The Moto Z is unlike any other smartphone you can buy today, with a frame barely 5mm thick and slap-on “mods” that give it crazy capabilities. It also carries a fascinating legacy. In 2013, Motorola introduced a small, modest mobile that tried to redefine what a smartphone should be, and it called it the “Moto X.” The next few years would see the company gradually abandon most of the principles it laid down with that first phone, making the X bigger and more powerful to better battle the Galaxy-class competition from Samsung. For 2016 Motorola (having been sold by Google to Lenovo and renamed “Moto”) has taken its flagship smartphone so far afield of its origins that it isn’t even an “X” anymore – a move equal parts promotion and demotion. I’m Michael Fisher, and this is MrMobile’s Moto Z Droid Edition Review.
MrMobile’s Moto Z Review was based on six days’ trial of a Moto Z Droid Edition review device on loan from Motorola/Verizon Wireless. The Moto Z Droid Edition was not paired to a wearable for this review. Test areas included the North Fork of Long Island, New York; Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor; and Greater Boston, Massachusetts.
Once upon a time, Windows Phone was a family of trailblazing smartphones with a style you couldn’t find anywhere else – and the device in this video is the last remnant of that bold era. Fans would have called it the Lumia 1030, perhaps, but when it was canceled in July 2014 it hadn’t even gotten past the codename phase. This is the Windows Phone that never was: the Nokia McLaren. Join Michael Fisher [MrMobile] for his Nokia McLaren hands-on … and then check out the deep dive Nokia McLaren review at Windows Central!
awesome team;
Dylan Steinberg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUBgWmjSAJZFzGnClTgYNrg
John Komar www.kinarf.com
Kyle Thrash https://vimeo.com/kylethrash
Dillon J. Fleharty http://www.dillonjfleharty.com/
[UPDATE] Good news! The full MrMobile review of the Moto Z Droid Edition is now available, and it’s a doozy! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmLU1aiqOL4
I know, I know … you’ve seen this before. But when Lenovo rolled out the Moto Z in San Francisco last month, the only people who saw “Moto Z Hands On” from MrMobile were my Facebook friends. And while I *do* recommend you follow me on Facebook (ahem), this is one smartphone that deserves a proper video treatment for a first impression. I’m Michael Fisher and this is a quick Moto Z Droid Edition Hands On, featuring the Moto Z Droid Edition AND the Moto Z Force Droid Edition!
This video was produced after two hours of Moto Z hands-on time at a Verizon Wireless/Lenovo event in New York City, during which MrMobile received a Moto Z Droid Edition and Moto Z Force Droid Edition on loan for review. A full review is forthcoming.
Last week, I took you on a tour of MrMobile’s Everyday Carry … but I failed to mention how I tote all that tech around town. So what’s the best gadget bag for packing all that loot? Well, sometimes -and especially in the summer- the best gadget bag is no bag at all. I put together a four-piece summer ensemble from SCOTTeVEST, the pocket-obsessed clothier, and tried my best to go sans-bag for a whole week. Join MrMobile to see how that experiment went down.
This video was produced after a week of evaluating four clothing items on loan from SCOTTeVEST. This included two wash cycles in standard household laundry machines. No promotional consideration was paid by SCOTTeVEST for this video.
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SCOTTeVEST Featherweight Vest (Men’s):
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