Moto Z2 Force : Drop as much as you want, this smartphone won’t break

Durable build, top-tier innards and compatibility with MotoMods make the Moto Z2 Force a power-packed smartphone and a rival to OnePlus 5T, Nokia 8 and Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 in sub-Rs 35,000 price segment.

Technology News : The mid-tier flagship segment in India’s smartphone market is a rather unchartered territory – for want of competition, OnePlus has had a free run here with its feature-rich smartphones with top-tier specifications. However, the new Moto Z2 Force, from the house of Lenovo-owned Motorola, looks set to end that monopoly.

With top-tier innards, packed inside a premium shell made of premium 7000-series aluminium, the Moto Z2 Force has a metal unibody back that looks plush. But the protruding camera, 16-pin connector for MotoMods and grey antenna lines on edges look a little out of place.

The front is dominated by a 5.5-inch quadHD plastic-OLED screen covered by a shatterproof five-layer glass that is durable enough to take accidental hits without any damage to the screen. However, the flip side of having plastic properties covering the protection glass is that the smartphone scratches easily. For a 2018 flagship, the phone features an outdated 16:9 aspect ratio screen, which leaves huge bezels on the top and bottom.

There is a fingerprint scanner placed in the bottom bezel area. It supports gesture-based navigation and actions but does not work as a default home button. What this means is that the fingerprint scanner button can be tweaked to trigger certain actions like twist for the camera, slide for flashlight, etc, but it does not bring you back to home screen like other smartphones.

Coming to the operating system and user interface, the Moto Z2 Force boots Android 8.0 Oreo out-of-the-box with no bloatware installed.

The user interface offers vanilla Android experience, which is smooth throughout and shows no sign of lag or stutter, thanks to a proper optimisation.

The Z2 Force features Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 system-on-chip (SoC), coupled with 6GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. There is a dual hybrid SIM slot, which supports microSD card up to 2TB.

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