The Moto Z4 (stylized as Moto z⁴ by Motorola) is an Android

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developed by

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, as the successor to the

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and Moto Z3 Play. It was released in May 2019, and made available in June.

Specifications

Hardware

The SD675 SOC is much closer to the SD636 from the Moto Z3 Play than the SD835 from the

. Benchmarks from Cnet shows it beating the Moto Z3 Play, roughly tieing the

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and losing to the

and

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. The front and rear cameras were upgraded compared to the previous models. The rear camera goes from two 12MP to a single 48MP. The front camera goes from 12MP to 25MP. The battery is upsized from the 3000mAh found on the

to 3600mAh. The 3.5mm headphone jack returns after being absent on the

Reception

Cnet scored it a 7 out of 10 while stating "As a budget phone, the Moto Z4 doesn't beat the similarly priced Pixel 3a XL or OnePlus 6T."

References

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