DROID Turbo 2 Review

DROID Turbo 2 Review
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It’s late 2015 and Verizon and Motorola are showing no signs of slowing this exclusive DROID partnership that once stood for everything we loved about Android. This year, to follow-up last year’s DROID Turbo, the franchise has been given two new robotic, manhood-enforcing options in the DROID Turbo 2 and DROID MAXX 2.
I have had the pleasure of reviewing this year’s flagship, which is the Turbo 2 and have had just enough time to hopefully give you the full scoop on whether or not this should be your next phone. I’ve taken its shatterproof display for a drop or ten, made sure its camera is as good as the shooter found in the Moto X Pure, and even tried to find out if we have a new battery with such as Micronix MB-300 Battery, Micronix MSA338 Battery, Micronix MSA358 Battery, TSI DustTrak II 8532 Battery, TSI DustTrak II 530EP Battery, TSI DustTrak DRX 8530 Battery, TSI DustTrak DRX 8534 Battery, Comen CM1200A Battery, Comen CM1200B Battery, GE Eagle Monitor 1008 Battery, GE Eagle Monitor 1009 Battery, TSI 9350 Batteryking on our hands.
This is our DROID Turbo 2 review.
Motorola has done just about everything right in the specs department with the Turbo 2. It has a big 5.4-inch QHD Plastic-OLED display (2560×1440) that is shatterproof, 3GB RAM, 32/64GB storage with micro SD slot for expansion, Snapdragon 810 processor, 3760mAh battery (with fast and wireless charging), 21MP rear camera, 5MP front camera, 802.11ac WiFi, and mostly stock Android 5.1.1. For a current flagship, I don’t know that it’s missing much, except for maybe a fingerprint reader and optical image stabilization in the camera. Some will cry for a removable battery, but come on, it’s packing a 3760mAh battery already – you won’t be running out of battery any time soon.
Here are the full DROID Turbo 2 specs.
Motorola has made a phone that uses a technology (or marketing term) called ShatterShield. It’s a 5-layer approach to display protection that renders a phone “shatterproof.” Yes, Motorola claims that they have a phone whose display cannot be shattered or cracked. Bold, right? Very, but Motorola is so proud and sure of ShatterShield in the DROID Turbo 2, that they are putting a 4-year guarantee behind it.
So is the Turbo 2 shatterproof? It very well could be. Because of the flexible P-OLED display they are using here, along with a variety of other protective layers to make up ShatterShield, I’m not even sure there is glass to be shattered. In fact, CNN put this phone through some pretty silly tests (like having a horse stomp on the display) that ended up denting the phone’s display, not cracking or shattering it. Seriously, their variety of tests left dents in the display, but couldn’t crack it.
I’ve also done my fair share of drops and was not successful in cracking it. One thing to note, though, is that the phone has this really soft outer lens (part of ShatterShield) that scratches and scuffs pretty easily. You can think of it kind of like one of those really bad screen protectors that your weird uncle Larry uses. In my handful of drops on cement, pavers, hardwood floors, wood decks, and rough asphalt, I did leave some marks on the screen that are now there for the time being. Thankfully, Motorola is going to let you buy replacement top lenses, so you can actually replace part of the ShatterShield system yourself and constantly refresh your screen. As an added bonus, the top lens is where that ridiculous Verizon check sits, so there is a chance you’ll be able to buy replacement lens that won’t have it.
Before doing this review, I don’t know that having a shatterproof display was something on my radar or “must have” list, but now I’m wondering if I even want to live without it. Phones like the Galaxy S6 or Note 5 and all their glass almost seem unappealing because of the care needed to preserve their beauty. With the Turbo 2, that constant thought in the back of your mind that keeps telling you to be careful and not drop your phone every time you pull it out of your pocket, isn’t there. That’s a big deal.