SpecEagle review · Motorola

Moto Z2 Force review: Shatterproof flagship with Moto Mods support.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2017·$720
Overall
72/100
Class rank
#46 of 121
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Modular and unbreakable.

Moto Z2 Force combined a shatterproof ShatterShield P-OLED with the magnetic Moto Mods ecosystem — snap-on battery packs, projectors and JBL speakers. The price of its 6.1 mm thinness was a small 2730 mAh battery.

01Display

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 78-point average for flagship phones of 2017.

TypeP-OLED ShatterShield (shatterproof)
Size5.5 inches
Resolution1440 x 2560 px

02Camera

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2017.

Main12 MP color + 12 MP monochrome, f/2.0
Selfie5 MP dual-LED flash
Video4K30

03Performance

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2017 — 12 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 835 (10nm)
GPUAdreno 540

04Battery

58/100

58/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2017 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Capacity2730 mAh
Charging15W TurboPower
ModsBattery, projector, speaker via Moto Mods

05Build

82/100

82/100 puts it above the 78-point average for flagship phones of 2017.

What works
  • ShatterShield screen genuinely survives drops
  • Moto Mods modular accessories
  • Ultra-thin 6.1 mm aluminium body
What doesn't
  • Tiny 2730 mAh battery (thinness over capacity)
  • No 3.5 mm jack
  • Mono speaker
Cross-shop it against
Pixel 2 (2017)
$649 · score 88/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 121-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .