Motorola Unveils Droid Turbo 2, Claims Shatterproof Display, 48 Hour Battery (hothardware.com)

MojoKid writes: We've seen leaks and teasers for Motorola's new Droid Turbo 2 Android flagship for weeks. However, the Lenovo-owned company officially announced the smartphone, and it offers two highly sought after features: a long-running battery and a shatterproof display. Its battery has a 3760mAh capacity, allowing the Droid Turbo 2 to operate for up to 48 hours per charge. And if that wasn't enough, Motorola has incorporated Quick Charging support which allows the device to achieve 13 hours of battery life from a mere 15-minute charge. The most talked about feature, however, is its shatterproof display, which Motorola calls Moto ShatterShield. Motorola says that it's "the world's first phone screen guaranteed not to crack or shatter. The display sports a flexible AMOLED panel to absorb shocks, dual touch layers, a rigid aluminum backing, as well as interior and exterior lenses. At the launch event, Motorola was dropping the phone from about 6 feet up, direct to concrete and it was holding up to the abuse just fine.

Comments

Unbreakables

[binarylarry]

Oh we will put your phone to the test, Motorola.

Re:Unbreakables

[Anonymous Coward]

Obligatory 'unbreakable phone' video

Re:Unbreakables

[Anonymous Coward]

Guaranteed not to crack or shatter... but will it blend?!

Re:Unbreakables

[msauve]

"Oh we will put your phone to the test, Motorola."

Will it blend?

Re:Unbreakables

[rwise2112]

Oh we will put your phone to the test, Motorola.

Yeah, unbreakable usually means really hard and expensive to fix when it does break.

Re:Unbreakables

[Anonymous Coward]

But will it blend?

But How Thin?

[Bing Tsher E]

The fasionistas all need to know how thin it is.

Re:But How Thin?

[Anonymous Coward]

Apparently cases are not yet mandatory, so they must not be ready for market yet.

while safeWithoutCase{
hurrrrrMakeItThinner();
}
return okaygo;

Re:But How Thin?

[danbob999]

You forget:

-How "premium" does it looks? I couldn't stand a plastic phone within my rubber case. It must be in metal or glass.
-Does it "feel" cheap?
-Are there stereo (or why not 7.1 surround?) speakers on the front?
-Does it looks new or my friends will think I have a 2013 phone?
-Is there a fruit logo on it?
-Is it overpriced? I wouldn't want my friends to think I couldn't afford an expensive phone.
-How good is the main camera, and I mean the front one? Does it records 4k video good enough to film me waiting in a line for days for my next phone?

Re:But How Thin?

[Twinbee]

You forgot "Is it heavy?". Sounds perverse, but many associate heaviness with quality. Yuck.

Re:But How Thin?

[PeteJanda]

Could care less about aesthetics. I had a ~5 year old Droid RAZR until July 2015, when I lost it. Replaced it with a Droid Turbo and found out I couldn't be on a phone call while simultaneously transmitting data (e.g., WebEx conference calls didn't work). Looked into the issue and discovered: (i) my old RAZR had two antennas that seamlessly allowed voice calls + data and (ii) Turbo has only one antenna that requires me to turn on a software workaround if I want simultaneous voice + data. Icing on the cake is that the workaround leads to poor voice quality and dropped calls. Icing on the icing was that the RAZR's battery life was longer than Turbo's. Couldn't believe the half decade old dinosaur was so superior. Hope the product management people at Lenovo got their heads out of their rear ends on this one.

Re:But How Thin?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yea, I had an original dark purple RAZR and it was the best cellphone I've ever had. Ruined it last year and I've got a Sony phone now, but I miss the RAZR.

Re:But How Thin?

[arglebargle_xiv]

I've got a Chinese phone that typically gets mistaken for a larger Galaxy S5, which cost me just over $100. On the off chance that it breaks, I can get a new one, and still have enough left over to buy several more of them, for the cost of a single S5/S6. OK, the one downside is that it'll never get the OS updated, but then most other Android phones don't either, and for a $100 phone you can just get a newer model with a current OS release if you really need it.

Re:But How Thin?

[Anonymous Coward]

Please don't post here if you can't be bothered to use 3rd grade grammar.

Sec Upd?

[Anonymous Coward]

Great! On which place was security updates?
That is my most sought out feature!

Re:Sec Upd?

[arglebargle_xiv]

Great! On which place was security updates? That is my most sought out feature!

Security updates? You want an update, you buy a new phone, that's how the Android ecosystem works.

(I realise that Motorola are better, in the sense of "less awful", than most, but I'm still waiting for my Moto G upgrade via my carrier).

I can't wait!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm going to use my shatterproof display with my unlimited data plan at the all you can eat buffet!

Shatterproof?

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

A shatterproof screen?

Challenge accepted...am I limited to the caliber of ammunition I can use, or is it unrestricted?

Re:Shatterproof?

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you willing to bet some serious money on it shattering?

I can imagine quite a lot of materials that would get a hole through it without being shattered.
A hammer is better if you want to make sure that an object shatters. With bullets there is a probability of piercing without shattering.

Re:Shatterproof?

[Nidi62]

A shatterproof screen?

Challenge accepted...am I limited to the caliber of ammunition I can use, or is it unrestricted?

That was my first thought as well. If it holds up to my 9mm I will be impressed. 5.56 and I will be shocked. If it stops the 7.62x54 from my Mosin then Motorola needs to be selling this stuff to the military as next generation body armor.

Re: Shatterproof?

[Anonymous Coward]

'Merica

Re:Shatterproof?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why do you have such kind of weapons?

Wrong question. The right question is; why not.

Re:Shatterproof?

[Anonymous Coward]

Clearly the weapons are because he's not okay with his wife bangin' Tyrone.

Re:Shatterproof?

[Anonymous Coward]

A Mosin Nagant? A bolt action rifle that was designed over a century ago gives you a problem? A rifle that makes most modern hunting rifles look like the space shuttle in comparison?
 
Do you even have the first clue of what you're talking about?

Re:Shatterproof?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why do you have such kind of weapons?

Exactly. Life starts with a .50 cal, baby :)

Re:Shatterproof?

[Nidi62]

Why do you have such kind of weapons?

9mm-fairly cheap and fun to shoot at the range

5.56- won a raffle from a coworker whose son's Little League team was having an AR-15 raffle as a fundraiser

7.62x54mm-as a history buff (even have a degree in History) I have an interest in historical military firearms. A 1942 Mosin-Nagant in this case, but I also have a family heirloom Lorenz musket from the Civil War and plan to own an M1 Carbine, Mauser 98K, and a Colt Navy or similar-type revolver.

Re:Shatterproof?

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

...next generation body armor.

I could use a vest made entirely of Droid Turbo 2 devices, but would it outperform my vest made of old Nokias? ;)

Re:Shatterproof?

[silentcoder]

Don't be surprized if what actually happens is your bullet goes clean through and leaves only a bullet-sized hole in the phone, without shattering the screen.

High-powered weapons are notorious for that. The R4 requires custom made extra thick falling-plate targets for soldier training because it's bullets will go clean through a standard 4mm target without knocking it over.

Re:Shatterproof?

[silentcoder]

>5.56- won a raffle from a coworker whose son's Little League team was having an AR-15 raffle as a fundraiser
This is the most Murica sentence in the history of the world.

Re:Shatterproof?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why do you have such kind of weapons?

5.56- won a raffle from a coworker whose son's Little League team was having an AR-15 raffle as a fundraiser

You actually only needed one word: 'Murica!

Re:Shatterproof?

[Anonymous Coward]

Because weapons injure or kill.

> that's the intent
No, hurting a human is means to the end. Note I am not denying the value of the latter.

Re:Shatterproof?

[Anonymous Coward]

Insecurity. It's like those women who carry their little dogs around with them everywhere.

Re:Shatterproof?

[dotancohen]

A shatterproof screen?

Challenge accepted...am I limited to the caliber of ammunition I can use, or is it unrestricted?

The screen is "guaranteed not to crack or shatter." There is a difference between "the screen cracking" and "JustAnotherOldGuy cracking the screen".

It's like the difference between dying and being murdered: this screen is guaranteed not to spontaneously crack, but if _you_ crack it (drop, bend, touch too forcefully with your finger) then the guarantee is not valid.

Re:Shatterproof?

[Dog-Cow]

That figures, as he has the critical reading skills of a typical Redneck. Comparing a shatter-proof object to body armor? What a maroon!

Re:Shatterproof?

[marciot]

Will it blend?

Re:Shatterproof?

[lhowaf]

You could just shoot the hammer.

Re:Shatterproof?

[xwyz]

Yeah, I wonder if they'll limit the warranty to avoid some "tests".

Re:Shatterproof?

[Type44Q]

This is the most Murica sentence in the history of the world.

To each his own; I was raised in Asia (by progressive intellectuals, no less; no sports or firearms in our home). I'm vegan and Buddhist (of a sort)... and I think this sounds fucking awesome. On a related note, it's a goddamn tragedy for our species that the Global Elite have managed to render most of the planet unable to protect themselves (rest assured us "Muricans" will be next) but if while in the process of being enslaved - financially and otherwise - you've got to drink the Koolaid, I suppose you might as well enjoy the taste.

Re:Shatterproof?

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

The screen is "guaranteed not to crack or shatter." There is a difference between "the screen cracking" and "JustAnotherOldGuy cracking the screen".
 

Gee, thanks Mr Pedant! But are you sure? I mean, really, really sure?

Re:Shatterproof?

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

Will it blend?

Only Mr Science knows for sure...but I'd suspect it would. Might have to use a hammermill, but still...

Re:Shatterproof?

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

Don't be surprized if what actually happens is your bullet goes clean through and leaves only a bullet-sized hole in the phone, without shattering the screen.

So you're saying I'd have to use two layers of Nokias?

Re:Shatterproof?

[swillden]

A shatterproof screen?

Challenge accepted...am I limited to the caliber of ammunition I can use, or is it unrestricted?

That was my first thought as well. If it holds up to my 9mm I will be impressed. 5.56 and I will be shocked. If it stops the 7.62x54 from my Mosin then Motorola needs to be selling this stuff to the military as next generation body armor.

It doesn't need to stop bullets, just not shatter when struck by them. A clean, round hole would satisfy the claim.

Re:Shatterproof?

[Coren22]

Weapons do nothing of the sort. A gun sitting on a table doesn't suddenly go off killing everyone in the room. Just as swords don't dismember, guns don't kill. There has to be a person in the situation doing the action, or the "weapon" is just an inert piece of metal.

Re:Shatterproof?

[Coren22]

Your jealousy is showing. You might want to get that looked at, preferably by a mental health professional.

Re:Shatterproof?

[Coren22]

Wasn't the point of old Nokias that they exploded on the slightest impact? It was kind of like reactive armor on tanks...

Re:Shatterproof?

[canajin56]

It doesn't need to do either, because the warranty doesn't cover misuse, neglect, or deliberate harm.

Re:Shatterproof?

[Anonymous Coward]

"5.56- won a raffle from a coworker whose son's Little League team was having an AR-15 raffle as a fundraiser"

Wow. Raffling off a purpose-built death machine at a children's sporting event.

America needs to fucking chill.

Re:Shatterproof?

[swillden]

It doesn't need to do either, because the warranty doesn't cover misuse, neglect, or deliberate harm.

What, haven't you ever accidentally shot your phone?

Re:Shatterproof?

[KGIII]

I own several AR-15s in varied configurations. They've not even killed a nommy animal. They've killed some paper, so there's that. I don't even use them for self-defense purposes - they're just fun to shoot and really good at killing paper. If you've never spent a day mercilessly slaughtering innocent paper then you're missing out on a whole lot of fun. It's actually pretty intellectual, or it can be. It's fun to see just how far you can push the envelope and the AR-15 community means building out a special purpose firearm an enjoyable task.

Re:Shatterproof?

[dotancohen]

Oh, I'm sure. But not really, really sure.

Re:Shatterproof?

[CaptainLard]

goddamn tragedy for our species that the Global Elite have managed to render most of the planet unable to protect themselves

On the other hand, its a goddamn miracle that most of the planet governed by the "global elite" doesn't have the need to protect themselves since crime is down so much after we stopped using leaded gasoline....black helicopters, government thugs and other crackpot conspiracies of doom notwithstanding. But hey its a free country, be as paranoid as you want no matter how counterproductive it gets.

How much do you think global life expectancy would increase if everyone had an AR-15? The NRA makes plenty of koolaid too, fyi.

Re:Shatterproof?

[Type44Q]

How much do you think global life expectancy would increase if everyone had an AR-15?

This meme of everything going chaotic [if everyone were armed] is perpetuated by shitheads who assume that just because they have no self control, the rest of us don't either. Personally, I strongly suspect that there'd be an initial period of unrest, while those like yourself naturally get weeded-out by the rest of us. ;)

Re:Shatterproof?

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

Wasn't the point of old Nokias that they exploded on the slightest impact? It was kind of like reactive armor on tanks...

I don't think so...the last time someone dropped a Nokia from any real height, all the dinosaurs died.

Re:Shatterproof?

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

Oh, I'm sure. But not really, really sure.

Well alrighty then. Just checking. ;)

Re:Shatterproof?

[CaptainLard]

uhhh...so your counterpoint to (presumably) change my mind is to say I'll be killed? I find that strangely unconvincing but I do understand the way to argue on the internet is to get to "fuck off and die" ASAP. And since I'm already down the rabbit hole....

This meme of everything going chaotic [if everyone were armed] is perpetuated by shitheads ..... Personally, I strongly suspect that there'd be an initial period of unrest....

What does that make you? ;)

Re:Shatterproof?

[chihowa]

If you can pull yourself out of your trembling puddle of irrational fear, target shooting can be a very chill activity. Consistently accurate shooting requires a great deal of self-awareness and self-control. I find it to be very relaxing and almost zen-like. Holding your concentration through the noise and recoil of the shot is also extremely good for mastering meditation.

Shooting other people for fun or profit is pretty fucked up, but there's nothing inherently un-chill about firearms. It sounds like the one who needs to chill is you.

Re:Shatterproof?

[arglebargle_xiv]

A Mosin Nagant? A bolt action rifle that was designed over a century ago gives you a problem? A rifle that makes most modern hunting rifles look like the space shuttle in comparison?

It's not like you're talking about a Dreyse needle gun here, this is a Mosin Nagant! You don't even need to hit your target with it, you just knock it over with the shock wave of your bullet going downrange. Your sight adjustment goes out to 12 miles. You use it to shoot deer in the neighbouring county and have the carcasses mailed back to you. You dig your ammo out of a farmer's field in the Ukraine and it works just fine.

Late at night, you sometimes have to fight the urge to dig a fighting trench in the the yard to sleep in.

(Some of that courtesy Ezra Coli).

Re:Shatterproof?

[LiENUS]

I see a personal defense round (9mm), a varmit hunting round (5.56) and a good deer round (7.62x54mmR). Is there something wrong with those?

Re:Shatterproof?

[arglebargle_xiv]

I see a personal defense round (9mm), a varmit hunting round (5.56) and a good deer round (7.62x54mmR). Is there something wrong with those?

I've always seen it as 12,7x109 for self-defence (I love my Dushka), 20x110 Hispano for varmits (they may be in deep underground burrows), and maybe 37x155 for the deer (because I like jerked venison). Is that so wrong?

One big big big downside

[PPalmgren]

Appears ts a Verizon only phone. You'd have to kidnap my family and hold them for ransom to get me to go back to Verizon. Motorola makes good phones, but I'll stick with the Moto X for my carrier freedom.

Re:One big big big downside

[DriveDog]

Because the others are so much better??? Don't get me wrong, I hate doing business with Verizon, but I can see nothing better about any of the others (that offer service most everywhere in the US).

Re:One big big big downside

[Anonymous Coward]

You'd have to kidnap my family and hold them for ransom to get me to go back to Verizon.

Verizon Marketing has been notified.

Re:One big big big downside

[Anonymous Coward]

Motorola makes good phones, ...

Motorola used to make good phones, now they are owned by Lenovo and are doubtless chock full of Chinese malware.

Re:One big big big downside

[Anonymous Coward]

And the Verizon version is only 32GB. Are you kidding me? This is 2015. It should be at least 64GB or 128GB. I've maxed out the memory on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 32GB model.

Re:One big big big downside

[Anonymous Coward]

You'd have to kidnap my family and hold them for ransom to get me to go back to Verizon.

For everyone's sake please don't give them any more marketing ideas!

Re:One big big big downside

[danbob999]

And the Verizon version is only 32GB. Are you kidding me? This is 2015. It should be at least 64GB or 128GB.

That would make the phone too expensive and it would be a commercial failure.
The most popular option is still 16GB.

Re:One big big big downside

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

PLEASE, please don't kidnap my ex-wife who lives alone at 224 Krasten Lane NW in Milwaukee WI, 3rd floor apartment 11!

Re:One big big big downside

[rickb928]

0. If you actually travel most everywhere in the U.S., nationwide coverage is a thing. If not, you'll lok at maps and rule out the two carriers that don't do a good job where you will actually be.

1. Some carriers are a lot more honest and forthcoming than others. Some about some things, others about others.

2. Everyone has anecdotal evidence of how their carrier is the worst. Useless. Ask the crowd, and sooner or later you will find some are truly devious, while others are merely self-centered. They all intend to make a profit. Those that make it by misleading you deserve to be scorned.

I've been using T-Mobile for 10+ years now, and coverage was always sufficient with the exception of my vacation spot, where it was pus. This year they finally installed LTE speed (goodbye GPRS!), but only on Band 2 (1900), which my M8 doesn't, despite specs claiming this, something to do with HSPA v LTE.

So, my anecdotal complaint added to a pile of smoking ruins.

Re:One big big big downside

[CoOtter77]

I can't agree more - if it's only for Verizon then it doesn't exist to me. If Moto wants to sell more phones, they'll stop doing this crap.

Re:One big big big downside

[Espectr0]

There's a GSM version as well. The DROID brand is licensed by Verizon from LucasFilm, but the GSM version is called Moto X Force.

Re:One big big big downside

[Coren22]

What?

The option is for 32 or 64 as that is what the manufacturer offers. It is a damn site better than the 8 or 16 of most phones on the shelves.

Oh, and it also supports a 2 TB (!!) SD card.

Re:One big big big downside

[Admiral_Grinder]

But 16GB is a joke these days. The OS takes up 5GB of that by itself. I have had to strip my 16GB phone of most apps so I could have space to store more than a few photos and videos. My older 32GB phone took me well over a year to even run out of space.

Re:One big big big downside

[danbob999]

Most people have all the applications they want under 1GB.
16GB is definitely not a joke.

Much better idea than

[Anonymous Coward]

a 48 hour screen and a shatterproof battery.

Shatterproof, you say?

[wonkey_monkey]

Motorola Unveils Droid Turbo 2, Claims Shatterproof Display

Yeah... I've heard that one before

48 hour battery?

[ickleberry]

This would have been revolutionary in about 1995. Perhaps even earlier

Re:48 hour battery?

[wkwilley2]

For something as power hungry as a Snapdragon 810, this is a beast of a battery. In '95, a 1Ah battery would last for up to 14 days....now most smartphones have well over 3Ah batteries and barely last through a full day.

Hows it do in your pocket w keys?

[sasparillascott]

Be interesting to see how it does in your pocket with your keys. Going back far enough, this was how we got Gorilla Glass as the plastic displays scratched right up with keys / stuff in your pocket with it.

The screen isn't the only thing that breaks.

[Anonymous Coward]

I dropped my Moto Maxx and the screen was fine, however the drop killed the mic. I find the screens pretty tough now as it is. I'd prefer a water proof phone over a shatter proof screen.

Clumsy has become fashionable.

[geekmux]

We all totally understand battery life being a major factor in new design, although most of us have had to deal with shitty batteries long enough that not plugging it in every day would be downright weird by now.

What I fail to grasp as a (reasonable?) user of smartphones for the last decade, is how often people crack the shit out of their screens, which apparently happens so damn often that it's now THE major feature in new smartphone tech.

It's strange that we market anti-clumsy as some kind of awesome thing.

Re:Clumsy has become fashionable.

[Lumpy]

It's because a large majority of people are too stupid to not put their phone in a butt pocket and sit on it.

Re:Clumsy has become fashionable.

[hawguy]

We all totally understand battery life being a major factor in new design, although most of us have had to deal with shitty batteries long enough that not plugging it in every day would be downright weird by now.

What I fail to grasp as a (reasonable?) user of smartphones for the last decade, is how often people crack the shit out of their screens, which apparently happens so damn often that it's now THE major feature in new smartphone tech.

It's strange that we market anti-clumsy as some kind of awesome thing.

I take my phone out of my pocket at least 10 times a day (its my MFA authenticator for a number of services) so that's over 3000 times a year, and if I'm unlucky, I only need to drop it one of those times to crack the screen. I keep my phone in a protective case and haven't cracked the screen yet out of a half dozen or so drops.

Dear Motorola....

[Lumpy]

No thanks. You fooled me twice Motorola, and HTC fooled me once. A google NEXUS phone is the only android I will ever own from now on.

Re:Dear Motorola....

[ChunderDownunder]

Lenovo - the same company that installed malware on its laptops now makes phones under the Motorola brand.

Why would anyone trust that?

Re:Dear Motorola....

[Vyse of Arcadia]

No shit. My first Motorola smartphone bricked itself after being dropped a foot onto carpet. My second Motorola phone stopped getting OTA updates a week after I bought it. My Samsung Galaxy S4 is incredibly unstable and requires daily reboots.

On the other hand, my Nexus 7 1st gen had the mysterious and completely ignored "slows to a crawl if you use more than 80% of internal storage" bug and became too slow to use after updating to lollipop.

Maybe I just won't buy smartphones or tablets anymore.

Re:Dear Motorola....

[Anonymous Coward]

No thanks. You fooled me twice Motorola, and HTC fooled me once. A google NEXUS phone is the only android I will ever own from now on.

Was thinking the same about Verizon and the first Droid Turbo.

I'm intrigued by the DT2, because it has an SD slot, something that GOOG and AAPL have hated and tried to phase out in favor of their cloud offerings for data transfer.

But Verizon's insistence on locked bootloaders and their sloth-on-valium pace of providing security updates is a dealbreaker. As long as carriers refuse to provide updates, it's incumbent on us to secure our own gear. Until carriers get their act together, the ability to gain root is a prerequisite on all my future devices.

But

[Anonymous Coward]

Does it blend?

"Guaranteed" not to crack and shatter?

[GuB-42]

Does it mean that if it shatters for any reason, I get my money back, or, at least a free repair?
For me that would be a reasonable assumption. However we've seen many waterproof phones where water damage wasn't covered by the warranty.

The Entire Display Is Plastic

[Anonymous Coward]

The oled is really a plastic oled layer. The inner shell is a acrylic layer and the outer shell is a scratch proof film + coating. So yeah it's shatter proof because there's nothing that shatters. I'll wait for a transparent aluminum display.

Chinese smartphone standby on 2G: more than a week

[Anonymous Coward]

I have a cheap thing called Myria Quad that, while a bit dodgy when it comes to reporting how full the battery is (once it hits 15% it quickly drops to 0%, but otherwise it's pretty linear), is pretty good. On 3G the battery lasts about a day and a half, maybe two days... so par for 3G smartphones. On 2G though it lasts a week and a bit more before it screams for food. What's wrong with smartphones these days? And what's wrong with its 3G module that it needs to drain the battery so much?

What I nowadays always want to know first:

[blind biker]

is the battery user-replaceable? How many screws do I have to remove? How many flat cables detach? The answers I want to hear are: yes, 0, 0. Acceptable answers are: kind of, 6, 0.

Re:What I nowadays always want to know first:

[Coren22]

For this phone, No. I don't know that it is even accessible to someone who knows what they are doing.

To answer the AC above me, the phone has support for up to 2 TB SD card.

Nice it won't break or crack.

[crashumbc]

But you can scratch it with your finger nail....

You can have one or the other but not both.

Re:Nice it won't break or crack.

[canajin56]

But you can have one of each. In this case, the OLED display is covered in two layers. One is like you say, easily scratched, but not easily shattered. This is covered by the "shatterproof" warranty. The outer layer is glass (or at least something hard, clear, and scratch resistant?) and it's not covered. This isn't as shitty as it sounds, because the top layer is user replaceable. If you drop your phone and the top cover shatters, you do not need to take it to a repair shop. You can buy a replacement cover and swap it out yourself.

Re:Nice it won't break or crack.

[crashumbc]

Tthe articles I read didn't explain it like that. Yeah that is workable.

You forgot expandable storage (aka micro D card)

[Anonymous Coward]

N/T

Only one real defect

[rickb928]

Verizon.

Fuck you Motorola

[LichtSpektren]

Why the hell would I buy--or suggest to any friends, family, co-workers, or anybody that I'm not intentionally trying to hurt--anything from Motorola ever again, after you decided that giving security patches to a phone you released THIS YEAR is not worth it?

A little liquid nitrogen...

[Immerial]

and a hammer. Not so shatterproof I think. (I'm sure the caveat is 'under normal/everyday use.')

Can't wait!

[Anonymous Coward]

For the slashdot headlines on how Lenovo is sneaking spyware into the motorola apps and doing ad injection, which is impossible for the user to remove because they are locked out of root access.

Great, now

[ThatsNotPudding]

Now make it phone-sized, instead of the current run of gargantuan semi-tablets.

Lenovo - no thanks

[Anonymous Coward]

How many Lenovo phone-home-to-China "features" will this phone have? After the past year (that included ThinkPad factory malware), Lenovo is dead to me.

Re:Chinese smartphone standby on 2G: more than a w

[Coren22]

Yeah, but no one wants a processor so slow that it takes a week to load Angry Birds.

Gravel not concrete

[argee]

A drop test unto concrete is nothing. The glass will not encounter the surface, only the raised edges will. A real test is to drop it on gravel, or loose pebbles on top of concrete. Then those pesky little rocks will punch the glass. A second test would be for my fat niece to sit on it on a couch.

Age old story of ShatterProof vs ScratchProof

[TheWindBlows]

We already have "shatterproof" screens, but they are made of scratch-able plastic. Glass already won this battle.

Priorities: Screen Integrity Zero Crap-Ware

[Anonymous Coward]

Us: Too bad, its probably infected with countless goddamn annoying apps like that NFL app.

Brainless Idiot: Oh... you can just disable the apps you don't like!

Us: Shut your face about being able to disable the crap-ware... NO ONE wants to disable all 9000 (cr)apps every time we reset.

Brainless Idiot: why would you ever want to reset your phone?

Us: (Make sarcastic remark, walk away convinced that 80% of the population might actually be as stupid as some say)

Take my money NOW!

[Timmy D Programmer]

Heck yea!

All I want...

[Anonymous Coward]

is a cellphone that withstands my girlfriend's wrath.