SpecEagle review · Motorola

Motorola Droid Turbo review: A Verizon battery beast with a Kevlar back and 2K display.

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2014·$600
Overall
52/100
Class rank
#55 of 92
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The 48-hour battery Droid.

Droid Turbo paired a giant 3,900 mAh battery with a Kevlar back and a QHD AMOLED — Motorola's Verizon flagship pitched squarely at endurance. The bulk and carrier exclusivity were the costs, but the battery claim was genuinely class-leading.

01Display

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 6 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED, 60 Hz
Size5.2 inches
Resolution2,560 × 1,440 px (QHD)

02Camera

58/100

58/100 trails the 63-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2014.

Main21 MP, f/2.0, dual-LED flash
Selfie2 MP

03Performance

64/100

64/100 puts it above the 59-point average for flagship phones of 2014.

ChipsetSnapdragon 805 (28 nm)
RAM3 GB
Storage32 / 64 GB

04Battery

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 16 points above the cohort average.

Capacity3,900 mAh
Wired25 W TurboCharge

05Build

74/100

74/100 puts it above the 68-point average for flagship phones of 2014.

06Value

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2014 — 7 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Huge 3,900 mAh battery — 48-hour life claim.
  • Ballistic-nylon / Kevlar back.
  • QHD AMOLED and 21 MP camera.
  • 25 W TurboCharge.
What doesn't
  • Verizon exclusive in the US.
  • Thick 11.2 mm.
  • 2 MP selfie.
  • Camera was inconsistent.
Cross-shop it against
Nexus 5 (LG)
$349 · score 84/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 92-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .