The DROID Turbo is a great example of carrier customization done right

Posted on by Joe Levi

Most of you already know that I buy my own phones. Every daily driver I’ve used long-term was purchased with hard-earned money out of my own pocket.  Sure, I review phones that carriers, friends, manufacturers, marketers, and Pocketnow sends my way, but daily drivers, those are special. One of my deciding factors is how much bloat comes pre-loaded on a device. Most carrier labeled phones are ripe with bloat, carrier customizations, and cut corners. The DROID Turbo, on the other hand, is a great example of carrier customization done the right way!

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Motorola announces Moto Maxx (aka Droid Turbo) for Latin America

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

One week back, the idea of Motorola introducing an alternate version of the Droid Turbo for non-Verizon users really started taking shape. While earlier evidence sure implied the existence of such a handset, last week saw Motorola distribute invitations to an event scheduled for today in Brazil, and the imagery the company chose to use sure suggested that this phone would be a very close relative of the Droid Turbo. Later, leaked ...

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Moto Maxx pics appear to reveal international Droid Turbo

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

The Motorola Droid Turbo on Verizon has emerged as one of the more interesting smartphones of the season… with the big asterisk next to that statement being that unless you’re in the US, and unless you’re willing to sign up with Verizon, this news is utterly useless to you. Well, maybe not entirely useless, as we’ve been seeing bits and pieces of evidence pointing to the existence of a close cousin of the Droid Turbo, delivering very nearly the same hardware under a new name and circumventing that ...

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Motorola DROID Turbo vs Moto X 2014 (Video)

Posted on by Rithvik Rao

Just as happened last year, Motorola has two great phones available now on Verizon Wireless. The newly-announced DROID Turbo and Moto X both have their ups and downs, but which is the better overall pick for you to spend your hard-earned dollars on? Our DROID Turbo vs Moto X 2014 comparison video, embedded down below, will help you make the decision.On paper, there’s a pretty vast difference here – the camera’s megapixel count on the DROID Turbo smokes that of the Moto X, the Turbo’s processor is considerably more powerful, its display is superior as far as pixel ...

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DROID Turbo camera samples: Motorola’s 21-megapixel monster goes out on the town (Gallery)

Posted on by Michael Fisher

Motorola has never been known for its terrific camera performance. I’ve always appreciated the company’s other specialties: its robust hardware, its aggressive styling, and (recently) its innovative software … but from my first-ever Motorola smartphone to my current daily driver

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Motorola invite sure looks like an international Droid Turbo launch

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Yesterday saw Motorola and Verizon introduce US audiences to the Droid Turbo, the latest Android smartphone to wear the Droid label, and one heck of a piece of solid hardware. Even before the handset was finally confirmed we were hearing questions from our international user base: how can I get my hands on the Droid Turbo? This can’t really be a US exclusive, can it? Evidence had already been building for the possibility of an international GSM version of the Droid Turbo, and now we’ve got an ...

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DROID Turbo vs Nexus 6: which oversized Android is right for you?

Posted on by Joe Levi

Based on how 2014 is stacking up, I think it’s safe to say this year will be remembered as the year of the phablet. We saw Apple’s mammoth iPhone 6 Plus, Samsung released its Note 4, Google is set to begin taking pre-orders for the Nexus 6, and others like OnePlus and ZTE even threw their hats in the ring. Now Motorola has thrown another big phone into the race, and it’s being called the DROID Turbo. Interestingly

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Ballistic beast: Motorola’s DROID Turbo in pictures (Gallery)

Posted on by Michael Fisher

We’re running out of synonyms for “powerful,” “rugged,” and “beastly” around these parts, so to kick off this photo tour we’ll just say that the Motorola DROID Turbo is an absolute monster of a smartphone. Verizon’s flashy new exclusive bears all the smarts of the impressive Moto X, mated to the screaming specs of an absolutely top-of-the-line handheld. From the Snapdragon 805 to the ...

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Motorola DROID Turbo unboxing & hands-on (Video)

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

What do you get when you cross a little bit of Moto X with a dash of Nexus 6 and a heaping helping of macho branding? You get the new DROID Turbo from Motorola, a Verizon-exclusive flagship smartphone built to put the “-roid” back in “Droid.”At today’s Verizon event in New York City, we got to interact with not just the Droid Turbo itself, but check out the complete retail packaging as the phone will arrive in when sales begin this coming Thursday. It looks

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Motorola Droid Turbo specs: huge battery, big high-res screen, and more

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

With all the leaks we’d seen over the months leading up to today’s Droid Turbo launch event, much of the phone’s high-end hardware had already been spoiled for us, but when those specs include features like a big 21MP camera and beefy 3900mAh battery, we suppose we don’t mind a few early peeks. Today, with Verizon and Motorola formally announcing the phone, the rest of the handset’s hardware has finally been confirmed, and they’re of similar top-tier quality, from the very ...

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Verizon introduces Droid Turbo with two-day battery life

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

The official countdown clock may still be running down on Verizon’s Droid Does web portal, but the carrier’s Droid Turbo launch event is already underway, and from it official details of this new Motorola Android have begun to emerge.As already revealed through no shortage of leaks and rumors going back weeks now, the Droid Turbo is a 5.2-inch quad HD handset with a big 3900mAh battery – one Verizon says will grant the phone a solid two days of use per charge. The carrier really ...

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Even more last-minute Droid Turbo finds: Verizon test site, James Franco video

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Yesterday we thought we were really getting down to the wire with these ongoing Motorola Droid Turbo teasers and leaks. First we had those shots of the phone’s packaging, and then saw the latest DroidLanding tweet send out a vague little teaser video of its own. The countdown to today’s launch event has just hours left on it, but before that moment comes we’ve got a couple additional Droid Turbo finds to ...

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Motorola posts up Lollipop update tracker

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Android 5.0 Lollipop is on the way, and we know many of you with those fancy new Moto Xs are just itching to use it on your phone. So instead of being inundated with “ETA please!!!” all day long after the source code for the update drops, Motorola is trying to escape the bombardment by setting up a dedicated Motorola Lollipop update tracker for its most recent phones.Motorola, of course, has been almost-godlike in its delivery ...

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“Scary” new Droid Turbo teaser video lands

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

Eighteen hours and change: Verizon’s countdown to the Droid Turbo launch has been running since two weeks ago, and the zero hour is in sight. Tomorrow will almost certainly bring us the phone’s formal announcement, and rumors have suggested that Verizon will get sales of the Motorola Android started a little later this week, probably on Thursday. Between now and then, Verizon can’t help itself but to ...

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New Motorola Droid Turbo pics leak, just before launch

Posted on by Stephen Schenck

It’s coming up on two weeks now since Google introduced the Motorola-made Nexus 6, and while that phone has yet to even go up for pre-order, we’re already getting ready to welcome an even newer Motorola handset to the Android family. For a couple months now we’ve been anticipating the introduction of the Droid Turbo for Verizon, and teasers have been building up to a planned launch this week, getting ...

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