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this is dan seifert with the verge i'm here at motorola and verizon's new york event to announce the motorola droid turbo the droid turbo is the latest in the line of droid smartphones from motorola and verizon it's kind of like a Moto X on steroids this particular one will be replacing the droid ultra in the droid lineup as a 5.2 inch quad HD display so it's a higher resolution screen than the Moto X it's also powered by a new Snapdragon 805 processor which is faster than the Moto X it's got a 21 megapixel camera on the back which is higher resolution than the Moto X and it's got a 3900 milliamp hour battery which is much larger than the one available in the Moto X and verizon and motorola say that this should last about 48 hours between charges very similar to last year's droid maxx it's also supports a turbo charging feature which will come with a charger in the box that will give you eight hours of battery life on 15 minutes of charging otherwise it's very similar to the Moto X as far as software and features go it's running Android 4.4 it's going to be upgraded to 5.0 lollipop at some point in the future it's got a lot of the similar Motorola features like the quick launch camera the voice controls and the active display features for notifications but it's different is it's got capacitive keys underneath the display here as opposed to the on-screen buttons this guy is going to be available starting this Thursday October thirtieth you'll be able to get a 32 gigabyte version with for 199 on contract or a 64 gigabyte version for 249 the 32 gigabyte version is going to come in three different colors a metallic black metallic red and this new ballistic nylon which is actually a nylon finish it's really weird really different not sure how it's going to to last over time the 64 gigabyte version is only going to be available in this black ballistic nylon but you'll be able to get the 32 gigabyte model in the other three colors so there you go that's a quick look at the motorola droid turbo for Verizon Wireless you