This could be the next Moto X flagship with a nice helping of metal

Motorola is surely hard at work on their flagship products for 2016, and although the company typically waits until mid-late summer to dish out details we may already have our first look at one of their ideas.

The photo you see below was leaked in Chinese social circles. First thing’s first: the legitimacy of the photo is in question. It’s not that there’s strong evidence that it’s fake, it’s just that we don’t know how trustworthy the source may be. That said, we’d say someone would be going FAR out of their way to fake something so elaborate.

With that out of the way let’s talk about we can see. We can see a device that seems to be draped in metal. This isn’t a new trait of Motorola’s — in fact, their original DROID was one of the first Android phone with a metal build — but it’d be the first time in a long time that we’ve seen it from them.

The shots we get only show the rear, so that’s all we can speak on right now. Thankfully, said rear isn’t without its interesting bits, starting with that huge camera module we see up top. It’s a circular puck that houses Motorola’s logo and a lens that looks quite a bit larger than we’re used to. We’re not sure what Motorola would do with the camera for this thing, but considering they’re one of the few who have yet to jump on the optical image stabilization train we’d hope that prominent bump will be used to house the technology for that. A bigger lens could also hint toward exceptional low-light performance.

We’re not sure what Motorola would do with the camera for this thing, but considering they’re one of the few who have yet to jump on the optical image stabilization train we’d hope that prominent bump will be used to house the technology for that. A bigger lens could also hint toward exceptional low-light performance.

Looking lower on the rear we can see a few prominent speaker grills. They don’t look great, to be honest, but remember that this could just be a prototype and there’s no guarantee that they’d go with that design for the launch. Heck, there’s no guarantee this thing is even real, so don’t pass many conclusions either.

There’s not much else to know about the device right now, but you can be certain we’ll be looking to find out more. What are you thinking so far? Let us know with a shout below!