offering modular functionality in easy to connect, MotoMods will offer various backplates made from wood, leather, plastic and other finishes. Lenovo has also opened up a motomods developer community for expanding the functionality of the Moto Z. 

Leaked MotoMods reveal a modular future for Moto Z

A recent leak of what look to be add-ons to the upcoming Moto Z flagship reveals some very intriguing possibilities for Lenovo's flagship smartphone offering expansion and functionality via snap-on accessories called MotoMods. Evan Blass revealed the above accessories via Twitter yesterday and these seem to include a battery pack, camera grip with optical zoom and flash, stereo speakers, and pico projector.

We've seen some renders of the rear of the new Moto smartphones which seem to have an array of pogo plug-type dots that will likely be the smart connector equivalent for Motos and Droids. While we're a few weeks away from a proper reveal, it does look like Moto's modular approach is already more elegant and cohesive than LG's. Let's just hope that the MotoMods will be made available soon after the new smartphones come to market, presumably in June.

Source: Evan Blass via 9to5Google