Motorola is going ultra premium with its $1,600 ‘Signature’ phone - The Verge
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Motorola is trying something it hasn’t attempted in the modern smartphone era: to make an all-out flagship slab-style phone. Previous high-end Edge devices never quite hit the mark, and lacked features that would put it in the highest flagship tiers. The company has had plenty of success with its Razr clamshell foldables, leaning on brand nostalgia and daring to make phones that actually look good. But it’s trying something different with its new Signature line, which until now hasn’t been available in the US. The Signature 27 goes a step further toward premium, daring to take on the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. Motorola is leaning into a luxury aesthetic, offering a stacked feature set — with an equally luxurious $1,599 price tag. It’s a lot to ask for a starting price, but it does get you 512GB of storage and 12GB of RAM, the same as the S26 Ultra’s $1,599, 512GB variant. Samsung does offer a cheaper 256GB configuration for $1,399, though. We got our first look at the Signature 27 when Motorola previewed it earlier this year, revealing that it would use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset. The company dropped a few other details, too, like Bang & Olufsen-designed audio, 50-megapixel and 200-megapixel telephoto cameras, and two Pantone color options. Today’s full announcement fills in the gaps. It will come with a 7,000mAh silicon-carbon battery, a 6.8-inch tandem OLED screen, IP68/IP69 ratings for full dust and water resistance, and 12GB of RAM. The Signature 27 will also support the privacy-focused GrapheneOS — a first for Motorola, and for a mainstream phone sold in the US, for that matter. [Image: Motorola calls this a 1.5K “Super HD” resolution display…
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