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back when Verizon's original droid turbo was making waves motorola came up with a similar phone that could be sold outside the Verizon ecosystem they called it the Moto Maxx this year Verizon picked up the Droid turbo - but to make sure those without deep pockets still had a respectable droid branded phone to choose from Verizon's offering a second one how does it stack up to the other phones and is it worthy of the droid name I'm Joe Levite with Verizon's Droid Maxx - this is PocketNow when asked about the naming of the Droid Maxx - motorola CEO said it stands for max battery max megapixels and max value we'll see about that the silver ring around the phone isn't really metal it's just painted polycarbonate but it still looks pretty snazzy the backplate is removable though the battery beneath it isn't that means you'll be able to change out your back cover to suit your whimsy but there's nothing you can get to underneath it even the nano SIM and the micro SD card are in a tray at the top of the phone not under the cover the SD slot is something we really like it can take your 16 gig on-board storage and supplement it with cards up to 128 gig sold separately of course the Droid Maxx - is basically a rebranded Moto X pure edition in terms of size it curves from about 6 millimeters thick on the edges to 10 millimeters around back that curved as with other Moto's before it fits nicely in the hand though with a removable back panel feels a little flimsy at times it's solid and substantial all without being heavy just like other Moto's in the family the center line dimple is a comfortable anchor point for your fingertip alas that solid is there's no fingerprint scanner hiding beneath it unlike the droid turbo 2 there's no ugly carrier logo polluting the front you'll find that around back but that's a much more acceptable location the screen is LCD not AMOLED it's topped with Gorilla Glass 3 not the shattered shields screen that the turbo 2 gets don't try stepping on this phone with a horse or anything crazy like that bezels are minimal and the screen looks nice the power button is on the left side and is ridged to help you find it easily with the volume rocker just beneath it the max2 has a microUSB port on the bottom capable of turbo charging which is a good thing but it includes wireless charging as well while we'd have loved to see a Snapdragon 810 under the hood the 1.7 gigahertz octa-core 615 will suffice and it's a bit nicer when it comes to battery life the software is a Motorola 5 version of android 5.1.1 lollipop it comes with most but not all of the added features Moto's are famous for the camera on the Droid Maxx too is pretty decent with 21 megapixels and an F 2.0 aperture phase detector focused dual LED flash and very capable HDR modes for both Stills and video yeah we were impressed with how well pictures turned out and know the camera itself isn't all that great but for a mid-range phone it's not half bad overall performance with the max2 was perfectly acceptable and on par with what we experienced with similarly SPECT phones like the Nexus 5 the Snapdragon 615 processor can get bogged down at times but only very occasionally in our experience we weren't able to try out the advanced calling features like HD voice and video calling that the phone and the verizon network offer but traditional phone calls were great LTE speeds around the pocket now you two offices were pretty decent it's got a 3630 milliamp hour battery that verizon claims will keep you powered up for 48 hours in our experience with moderate to heavy use the battery will get you through at least a day and a half after more than 24 hours on our current charge we're still at 30% battery remaining an estimated 18 hours and 10% of that has been with the screen on the Droid Maxx too isn't a flagship and it's not going to win any competitions against them however it is a very viable mid-range phone that performs right where we'd expect it to it feels nice that performs well and it lasts at least all day and all night if you're a Verizon customer and the droid turbo just isn't for you for the retail price of three hundred eighty four dollars or sixteen bucks a month the Droid Maxx too is the next in line for picture and video samples and even more details about the Droid Maxx to head over to our website pocketnow.com and follow us on your favorite social media channels we're at pocket now on Twitter and I'm at Joe Levi thumbs up and subscribe if you haven't done so already and remember it's a great time to be alive the silver ring around the phone isn't really metal it's just painted cup collie parven it how about that huh