While Google can feel each leak render and marketing tease pixel 10 like a year old Rerun for the upcoming smartphone launch, appears to appear in the description of the devil. Even separating the general phase of software enhancement – only a few of which have begun to leak – it is clear that Google Does Some of them are hardware tricks, the sleeve is prominent among them Domestic Qi2 supportWhich should bring support for magnetic chargers, wallets, stands and more for every device in the pixel 10 lineup.
If you have made anything new as compared to the iPhone 12-or you are divided to a magsafe-compatible case for all types of Android devices-you already know how great magnetic-based accessories are. We have seen a handful of brands, Including Samsung And immerse your respective toes in the world of OnePlus, Q2 support, but when you realize, the feeling of enthusiasm becomes seriously dull. need To work for one of these cases. Anxle or twoThe Pixel 10 lineup will be the first major Android device to incorporate the magnet array of QI2 within the smartphone itself, with the only sacrifice is a minor (and in my eyes, meaningful) Growth of thickness,
but I want more. See, Google’s decision to reuse the design language from last year’s Pixel 9 lineup comes with some additional capacity, which all four phones have embedded the hidden magnets just below the surface: an idea at the end of the last decade’s tail to bring Motorola back. This is correct, fans of Pixel – this is the time to revive moto mods for Google.
Moto modes felt the way before their time, which is why they did not work
Moto modes, who do not miss, arrived with Moto Z in 2016. Motorola’s one-time major range had some very clever tricks above their sleeves, which is a shocking thin chassis-even with today’s standards-with a magnetic accessory lineup. Unlike previous attempts to design a modular smartphone, Moto Mod was hot-swapable; Whereas LG’s “friend” Open the battery compartment on the required cracking G5, Moto Mods were in many ways, Magsafe and QI2 like goods we know and love today.
In fact, the collapse of Moto Mods was nothing to do with how well they worked, but the range of such product lineup. Motorola only offered the mod-series on the Z-series, with several mainline and spin-off entries released from 2016 to 2019. Initial enthusiasm from the company-including the promise of offering a million dollars for the best third-party modalor-also. Get out by 2018After the last death of Z-series after its fourth-round model from its Chicago-based team.
Frankly, Motorola was a wrong company to know about it. At that time, the company’s biggest success-two serious and commercially-was its budget-friendly G-series. Even after its partition from Google, Motorola was making solid entry-level and midrange smartphones well before the Galaxy A-series and Pixel A-Series. Moto jade and its various followeds were not BadBut it was evident from focusing on compromising with expensive goods and magnetic modular systems.
But there Were A lot of good ideas, especially with modes. Hasselblad developed A point-end-sham-esk camera system Long ago it will partner with OnePlus and Oppo on its respective phone, providing 10X zoom and a real flash. JBL made Add-on speaker At that time, the circle went around any built -in Prasad. Battery pack, game controller, photo printer, and even a projector – Moto Modes produced one Very Among the quiet concepts, even though the entire ecosystem never managed to enter the mainstream.
And this is to say that there is nothing about Motorola’s “styling shells”, which can do something in his home to the moto manufacturer’s happiness. The 5.2 mm chassis of the Moto Z can support the padded additional materials on the back without feeling very heavy, they can eliminate the need for a case for many users, distributing the initial spirit of those fashion-forward vibes.
If anything, I think the inability to score the success of any mainstream of any mainstream of moto modes actually boils for time. The original Moto Z sent a year before iPhone X, Galaxy S8, and Pixel 2 XL Promised to support for at least two additional generationsBy the end of the Z-series, the company’s equipment was practically seen in the market in a wildly dated to any other smartphone, to say that whenever no mod was in active use, nothing about a thumb (quite ugly) pogo pin in a throat.
A good idea was poorly executed, in other words – and this is the same where Google can pounce on taking pieces.
Google can do well on the promise of moto mods – even if it is not a right entertainment
Pixel 10 lineup seems tailor-made for a Moto Mods-style reboot. Obviously, this built-in magnets have been found, as the original Moto Z was near Z. It is a luxurious, memorable name in “pixelsnap”, a one that should include various alternative first-sided items in addition to every third-party Magsef/QI2 accessory on the market. And instead of starting with a fully fresh smartphone chain, Google is making this support directly in its entire 2025 flagship lineup, practically guarantees to pay more attention than moto modes.
But for me, the largest factor is the design of Pixel 10. Leaks and tees are equally shown that Google showed reuses last year’s design, completed with a single repayment, the camera bump, when combined with magnets, is surprisingly reminiscent of Moto Z. The phone chain used its big, circular camera collision, used to help keep the goods, some easily Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro, 10 Pro, 10 Pr. Google has got a lot of new colors, but I would love to see a series of first-sided shell-tip add-on to give me a little more privatization.
It seems, like a match in heaven. Nevertheless, I am not showing that there are no clear drawbacks here, both are compared to the moto modes. And How to play something similar with Pixel 10.
First, design. The entire Pixel 10 series, before the pixel 9 lineup, is very chunky. Connecting on a magnetic backplate can not be equally larger than any random case with Amazon, it’s going to be yellow compared to a chassis, so smooth, OEM Today are building “Ultra-Slim” phone that still cannot competeA magnetic shell flush with the camera bar will make the entire device more than 12 mm thicker, and it can be far away for those of us who live a calease lifestyle.
Second, we do not fully know how pixelsnap works at the moment when pixel hardware is paired with a magnetic accessory. Magsafe supports some communication between different accessories through NFC, but it is far from Pogo PIN implementation on Moto Z. Say what you will do about its appearance, but one of the reasons is that Pogo PIN is still dependent on this day for goods like tablet keyboard. I think we could safely say some best Moto Mod Accessories – Projector, Game Controller, etc. – just could not work through a magnetic connection on our own.
But it still leaves a lot of space for Google and third party partners, which actually innovate some excited goods. Build a hybrid power bank-meat-blutooth speaker that fully aligns with the size of the pixel 10 and 10 Pro. Or Pixel 10 Pro XL. Design a wallet add-on that feels that it is part of the design of the device, rather than stretched from behind. Pay Crazy Slider QWERTY Keyboard Just because you Be able to doHell, even just style shell-like back cover pixels will have a worthy effort to feel slightly more adaptable than previous years.
While I suspect that we will ever see Moto Modes walking in life with the same kind of amazing ability, Pixel 10 definitely feels like the right time to try.
I am struggling to see a reason for Google to leave some of the best concepts of Motorola in more modern fashion than a decade ago. There is no need to flush each item completely with the phone-we have seen that for years Magsef and Q2-Anupal Husbandry with battery banks. The opportunity is, however, for both Google and other cassamers have to bend heavily in a few half -filled ideas since 2016. While I suspect that we will ever see Moto Mods coming back into life with the same kind of amazing ability, Pixel 10 definitely tries for the right time.
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