Verizon Moto Z Force Droid Edition hands-on

Introduction

Lenovo Tech World brought the Moto Z and Moto Z Force to the world stage, now it has teamed up with Verizon to introduce the Droid Edition versions of the two flagships.

Motorola and Verizon lead a successful Droid promo campaign in the early days of Android and deserves a lot of credit for the success of the nascent OS. The partnership is still strong and the US carrier occasionally gets an exclusive version.

For now at least, the Force version of the phone is available in the US only. The Moto Z Force Droid Edition brings a big battery, 3,500mAh while being only slightly thicker - at 7mm it's still impressively thin.

The 5.5" AMOLED screen with QHD resolution also has ShatterShield - two panes of glass make sure the screen doesn't crack when you drop the phone. The regular Moto Z Droid Edition settles for a single Gorilla Glass pane.

Those are the key differences between the two Moto Z Droid Edition phones, you can see why we're eager to get our hands on the Force version.

Moto Z Force Droid Edition at a glance

Body: 7mm with snap on modules
Screen: 5.5" AMOLED, 1,440 x 2,560px resolution (534ppi); ShatterShield
Chipset: Snapdragon 820, quad-core CPU (2x Kryo at 2GHz + 2x Kryo at 1.6GHz), 4GB of RAM, Adreno 530 GPU
Camera: 21MP sensor, optical image stabilization, f/1.8 lens, Laser AF, 2160p @ 30fps video
Selfie cam: 5MP sensor, f/2.2 lens, 1080p video
Battery: 3,500mAh
Misc: Water repellent nano-coating

Moto Z Droid Edition at a glance

Body: 5.2mm with snap on modules
Screen: 5.5" AMOLED, 1,440 x 2,560px resolution (534ppi); Gorilla Glass
Chipset: Snapdragon 820, quad-core CPU (2x Kryo at 2GHz + 2x Kryo at 1.6GHz), 4GB of RAM, Adreno 530 GPU
Camera: 13MP sensor, optical image stabilization, f/1.8 lens, Laser AF, 2160p @ 30fps video
Selfie cam: 5MP sensor, f/2.2 lens, 1080p video
Battery: 2,600mAh
Misc: Water repellent nano-coating