Published 12:04 IST, May 29th 2019

Someone bought Moto Z4 on Amazon even before Motorola could officially announce it

Thanks to Amazon, someone was able to buy Motorola's upcoming Moto Z4 even before the company has formally announced it.

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In an ideal scenario, smartphone devices don't go up on sale without a formal launch anuncement from ir maker. But thanks to Amazon, someone was able to buy Motorola's upcoming Moto Z4 even before company has formally anunced it. At time of publishing this story, Motorola has t me any formal anuncement of Moto Z4. In spite of that, Amazon reportedly jumped gun and briefly listed device on sale. What's more, Amazon also sold handset to a customer who n uploed "an unboxing video" of Moto Z4. Although Amazon's listing has w been taken down, listing p has been cached and remains accessible via archieve.org. As a result, w we kw almost everything about Moto Z4 including its specs and features.

Watch unboxing video and initial impressions of Moto Z4

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As per unboxing video, handset is me up of an aluminium build. display features teardrop tch design. back consists of a single rear camera. Although user was impressed with handset in his initial impressions, he said that software is laggy resulting in animation stutter. 

"I am m getting lag and animation stuttering where I shouldn’t. Camera software is also very buggy with autofocus going haywire when taking photographs of close subjects," said user. Also, since user got his hands on device even before launch, we suggest you wait for reviews post official release.

Leaked specs and features of Moto Z4

Moto Z4 sports a 6.4-inch Full HD+ OLED FullVision display featuring 2,340 x 1,080 resolution, 19:9 aspect ratio and 2.5D Gorilla Glass 3 protection. Inside is 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal stor that is expandable up to 2TB with microSD. Moto Z4 runs Android 9 Pie out-of--box. Powering handset is Qualcomm's Snapdragon 675 Octa-core processor and re 608 GPU for graphics. As per listing, Moto Z4 comes pre-installed with certain Amazon apps like Amazon Shopping, Amazon Music, Audible and Amazon Alexa voice assistant.

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"It's designed around Moto Mods, interchangeable backs that snap onto your smartphone, instantly transforming it into a movie projector, Boom box, battery powerhouse, and more. Simply say “Alexa” to play music, hear news or check wear wherever you are. Just ask- and Alexa will respond instantly," product description on Amazon re.

12:04 IST, May 29th 2019