Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Motorola’s first flagship smartphone for 2017 is here. The Lenovo subsidiary has announced the Moto Z2 Force at an event in New York moments ago. The Z2 Force will take on the flagship phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S8, LG G6, HTC U11, and OnePlus 5. And it carries a premium price tag.

Motorola has upped the ante with the Z2 Force, and it’s also the brand’s first dual camera smartphone. The Z2 Force, at the moment, has launched in the US, while the other countries launch is unknown for now. The US version of the Z2 Force is priced at $720, which dubs to Rs. 46,800, which surely is a premium price tag considering Motorola pricing strategy in the past.
The highlights of the phone include the Shattershied display, dual cameras, Moto Mod support, and of course, thinner form factor. Like last year’s Moto Z Force, the Moto Z2 Force uses a 5.5-inch Quad HD panel, which also has a Shatterproof coating on top. This necessarily means that the display is unbreakable with day-to-day slip outs from our hand.
The Z2 Force also becomes the brand’s first ever dual camera smartphone. Motorola has added two 12MP sensors at the back of the phone. One sensor captures RGB shots, while the other sensor captures dedicated Monochrome images. Furthermore, Motorola also included a portrait mode on the phone, which adds bokeh effect to the images, similar to the Apple iPhone 7 Plus. However, the 5MP front-facing camera is still a letdown in 2017.