Lenovo announces Moto Mods contest for Moto Z, offer $1 million to winner

Lenovo has only just unveiled their modular Moto Z flagship device at an event in the US. The phone, which features all the expected bells and whistles from a flagship device, offers something more; it’s modular.

LG was the first company to offer a modular flagship with the G5 , but honestly, the implementation was rather tacky. Lenovo’s offering seems more refined, offering connector pins at the back of the device to which you can attach a module of your choosing.

At launch, Lenovo is only offering three modules—a speaker, a battery pack and a projector. That’s not going to cut it however and Lenovo knows that.

To that end, Lenovo has announced a Moto Mods contest with a $1 million incentive to make the best mod yet. To participate, you’ll need to purchase a Moto Z and a Motorola Development Kit (MDK). Interestingly one of the components of the MDK is a board that offers support for Raspberry Pi HAT boards . HAT boards are add-on boards for the Raspberry Pi that can be used to add functionality to the platform. A HAT board is functionally similar to the expansion cards (like graphics cards or SATA cards) for your PC.

Also on offer are so called Personality Cards . These are sample modules for the Moto Z that demonstrate the capabilities of the MDK and also offer insight into building mods.

So what are you waiting for? Get modding!