Motorola DROID Turbo Smartphone Charges In Minutes
Five years since Motorola launched the original DROID, verizon is offering the latest model, the DROID Turbo, which comes with a battery that can last up to 48 hours and a Turbo Charger that can provide 8 hours of use on a 15-minute charge.
The new smartphone is equipped with a 3900mAH battery, one of the largest ever put in a smartphone, which can power the device for up to
48 hours without stopping to recharge. Plus, when you charge DROID Turbo with the Motorola Turbo Charger, you get up to eight hours of power in a quick 15 minutes.
The device has a quad-core 2.7 GHz Snapdragon 805 under its hood, a 5.2" Quad HD screen (2560 x 1440) with a 565 ppi and a 21MP camera for capturing high-res pictures and 4K video, and 3 gigabytes of RAM.
As with the Moto smartphones, the Droid Turbo comes with Motorola apps such as Moto Display and the ability to wave your hand over the phone to dismiss a call or silence an alarm. It also features Droid Zap, an app designed to help users share pictures and videos with nearby friends or your television.
The Turbo features a Kevlar fiber body in metallic black, metallic red and black ballistic nylon. The Turbo will come with 32GB, while there is a Droid Turbo in black ballistic nylon for 64GB.
Motorola said it's working with Verizon Wireless to guarantee an upgrade to Android Lollipop.
The Droid Turbo will go on sale on October 30 starting at $200 with a two-year contract. A 64GB version will cost $250. Verizon is also offering a few promotions for the Droid Turbo, including a $100 trade-in value for an old smartphone and the purchase of the device.