Motorola Moto X Play is Verizon's Droid Maxx 2

By Abhinav Pathak on Oct 28, 2015 04:30 AM

Yesterday, Motorola launched two new smartphones for Verizon or shall we say one new smartphone. The Droid Maxx 2 is just a re-branded Moto X Play with Verizon branding all over.

The Droid Maxx 2 has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor with 21MP camera and a whopping 3630 mAh battery capable of delivering upto 48 hours of usage. The new mid-range Droid has a 21MP rear camera, 5MP front-camera. There's 2GB RAM onboard and 16GB internal expandable storage running Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. From initial reports there is quite a lot of carrier bloatware on the device.

Screen Size 5.5 inches (1080 x 1920 pixels, 403 ppi)

Camera Back: 21 MP, 1080p@30fps; Front: 5 MP

Processor Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615

Memory 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)

Dimension & Weight 148 x 75 x 10.9 mm, 169 g

Connectivity LTE

Battery 3630 mAh

Verizon will be selling the Droid Maxx 2 starting October 29 at a full retail price of $384 or 24 monthly payments of $16. Moto Maker won't be available for the Droid Maxx 2 but you can swap the back-cover for different color options.