Droid Turbo
Brand | Droid |
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Manufacturer | Motorola Mobility |
Slogan | Rise To The Moment |
Series | Droid |
Compatible networks | List
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First released | October 30, 2014 |
Availability by region | United States October 30, 2014 | (Verizon)
Predecessor | Droid Maxx |
Successor | Droid Turbo 2 |
Related | Moto X (2nd generation) |
Type | Smartphone |
Form factor | Slate |
Dimensions | 143.5 mm (5.65 in) H 73.3 mm (2.89 in) W 8.3–11.2 mm (0.33–0.44 in) |
Mass | 176 g (6.2 oz) |
Operating system | Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), Upgradable to Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) |
System on chip | Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 |
CPU | 2.7 GHz quad-core |
GPU | 600 MHz Adreno 420 |
Memory | 3 GiB dual-channel, 800 MHz LPDDR3 RAM |
Storage | 32 GiB internal flash memory 64 GiB internal flash memory |
Removable storage | None |
Battery | 3,900 mAh |
Data inputs | Micro USB 2.0 |
Display | 5.2 in (130 mm) diagonal 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen |
Rear camera | 21 MP (5248×3936 px) 15.5 MP (2952×5248 px in widescreen mode to fit screen aspect ratio) |
Front camera | 2 MP also ultra HD rear camera (2160) |
Sound | Speaker, 3.5mm stereo audio jack |
Connectivity | List
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Other | Use time: up to 48 hours Standby time: up to 20 days Qi Wireless Charging |
The Droid Turbo is a high end smartphone developed by Motorola Mobility. It is part of the Verizon Droid line, and was announced on October 28, 2014 on the Verizon Droid Does website.[2] The Droid Turbo maintains a similar design shape to its predecessor, the Droid Maxx, with new durable ballistic nylon or metallized glass fiber reinforced with Kevlar as the materials offered. The on-screen buttons for back, home, and multitask functions were kept off-screen as capacitive soft-keys below the display.[1]
Specifications[]
Hardware[]
The Droid Turbo came with a Snapdragon 805 quad-core processor clocked at 2.7 GHz, an Adreno 420 GPU, natural language processor for the phone's contextual features, and was backed by a 3,900 mAh battery. The Droid Turbo also has a 5.2-inch Quad HD display with a 565 pixels per inch pixel density at a 1440×2560 resolution.[3]
Software[]
The Droid Turbo shipped with Android 4.4.4 KitKat. The Turbo also came with Motorola's Moto app, which includes features such as Moto Voice, Moto Display, Moto Actions, and Moto Assist.[4]
The device's operating system's first upgrade was to Android Lollipop, Android 5. Its last official upgrade was to Android Marshmallow, Android 6.0.1 and Motorola has confirmed that they have officially dropped support for the device and that the Droid Turbo would not receive the Android Nougat update.
Storage[]
The Droid Turbo features 32 GB of internal flash memory with the Kevlar version and 32 or 64 GB of internal flash memory with Ballistic nylon version and does not provide expandable memory via a MicroSDXC card slot.
International version[]
An international (GSM) version was announced in early November 2014, to be branded as "Moto Maxx", initially available only in Brazil, Puerto Rico and Mexico[5] and released in Chile by early 2015. Motorola has released the smartphone in India by the name of the Moto Turbo earlier in 2015.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Droid Turbo". Motorola. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ a b "Droid Turbo". Verizon Wireless. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ^ "Motorola Droid Turbo specs". Phone arena. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ Gunther, Cory (October 30, 2014). "Moto Droid Turbo Hands-on & First Impressions". Gotta be Mobile. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ^ "Motorola Moto Maxx is official, comes to Brazil and Mexico first". GSM Arena. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Rastogi, Rahul. "Motorola Moto Turbo Full Specifications and Review". RigWig. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
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