Lenovo & Moto at IFA 2016: Moto Z Play and Yogas hands-on

Introduction

Lenovo is having quite the showing at IFA 2016 too. The Moto Z lineup gets another member - the midrange Moto Z Play, accompanied by a 10x zoom Hasselblad camera True Zoom MotoMod, and there's a couple of new sleek Yoga convertibles (or three, if you count the Yoga Book's Android and Windows versions separately).

Before we move on to our first impressions, the usual rundown of the key specs is in order.

Lenovo Moto Z Play at a glance

• 5.5", Super AMOLED display of 1920x1080 pixels resolution, 403ppi
• Metal frame, glass back, water repellent nano-coating
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 chipset, octa-core 2.0GHz Cortex-A53 CPU; Adreno 506 GPU, 3GB RAM
• Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with Moto Display, Moto Actions and Moto Voice
• 16MP camera with f/2.0 aperture, dual-color LED flash, Laser + PDAF; 4K video recording
• 5MP front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture, Perfect Makeup mode
• 3,510mAh Li-Ion battery
• SIM + microSD card slot combo tray (up to 2TB)
• USB Type-C for charging and data transfer, 3.5mm headphone jack (unlike the other Moto Z's), magnetic connectors on the back for attaching MotoMods

Hasselblad True Zoom MotoMod at a glance

• 12MP Type 1/2.3" BSI CMOS sensor, 1.55 micron pixel size, ISO100-3200
• 10x optical zoom, 25-250mm equivalent focal length, f/3.5-6.5 aperture range
• Optical image stabilization for stills, electronic stabilization for video
• 1080p/30fps video recording
• Xenon flash
• Uses the phone's battery and storage
• Compatible with Moto Z, Moto Z Force, and Moto Z Play

Then there is the Yoga Book, coming in your choice of OS, either Android Marshmallow, or Windows 10 Pro. For this 2 in 1 Lenovo chose to scrap the physical keyboard altogether, for better or worse, and instead go with a touch sensitive pad, which doubles as a virtual keyboard.

Lenovo Yoga Book at a glance

• 10.1" IPS LCD display of 1,920x1,200 pixels resolution, 224ppi
• Metal build, 2 in 1 form factor, capacitive touch sensitive pad, virtual keyboard
• Real Pen stylus, 2048 degrees of pressure
• Intel Atom x5-Z8550 chipset, 2.4GHz quad-core CPU
• Wi-Fi ac, LTE, GPS
• Android 6.0 Marshmallow / Windows 10 Pro
• 8MP main camera, 2MP front-facing camera
• 8,500mAh Li-Po battery
• Thin (9.6mm) and light (690g)

For a more conventional laptop experience there is the Yoga 910 - still fully convertible, but with a proper keyboard instead.

Lenovo Yoga 910 at a glance

• 13.9" IPS LCD display of 3,840x2,160 pixels resolution, 317ppi
• Aluminum body, 2 in 1 form factor, backlit keyboard
• Top configuration with Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD
• Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 4.1
• Up to Windows 10 Pro
• 720p webcam
• 1x USB 3.0 Type-C, 1x USB 2.0 Type-C, 1x USB 3.0, audio combo jack
• Fingerprint reader
• JBL stereo speakers with Dolby Audio Premium
• 1.4kg weight, 8.8mm thick

We'll kick off on the next page with the Moto Z Play and Hasselblad True Zoom Combo, as it's right up our alley, but the Yogas did get a few moments of hands-on time, so we'll share those as well.

• Lenovo Moto Z Play & Hasselblad True Zoom hands-on
• Lenovo Yoga Book & Yoga 910 hands-on