Motorola Droid Turbo 2 review: The "shatterproof" ShatterShield flagship that survived drops.
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
78/10078/100 puts it above the 74-point average for flagship phones of 2015.
02Camera
60/10060/100 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.
03Performance
64/10064/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2015.
04Battery
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2015 — 12 points above the cohort average.
05Build
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among flagship phones of 2015 — 8 points above the cohort average.
06Value
60/10060/100 puts it above the 58-point average for flagship phones of 2015.
- ShatterShield — Motorola guaranteed the screen wouldn't crack.
- Big 3,760 mAh battery.
- Moto Maker customisation.
- QHD AMOLED + microSD.
- Snapdragon 810 ran hot.
- ShatterShield outer layer scratched easily.
- Verizon exclusive.
- Thick and heavy.
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? .