Motorola wants to break your perception of how much punishment a smartphone screen can take.
The company just unveiled its Verizon-bred Droid Turbo 2, with the lofty claim it has an unbreakable screen. Motorola is backing up the talk with a four-year warranty against any cracking or shattering.
Motorola says the screen has five different layers took three years to design engineer. It has an aluminum core for stability a flexible AMOD display that is designed to absorb any shocks.
The story behind the story: The Droid Turbo 2 joins the Droid Maxx 2 as the latest Verizon exclusives in a long partnership that goes back to the original Motorola Droid. Such carrier tie-ins are increasingly rare these days, thanks to buyer’s increasing preference to get their devices unlocked contract-free. However, such a pairing will probably help Motorola Verizon sell more phones, as they can pitch the Droid’s unique feature set to those who walk into a store want a durable device.
An ‘unbreakable’ display
The Droid Turbo 2 has a “failsafe” dual touch layer designed to prevent a common hazard: after a few drops or run-ins with the cat your touch screen stops working. Finally, Motorola also built in an interior exterior lens, which have a protective shield hard coat to prevent damage from the usual tugging cramming inside one’s purse or pocket.
Motorola also pledges up to 48 hours of battery life for the Droid Turbo 2. The phone has a 5.4-inch quad HD display, Snapdragon 810 processor, 3GB of RAM, a 21Mcamera with a 5Mfront-facing shooter. You can exp the storage in the microSD slot.
It also supports Motorola’s quick charge feature, which gets you up to 13 hours of battery life in 15 minutes.
You can tweak this Droid the way you want with Moto Maker, Motorola’s online customization tool. Verizon executives also said if you get the 64GB model, you’re able to “refresh” the design once within the two-year repayment window.
The 32GB option will cost $26 monthly, while the 64GB model will set you back $30 per month on Verizon’s new payment plans. Or you can purchase it directly from Motorola for $624.
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The Droid Maxx 2 is a tweaked version of the Moto X ay, which debuted internationally along with the Moto X re ition.
Motorola also claims you’ll get two days of battery life the quick charge capabilities. The Maxx 2 has a 5.5-inch 1080p display 21Mcamera.
There’s a Snapdragon 615 processor 2GB of RAM, along with 16GB of internal storage. You can bump that up to 128GB with a microSD card.
You do get some customization choices, with interchangeable backs protective flip shells that will be available in Verizon stores.
The Droid Maxx 2 is $384 off contract, or $16 per month. Verizon also announced you can get up to $300 when trading in a device would even accept those with a cracked screen.
Both Motorola phones launch with llipop 5.1. It’s unclear when they’ll get Marshmallow, as Motorola has been rather inconsistent with updates lately. The company says it’s working on Marshmallow for the Moto X re ition, but it recently ditched out on further updates for the 2015 Moto E.