Anyone getting a Moto Z?

[1901Madison]

Is it possible that reviews are embargoed until a certain date?

We don't even know when release date is yet, do we?

 

[benjamminh]

Nope, nor any firm prices.

 

[Clocks]

Is it possible that reviews are embargoed until a certain date?

If there are review units out there then there will be embargoes.

 

[Mike Dee]

Any phone on a carrier gets terrible updates, so that's nothing new. And if you really want quick updates, the only smartphone(s) that doesn't get complaints about slow updates are from GOOGLE. The only half decent unlocked phone that works with Verizon is, other than Google's nexus line, is the ZTE axon 7.

They got worse since Lenovo and left people with a lot of broken promises

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[Veteater]

They got worse since Lenovo and left people with a lot of broken promises

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It is getting better though, because Lenovo now understands what to do with Motorola, and that is to let it operate as a sub company under Lenovo, and keep the things that made Motorola great as well as expand them, like they did with Moto mods. Due to indecision within the company, they couldn't focus on what was important with the phones themselves. A week after the Moto g⁴ plus was released, Motorola released an OTA update to fix the camera UI lag and minor at best overheating issues. And the claimed support of the Moto g⁴ series, and the fact that Motorola said they would continue to use their "Moto Pure" style of Android, with the contextual intelligence, it seems as though Lenovo now has a direction as to what to do with Motorola, and motorola may be back on track when it comes to updating phones to future Android versions within a decently timely manner. Some people are negative about the whole matter, those who don't like change and want everything to stay the same as it was, but I think that this whole Lenovo- Motorola situation is getting better. And I also understand that Motorola had to stay Motorola but evolve at some point.

 

[Aquila]

It is getting better though, because Lenovo now understands what to do with Motorola, and that is to let it operate as a sub company under Lenovo, and keep the things that made Motorola great as well as expand them, like they did with Moto mods. Due to indecision within the company, they couldn't focus on what was important with the phones themselves. A week after the Moto g⁴ plus was released, Motorola released an OTA update to fix the camera UI lag and minor at best overheating issues. And the claimed support of the Moto g⁴ series, and the fact that Motorola said they would continue to use their "Moto Pure" style of Android, with the contextual intelligence, it seems as though Lenovo now has a direction as to what to do with Motorola, and motorola may be back on track when it comes to updating phones to future Android versions within a decently timely manner. Some people are negative about the whole matter, those who don't like change and want everything to stay the same as it was, but I think that this whole Lenovo- Motorola situation is getting better. And I also understand that Motorola had to stay Motorola but evolve at some point.

I sincerely hope you're right about all of this. Moto was my favorite OEM by a long ways and now they're not my least favorite, but they're making it hard to trust them at all.

 

[J Dubbs]

The Moto Z is just Lenovo trying another angle to sell more hardware. That's the reason the battery is smaller, they WANT you to at LEAST buy the battery mod for it...that was even mentioned at the intro. The Z isn't really much of an upgrade at all spec wise from the Pure......it just has the ability to stick expensive, bulky, questionable "mods" on the back.
I don't see it fitting into the current smartphone mindset well at all, except for the diehard gadget lovers with money to burn, and a backpack to carry the phone and mods in

 

[Aquila]

The Moto Z is just Lenovo trying another angle to sell more hardware. That's the reason the battery is smaller, they WANT you to at LEAST buy the battery mod for it...that was even mentioned at the intro. The Z isn't really much of an upgrade at all spec wise from the Pure......it just has the ability to stick expensive, bulky, questionable "mods" on the back.
I don't see it fitting into the current smartphone mindset well at all, except for the diehard gadget lovers with money to burn, and a backpack to carry the phone and mods in

I'm sorta with you but I've been one of the people wanting to have a high quality camera experience without carrying a DSLR with me. I didn't pull the trigger on the Sony QX100 because most of the reading and video watching I did suggested the experience sucked. But the camera is the mod I'd be most likely to buy because it potentially answers a need that I feel is missing from mobile. If Moto and partners did a good job on that one mod, and people enjoy it and buy it and the sales are strong enough for them to continue production next year - that's a win for mobile, even if I'm not personally in love with this device.

 

[J Dubbs]

Re: Anyone getting one?

Agreed... Motorola was great....Motorola Mobility was good....Google was great with updates.....Lenovo sucks at updates and keeping their word at future updates. After the broke their promise to update, they gave shafted owners 100 dollars off the price of a new Turbo 2 but you had to buy direct.....big deal....no thanks

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My Moto X Pure will be my last Motorola...

 

[Laura Knotek]

Re: Anyone getting one?

The Moto Z is just Lenovo trying another angle to sell more hardware. That's the reason the battery is smaller, they WANT you to at LEAST buy the battery mod for it...that was even mentioned at the intro. The Z isn't really much of an upgrade at all spec wise from the Pure......it just has the ability to stick expensive, bulky, questionable "mods" on the back.
I don't see it fitting into the current smartphone mindset well at all, except for the diehard gadget lovers with money to burn, and a backpack to carry the phone and mods in

I agree.

My Moto X Pure will be my last Motorola...

That is the same in my case.

 

[benjamminh]

There are fewer things that I'm happy about with Moto, but still enough that the X Pure will likely not be my last Moto. I don't like Samsung and I don't root so Nexus isn't all that.

 

[sharkita]

Re: Anyone getting one?

My Moto X Pure will be my last Motorola...

I love my Pure and have no desire to get the Z - just not my cup of tea - but I sincerely believe there's another Moto or two or three in my future.

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[Laura Knotek]

There are fewer things that I'm happy about with Moto, but still enough that the X Pure will likely not be my last Moto. I don't like Samsung and I don't root so Nexus isn't all that.

I have no reason to root anymore, but my next device will be a Nexus so that it will get monthly updates.

 

[Aquila]

I'm not 100% sure if I'll get the Z, I want to play with it and see if I'm totally wrong about it. If I don't, I don't think my Pure will have been my last. At least I don't want it to have been.

 

[Mike Dee]

My last Moto was a Droid Maxx, after they reneged on lollipop and only offered 100 towards a new turbo 2 or Maxx 2 I just had to say goodbye. Good deal on the Pure right now with free 360 sport watch, but just not for me.

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[Mike Dee]

I have no reason to root anymore, but my next device will be a Nexus so that it will get monthly updates.

If I could get visual voicemail and WiFi calling on Verizon with a Nexus I would go that route but for now ill stick with my LG G5

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[Ed Briggs]

Re: Anyone getting one?

We are the minority.

Absolutely. Ask anyone what version of Android they're using and I bet most couldn't tell you. The relatively few people on here that are not going to buy the Z will hardly affect sales. The blind masses will happily snap up this phone after going into a Verizon store and being shmoozed into buying it.

 

[J Dubbs]

I'm not 100% sure if I'll get the Z, I want to play with it and see if I'm totally wrong about it. If I don't, I don't think my Pure will have been my last. At least I don't want it to have been.

There's nothing wrong with being curious and trying something out I think folks like you might be the market for the Z.....I'm just not sure how the mainstream will react. Lenovo did say they were continuing the X line as well.....maybe they're hedging their bets

 

[Veteater]

Absolutely. Ask anyone what version of Android they're using and I bet most couldn't tell you. The relatively few people on here that are not going to buy the Z will hardly affect sales. The blind masses will happily snap up this phone after going into a Verizon store and being shmoozed into buying it.

#sotrue

 

[Bankz111]

People are ignorant and easily bored these dayz, I'm very sure if you present the regular (tin) Moto Z to the average user and put it side by side with say the galaxy s7 or Htc 10, an average noob will pick the Z in a heart beat, after being bamboozled by the sales rep about the Mods and what they can do along with the tin metalic/steel form factor of the Z..

If not for geeks like us, the Z is quite an easy sell tbh, probably the most easily marketable phone for the average joe.

Once they hear about the prospect that they could have a projector at their finger tips, a hasselblad camera, a JBL speaker, then they're already pretty much begging you to shut up and take their credit card. lol

#omglookwhatmyphonecando