Motorola DROID Turbo 2 Pro Reviews

Creating a flagship smartphone that’ll take on the might of Apple, Samsung and Sony isn’t going to be easy without a unique selling point, but the rugged X Force gets just that. It’s a fully-featured, no-compromise device which, unlike a typical smartphone, you can use without worrying that a single drop could kill it. What’s equally refreshing is this toughness doesn’t come at the expense of style, or indeed camera quality. Slapping a high megapixel camera into a phone is by no means a guarantee of success – just take the HTC One M9 – but thankfully the X Force’s snapper comes close to rivalling the best smartphone cameras for daylight shooting. Low light performance is more average though, as are the X Force’s panoramas, and it’s a pity the camera app is nowhere near as well featured as many rivals. However it’s worth remembering that you can get the exact same camera in the Moto X Play, and this phone also packs a very capable battery, along with a screen which while inferior to the X Force on paper, looks better in reality. Given the X Play costs little more than half the price of the X Force, it makes much more sense if you can do without the X Force’s ruggedness.

The Motorola Droid Turbo 2 is a sturdy, powerful smartphone, but its huge battery and tough design come with Verizon bloat and an uncertain Android update future.

Verizon’s relationship with Motorola has been a long-withstanding one that dates back to the humble beginnings of Android. Last year’s DROID Turbo extended the healthy relationship by living up to its claim of being one of the longest-lasting smartphones around. While there’s certainly no love lost with its successor, the DROID Turbo 2 has fewer distinctions than what Motorola has already delivered in the Moto X Pure Edition. By comparison, the DROID Turbo was a substantially superior spec’d phone than the 2014-made Moto X. This time around, however, the only major things differentiating the two are their battery capacities and prices. Starting with the former, the DROID Turbo 2’s main benefit over its sibling is that it delivers a long battery life. That alone might prove to be the strongest determination for some folks, but when we factor in the latter, the disparity in the DROID Turbo 2’s pricing makes it a tougher sell. Outright, you’re looking at shelling out $624 to buy the DROID Turbo 2, which can be customized via Moto Maker. Conversely, though, the Moto X Pure Edition fetches for $400 starting. As much as we’d like to validate the higher price point to the DROID Turbo 2’s better battery life, built-in wireless charging, and ShatterShield screen, it’s honestly not enough to warrant it as the better buy. That’s unless you’re really clumsy, which is where its ShatterShield display and impervious design proves to be invaluable. Going beyond the Moto X Pure Edition, it also sees competition from other notable smartphones currently in Verizon’s portfolio that are similarly priced – such as the iPhone 6s, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, LG V10, and LG G4. Without a doubt, if battery life and an extra-tough screen are of utmost importance in your decision buying process, the DROID Turbo 2 should be on your list.