SpecEagle review · Motorola

Motorola Droid Turbo 2 review: The original shatterproof phone with epic battery.

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

The unbreakable Droid.

Droid Turbo 2 introduced ShatterShield — Motorola guaranteed the AMOLED screen would not crack for four years. Paired with a 3760 mAh battery and Moto Maker custom backs, it was the rugged endurance flagship of 2015.

01Display

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 74-point average for flagship phones of 2015.

TypeAMOLED ShatterShield (shatterproof, guaranteed)
Size5.4 inches
Resolution1440 x 2560 px

02Camera

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 67-point average for flagship phones of 2015.

Main21 MP, f/2.0, PDAF, dual-LED flash
Selfie5 MP
Video4K30

03Performance

74/100

At 74/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2015 — 10 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 810 (20nm)
GPUAdreno 430

04Battery

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2015 — 18 points above the cohort average.

Capacity3760 mAh
ChargingTurboPower — 13 hrs in 15 min

05Build

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among flagship phones of 2015 — 12 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • ShatterShield — the first guaranteed shatterproof screen
  • Big 3760 mAh battery with TurboPower
  • Moto Maker customisation incl. real-wood/leather backs
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 810 ran hot
  • Verizon exclusive in the US
  • Mono speaker
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? .