SpecEagle review · Motorola

Motorola Droid Turbo 2 review: The "shatterproof" ShatterShield flagship that survived drops.

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2015·$624
Overall
54/100
Class rank
#68 of 100
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The phone that wouldn't crack.

Droid Turbo 2 introduced ShatterShield — a layered display Motorola guaranteed against cracking — alongside a big battery and customisable design. The hot SD810 and a scratch-prone outer layer were the warts, but the no-crack pitch was unique.

01Display

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 74-point average for flagship phones of 2015.

TypeAMOLED, ShatterShield, 60 Hz
Size5.4 inches
Resolution2,560 × 1,440 px (QHD)

02Camera

60/100

60/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2015 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main21 MP, f/2.0, PDAF
Selfie5 MP, front flash

03Performance

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2015.

ChipsetSnapdragon 810 (20 nm)
RAM3 GB
Storage32 / 64 GB · microSD

04Battery

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2015 — 12 points above the cohort average.

Capacity3,760 mAh
Wired25 W TurboPower

05Build

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among flagship phones of 2015 — 8 points above the cohort average.

06Value

60/100

60/100 puts it above the 58-point average for flagship phones of 2015.

What works
  • ShatterShield — Motorola guaranteed the screen wouldn't crack.
  • Big 3,760 mAh battery.
  • Moto Maker customisation.
  • QHD AMOLED + microSD.
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 810 ran hot.
  • ShatterShield outer layer scratched easily.
  • Verizon exclusive.
  • Thick and heavy.
Cross-shop it against
Pixel (1st gen, 2016)
$649 · score 86/100

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 100-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .