Moto Z4 Unveiled With Snapdragon 675 SoC & 48MP Rear Camera

Karamchand Rameshwar - May 30, 2019

Motorola finally unveils the Moto Z4, which is the successor to last year's Moto Z3. It comes with a downgraded Snapdragon 675 SoC and a single 48MP camera on the rear.

Today, Lenovo-owned Motorola unveiled the Moto Z4, which is the successor to the Moto Z3 that launched last year. The handset comes with mid-range specifications showing that the brand doesn’t offer flagship devices in its Moto Z series anymore.

Even though the Moto Z3 came with the powerful Snapdragon 835 SoC, the Moto Z4 has a downgrade in the processor as it is only equipped with a mid-range Snapdragon 675 SoC. Both of the phones have the same RAM. However, while the Moto Z3 boasts a dual rear camera setup, Moto only packs its successor a single camera on the rear.

Moto Z4: Price

You can buy the sole variant of the Moto Z4 with 4GB RAM and 128GB of storage for $ 499 (around Rs. 34,800) and you can also purchase a 5G mod from Big Red for $199.99 (around Rs. 14,000). It is available in Flash Grey and Frost White color variants.

If you are a US citizen and you don’t want to pay $499, you can still buy the phone in installments. You can also get the phone by paying $20.83 (around Rs. 1,453) for 24 months.

Moto Z4: Specs & Features

The handset sports a 6.39-inch FHD+ OLED panel with a 19:9 aspect ratio and a screen-to-body ratio of 85 percent. Under the hood, it is powered by the mid-range Snapdragon 675 octa-core processor, paired with an Adreno 608, 4GB RAM, and 128GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 512GB via a microSD card slot. For security, it has an on-display fingerprint reader and supports Face Unlock feature. For software, it ships with Android 9.0 Pie out of the box. Fueling the phone is a 3,600 mAh battery with a 15W TurboPower charger included.

Moving to the camera department, the phone sports a single 48MP camera that uses Quad Pixel tech. The camera has an aperture of f/1.7, 1.6um pixels, PDAF, OIS, later autofocus, and CCT dual-LED flash. On the front, there is a 25MP selfie camera with an aperture of f/2.0 and 0.9um pixels. While the rear camera can record video up to 4K @30fps, the selfie camera can capture video up to 1080p @ 30fps.