Motorola Moto Z4

A middling Motorola phone.The Moto Z4 is a solid phone at a time in which truly great phones are dominating the $400-$500 smartphone market. If you're already invested in Moto Mods and want a newer phone to pop them onto, then the Moto Z4 may satisfy...

As a budget phone, the Moto Z4 doesn't beat the similarly priced Pixel 3A XL or OnePlus 6T. So unless you're a 5G early adopter (which requires a $349 Mod), or you're already invested in Motorola's Moto Mod ecosystem, skip the Moto...

The Moto Z4 is doubtless the most idiosyncratic mid-tier phone I’ve used. That said, its battery is nothing short of magnificent, and the nearly stock Android experience is a breath of fresh air. Plus, with a few mods, it can easily outclass much of its competition. But whether that’s worth $500 depends on how many compromises you can stomach, like its iffy camera and wonky fingerprint sensor.

There are really only a handful of cases where I'd recommend the Moto Z4. One is if you've got the original Moto Z or one of the older Moto Z Play devices, and you're invested in the Motorola ecosystem. The truth is that if you've got a Moto Z2 Force or...

Something is stirring in the smartphone market. If you've paid attention to trends and news over the last few years, you might have caught it. Flagships are becoming more expensive, and good phones are getting cheap.Motorola has been one of the few...

Motorola is taking yet another turn at its Mod-compatible series with the Moto Z4. As the name clearly indicates, this is the fourth-generation Z device, and with it, Motorola is stepping back and changing gears a bit. Rather than a true flagship...

At full price, the Moto Z4 is a tougher sell. Sure, the battery life is great, and the display is surprisingly good, but I’d be more inclined to buy last year’s OnePlus 6T for a similar price and get faster performance, even better software, and better software support. If you own one of the older Z models and have a stack of Moto Mods looking for a home, the Z4 is the most modern option for you, but the rest of us are better off elsewhere.

Motorola has charted a more iterative cycle of development for its flagship Z series. And while some will certainly lament the lack of a "true" flagship topping the company's portfolio of phones, the Z4 remains a solid — if not awe-inspiring — value in...

Speaking of things that aren't very good, there's no getting around the Moto Z4's lackluster performance. Everywhere you turn, from switching apps to even just typing with the default Gboard, there's intermittent lag all throughout the phone that...