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• chief-worminger - Thursday, July 21, 2016 - link

  Very interested to know if you have received review units as other sites have, and are hoping to review these devices.
  
  I know from an Anandtech perspective, much of the hardware such as the Snapdragon 820 has been covered before, but with MotoMods I'd love to see a mini-review particularly paying attention to the battery life with and without battery mod, sustained and thermal performance with the thin design, display quality (is it as good as Samsung GS7-level AMOLED in efficiency and quality), and a look at the camera performance.

• Matt Humrick - Thursday, July 21, 2016 - link

  I'm working on the Moto Z Droid preview right now actually :) It will cover everything you mentioned except battery life with the Power Pack attached and will post next week.

• chief-worminger - Thursday, July 21, 2016 - link

  I suppose we can extrapolate anyway given that power packs are about 60-80% efficient, so good to hear the review is coming soon. Good luck getting through the final week's grind.

• ImSpartacus - Thursday, July 21, 2016 - link

  Yeah, I'd be interested in that as well. I'm skeptical as to whether it's worth the inherent disadvantages (extra weight/space for magnets and stuff).
  
  I'd almost prefer a sealed phone with just a charging and headphone port and as much battery as humanly possible.
  
  Let's hope pokemon go takes off and causes consumers to demand more battery life.

• close - Friday, July 22, 2016 - link

  Since apparently thinness is all the rage today some people will be ecstatic knowing we're pushing towards razor-blade thin phone with batteries that last a good 30 minutes.
  
  Because (approximate quote) "if you want battery life just put on a battery case".
  
  I think I will skip the $700+ Lenovorola phones.