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

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

Watch the unboxing video and initial impressions of Moto Z4

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As per the unboxing video, the handset is made up of an aluminium build. The display features teardrop notch design. The back consists of a single rear camera. Although the user was impressed with the handset in his initial impressions, he said that the 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 the user. Also, since the user got his hands on the device even before the launch, we suggest you wait for the 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 storage that is expandable up to 2TB with microSD. Moto Z4 runs Android 9 Pie out-of-the-box. Powering the handset is Qualcomm's Snapdragon 675 Octa-core processor and Adreno 608 GPU for graphics. As per the listing, Moto Z4 comes pre-installed with certain Amazon apps like Amazon Shopping, Amazon Music, Audible and Amazon Alexa voice assistant.

"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 the news or check the weather wherever you are. Just ask- and Alexa will respond instantly," the product description on Amazon read.