El anuncio del Moto Z aporta una nueva visión de los módulos

El Moto Z, fugas en la nomenclatura de patentes (que también fue confirmado por un conocido filtrador) y en algunas fotos, is now official. Motorola and Lenovo unveiled the new flagship yesterday, in San Francisco (as the leaked poster indicated). The device itself features typical 2016 high-end specs: a 5.5-inch, Quad HD AMOLED display (2,560 x 1,440p), a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM, Turbo charging (Motorola’s take on fast charging), with a 21MP back camera, laser autofocus, and OIS (optical image stabilization).

There was nothing on the specs end to impress, apart from the fact that these Moto Z specs are standard for this year, but the company intended to make a bigger splash elsewhere. Yes, Motorola took yet another page out of LG’s playbook and decided to introduce its own take on the modular arena — with accessories that “snap” onto the back of the device without having to take out your battery, pop it back in, and then reconnect a piece of the bottom of the phone. Motorola calls these modular attachments “MotoMods,” and the company showed us a few that will be available as soon as the Moto Z launches: an InstaShare Projector with an additional in-built battery that lets you use the Projector for 1 hour before your phone battery starts draining, a JBL audio speaker boost/kickstand that lets you sit your phone on any flat surface and provides up to 10 hours of battery life, and a Power Pack that provides additional battery life. There’ll be other MotoMods available, but we won’t see them until this summer, according to the company. Summer’s almost here, so it might be July at the earliest before anyone sees them.

At any rate, we don’t have word on the pricing of these MotoMods, and we don’t have word on the pricing of the Z smartphone. Alongside of the Moto Z, Motorola and Lenovo unveiled the Moto Z Force, a device that has a shattershield, shatter-resistant display that makes for one rugged smartphone. Interestingly enough, the Moto Z Force has a 3,600mAh battery (far higher than the 2,600mAh battery of the Moto Z) but lacks water and dust resistance — which would have made the Moto Z Force a top contender against Samsung’s newly-announced Galaxy S7 Active.

Ashton Kutcher hizo su aparición en el anuncio de los Z y Z Force para hablar de los MotoMods y del Programa para Desarrolladores MotoMods, por el que los desarrolladores podrán crear módulos y el mejor diseño de módulo dará lugar a un premio de $1 millones para el afortunado desarrollador. Motorola, como en el caso de LG, necesitará el apoyo de los desarrolladores para hacerlo realidad. LG ha tenido pocos módulos más allá de los básicos disponibles, por lo que Motorola podría superar a LG también en este ámbito (no sólo en el diseño de hardware).

These new devices will be available this summer, with the Z and Z Force being Verizon exclusives in the US before other carriers get them. Unfortunately, the Z and Z Force’s exclusivity with Verizon means that carriers like Sprint or US Cellular may not ever see the devices, since Motorola intends to make unlocked smartphones (but these only work with GSM carriers AT&T and T-Mobile). These other carriers could still get them, though, but we’ll have to wait to find out more.

En este punto, muchas variables están en el aire, pero puedes echar un vistazo a las fotos del anuncio a continuación. Tienes pensado hacerte con el Moto Z o el Moto Z Force?

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