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

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-it-out dept.

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.

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  1. Shatterproof? by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A shatterproof screen?

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

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    1. Re:Shatterproof? by silentcoder · · Score: 4, Insightful

      >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.

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  2. One big big big downside by PPalmgren · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

  3. Dear Motorola.... by Lumpy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

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  4. What I nowadays always want to know first: by blind+biker · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

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  5. Re:But How Thin? by danbob999 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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?