A new phone is only as good as how easy it is to buy.
In the year since the original Moto Z launched, Motorola made big improvements to its launch strategy. Not only is the Moto Z2 Force available on most big U.S. carriers, but retailers like Best Buy and even Motorola.com are getting in on the fun.
U.S. carriers
Complete U.S. carrier support, you say? Absolutely, take your pick of the top five.
Verizon
Verizon has the best pricing at launch, with a total retail price of $756 but also a really great deal if you choose to finance the phone. Customers with unlimited data plans can get the Z2 Force for just $15 per month, or $360 in total, assuming they finance over the course of two years and get an Unlimited plan. Buyers get a free Insta-Share Projector Mod with each purchase.`
You can pick from black or gold at Verizon.
AT&T
AT&T has quoted a price of $27 per month for the Moto Z2 Force, but on its 30-month installment plan, which adds up to a hefty $810 in total.
As is the case most other places you buy it, if you buy the Z2 Force from AT&T the carrier will offer a free Insta-Share Projector Mod (a $299 value) — the offer stands until October 6.
T-Mobile
T-Mobile has set its price at $30 down and $30 per month for 24 months, or a total of $750 outright. Those with JUMP plans will pay $0 down and $34 a month for 18 months. T-Mobile has an exclusive Lunar Grey color of the Z2 Force.
On top of the free Insta-Share Projector Mod, T-Mobile is also running a limited time buy-one, get-one deal where you'll receive a $750 prepaid card after buying two Moto Z2 Forces with a second line.
Sprint
Sprint's pricing breaks down to $792, with options for financing or an 18-month lease at $33 per month. You can get it in black or gold, and get in on that free Projector Mod as well.
Best Buy
As is typical, Best Buy is offering carrier versions of the Z2 Force but with some pricing incentives. It's worth checking out Best Buy's deals to see if they can undercut going directly to the carrier of your choice.
Motorola.com
Motorola.com isn't selling the Moto Z2 Force unlocked — likely because the deal with the carriers necessitated that — but it is discounting some of the phones to $720 even. You can grab the AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile versions for slightly less than you would get it on the carriers' websites — Verizon comes in a little cheaper with the account credit.
Interested? The Moto version is only available in black.
International
Motorola's official line on international availability of the Moto Z2 Force is that it will start hitting more countries "later this summer," though no time table is offered. This is typically because each country (or even specific retailers) is likely to announce its own date independently. You can count on availability in select countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and Motorola specifically names Mexico and Brazil as launch countries as well.
Reader comments
Where to buy the Moto Z2 Force
This phone is too expensive for what it does not offer. I'll pass.
$360 and a free projector at Verizon. Seems like a heck of a deal for someone that must use VZW like me.
Exactly. Nobody should ever pay full retail for a phone. There's great sales everywhere if you wait for them. People said the Pixel XL was too expensive as well but I got mine for $480 so I'd argue otherwise
I have a Verizon Wireless account, I've held on to since 2014. it is on Suspend mode. I have the $60/2GB save plan...But this phone itself does not have a headphone jack. That is a must. My USB-C on my G6 is dysfunctional, talking about moisture detected, and when that port malfunctions, nothing plugged in it will work, so......NO!
Then the battery life is low...
It's not a bad device, but the downfalls far outweigh the good.
It's only 360 if you do a 2yr contract (basically)
I see they want to inflate the projector sales. I would guess 99% of people would rather have another $100 off the phone. Why don't they give away a battery mod or something people actually want?
Battery capacities under 3,000mAh should be illegal. That's just a huge middle finger to their potential customers.
The iPhone seems to manage okay, and the Nokia 3310.
On android small batteries are a killer though. Can't compare android to IOS
I'm not convinced that is still true. I've got an HTC U11 with a 3000mAh battery and an iPhone 7Plue with a 2900mAh battery. They're both around a month old and I use the former far more than my work issued Apple device. And yet at the end of the day the U11 usually has around 40% battery left whilst the iPhone is close to zero. I doubt that extra 100mAh actually makes much of a difference, especially when one considers the extra screen resolution on the HTC.
iOS is so much more refined than the resource hungry Android. Can't compare them at all. iOS also gets by fine on 1GB of RAM. Good luck on Android with 1GB RAM.
iOS is solid, except for the occasional buggy update. Android is so much more flexible. Its my device and I want to be able to do what I want with it, so I'll never own a iPhone.
That price @.@
Don't forget the price of whatever Motomod you might want.
I don't know if "want" is even the right word. It's more of a need for this phone. Is there any chance that this thing makes it through a full day of moderate use without the battery back mod?
Usually, I'm all for buying phones unlocked and directly from the OEM, but this is one of those instances where buying from a carrier is a no-brainer. You know there will be tons of free mod deals to be had.
Too expensive considering the small battery and bigger bezels. At the very most this should be $649 USD.
If anyone is on Sprint, Best Buy has a decent deal: $24.66 monthly installments (so total less than $600). Best buy tosses in the JBL speaker, and you can still redeem a free projector directly from Motorola.
What damn drugs are they on over there O.o
I thought they were trying to win back customers? Let's see how long before this phone is $499
Verizon has a amazing deal. The other carriers not so much
goodbye moto
Extremely overpriced with the small battery
Overpriced, US crippled, tiny battery, no OIS, don't get it wet, and no headphone jack.
Get the hell out of here MotoNovo!
Essential Phone is a better value..
So stupid!! Why cant they give us a flagship battery with a "flagship" phone???
Because not enough people care about battery size. A couple of generation ago, there was a Droid Maxxxxxxxxxxx (I forget how many "x") for VZW that was the same as the flagship, but with a much larger battery....and it didn't sell well enough to get a sequel.
It was crippled by being on only one carrier.
Because their ship has sailed
Lol...I guess if you have it to burn, or if you *absolutely* need a shatterproof display, then knock yourself out.
Lmao lunar Grey isn't exclusive, it's just the cheapest most undesirable color option - ahahahah - they are insane who is paying that kinda money for this phone, I'd like to take them out to dinner - on them of course
If you end up buying directly from Motorola.com, you can save 5% by registering for emails. They have 0% finance options as well. I ordered my wife's Z2 Play through them and she got the free JBL speaker mod. I didnt want to wait until the end of the month to get mine, so I ordered my Z2 Force through Best Buy (AT&T) and got the free JBL mod from Best Buy and the projector mod from Motorola. This is my first Android device, so I'm looking forward to diving in to the ecosystem.