SpecEagle review · Motorola

Motorola Droid Ultra XT1080 review: 2013 Kevlar 7.18 mm slim.

Item: Motorola Droid Ultra XT1080
Rating: 72
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2013·$200

Overall

72/100

Class rank

#15 of 87

Tier

Flagship

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Droid Ultra XT1080.

Motorola's 2013 Droid Ultra packed 5" AMOLED + Kevlar back in 7.18 mm — sleek Verizon flagship.

01Display

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 12 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED

Size5.0"

Resolution720 x 1280

02Performance

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 20 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetMotorola X8

CPU1.7 GHz dual Krait

RAM2 GB

03Camera

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 11 points above the cohort average.

Main10 MP ClearPixel

Front2.0 MP

04Battery

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 14 points above the cohort average.

Capacity2,130 mAh

05Software

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 72-point average for flagship phones of 2013.

What works

7.18 mm thin Kevlar.
AMOLED 720p 5.0".
2 GB RAM.
Touchless Control.

What doesn't

Sealed battery 2,130 mAh.
No microSD.
Verizon exclusive.
PenTile AMOLED.

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