Lenovo has released details of a new Moto Mod device, the Moto 360 Camera for the Moto Z line of smartphones. This camera was announced at a press event in Ghana, West Africa.

The Moto 360 Camera was released at the same event as the Motorola Moto Z, Moto C, Moto E, and Moto G smartphones. The Moto 360 Camera event was largely ignored, perhaps because this was the same day as the OnePlus 5 launch, but the news may well be more significant than we first thought.

The Moto 360 is a 360-degree camera module with two lenses which get attached to the 16-pin magnetic connector present on compatible phones. For now, we don’t have any information regarding the specifications and availability of the Moto 360 Camera module, such as the sensor(s) used. But design-wise, the Moto 360 Camera is not too dissimilar from the Essential Phone PH-1 360-degree camera attachment, and we have to wonder if Motorola was already developing this sort of camera module or if it rushed the design into production because of Andy Rubin’s announcement. If Motorola did design and produce the Moto 360 Camera in the few weeks since the Essential Phone’s May news, this is an impressive indictment of how flexible the Moto Mod technology is.

When Lenovo launched the Motorola Moto Z, one of the device’s highlighting features was the Moto Mod expansion port on the back. The company announced that first generation Moto Mods would be supported for at least two years. This means that customers of the original Motorola Moto Z should be able to benefit from this accessory, and also that the design of the rumored Moto Z2 is not too dissimilar, it too should be compatible.

SOURCE [TechDroider]

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