Company presents slide-out physical keyboard for Moto Z smartphones

Startup Livermorium has presented a Moto Mod with a five-line physical keyboard. Users can click the mod on Moto Z smartphones. The company previously held a crowdfunding campaign and will present the final product at CES.

Moto Z manufacturer Lenovo showed the Moto Mod during its press event at CES electronics fair. The mod is a total of 12mm thick. The physical keyboard has five rows and therefore has a separate row for entering numbers. There is also a variant with a 1700mAh battery, which is 13.1mm thick.

The mod allows users to tilt the phone with keyboard at an angle of up to 60 degrees. Livermorium will begin delivery to backers of the Indiegogo campaign this month, and the mod should go on sale to other Moto Z users later this year.

In addition, Lenovo showed the Vital Moto Mod, which can monitor various bodily functions at once. These include heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, and respiration. The Mod will go on sale April 1 for an as yet undisclosed price.

Moto Mods are extensions that fit Moto Z phones that were released in 2016 and 2017 so far. The Moto Z devices have a connection on the back for the transfer of power and data. Previously published battery packs, cameras and speakers such as Moto Mod.