Motorola Wants to Sell You a $1,600 Phone That Doesn’t Fold
Equipped with the brightest display, an “Event-Based Vision Sensor,” and the next-generation Qualcomm processor, Motorola hopes you’ll want to spend big bucks on its ceramic and aluminum Signature 27.
Motorola is set to launch an ultra-premium smartphone, the Motorola Signature 27, priced at $1,600, marking its first foray into this high-end segment in six years. The device boasts a 6.8-inch "Extreme AMOLED Duo" display with an eye-catching brightness of 12,000 nits, far surpassing the typical 3,600 nits found in most smartphones.
Under the hood, the phone features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip, 12 GB of RAM, and a 7,000-mAh silicon-carbon battery. Motorola has also partnered with Bang & Olufsen for its speaker system. The signature camera setup includes a 50-megapixel main sensor, a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto camera with 100X digital zoom and AI enhancements, a 50-megapixel ultrawide camera, and a 50-megapixel selfie camera.
It also introduces a unique "Event-Based Vision Sensor" for capturing sharp photos of moving subjects. Motorola promises 7 years of software updates and supports GrapheneOS for enhanced privacy. The phone also features AI-powered video enhancement and Google's Gemini Intelligence features, such as real-time ASL translation and generative AI widgets.
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