Lenovo is ready to bring its phones under the Motorola brand name to Pakistan, officially. These phones are not just any phones, two of them belong to Motorola’s Moto Z Series.

The sets are estimated to be priced Moto Z and Z Play at Rs.75,000, Rs.45,000, and Moto M will be somewhere around Rs.31,000 respectively, considering their international value (prices may vary depending on many factors in future).

Lenovo officials, the Moto Z, Moto Z Play and Moto M are going to debut in Pakistan officially, a tentative release date of February 2017 has been given for the release of these 3 phones.

Moto Z

(Also known as Motorola Moto Z Droid)



Specifications & Features

NETWORK Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2016, June
Status Available. Released 2016, September
BODY Dimensions 153.3 x 75.3 x 5.2 mm (6.04 x 2.96 x 0.20 in)
Weight 136 g (4.80 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM
DISPLAY Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches (~72.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (~535 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
PLATFORM OS Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to v7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820
CPU Quad-core (2×2.15 GHz Kryo & 2×1.6 GHz Kryo)
GPU Adreno 530
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
CAMERA Primary 13 MP, f/1.8, laser autofocus, OIS, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR
Secondary 5 MP, f/2.2, 1.4 µm pixel size, LED flash, 1080p
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
– 3.5 mm to USB-C headphone adapter incl.
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes
Radio FM radio
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go; magnetic connector
FEATURES Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
– Fast battery charging
– MP3/AAC+/WAV/Flac player
– MP4/H.264 player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery
MISC Colors Black/Gray, Black/Rose Gold, Black/Gold, White
TESTS Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 5566 / Basemark X: 36322
Loudspeaker Voice 64dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 81dB
Audio quality Noise -93.6dB / Crosstalk -93.6dB
Battery life
Endurance rating 53h

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Moto Z Play

NETWORK Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2016, August
Status Available. Released 2016, September
BODY Dimensions 156.4 x 76.4 x 7 mm (6.16 x 3.01 x 0.28 in)
Weight 165 g (5.82 oz)
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
– Splash and dust resistant
DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches (~69.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (~403 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
PLATFORM OS Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow), planned upgrade to v7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625
CPU Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 506
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB
Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
CAMERA Primary 16 MP, f/2.0, phase detection and laser autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, check quality
Features 1.3 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, check quality
Secondary 5 MP, f/2.2, 1.4 µm pixel size, LED flash, 1080p
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
Radio FM radio
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, magnetic connector
FEATURES Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
– MP3/AAC+/WAV/Flac player
– MP4/H.264 player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 3510 mAh battery
MISC Colors Black, White
Price group 8/10
TESTS Performance Basemark OS II: 1226 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 1031
Basemark X: 10401
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.526 (sunlight)
Camera Photo / Video
Audio quality Noise-93.0dB / Crosstalk -93.8dB
Battery life
Endurance rating 100h

Moto M

NETWORK Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2016, November
Status Available. Released 2016, November
BODY Dimensions 151.4 x 75.4 x 7.9 mm (5.96 x 2.97 x 0.31 in)
Weight 163 g (5.75 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
DISPLAY Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches (~73.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
PLATFORM OS Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Chipset Mediatek Helio P10
Mediatek Helio P15 – India
CPU Octa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
Octa-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 – India
GPU Mali-T860MP2
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal 32 GB, 3 RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
CAMERA Primary 16 MP, f/2.0, phase detection autofocus, LED flash
Features 1 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, Auto-HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps
Secondary 8 MP, 1/4″ sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
– Dolby Atmos audio enhancement
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio To be confirmed
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
FEATURES Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
– Fast battery charging
– MP3/AAC+/WAV/Flac player
– MP4/H.264 player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Po 3050 mAh battery
MISC Colors Gold, Gray, Silver
Price group 6/10

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