Tired of having broken displays on your smartphone? A shatterproof glass screen now protects the Droid Turbo 2 smartphone from Motorola (when dropped onto hard surfaces from a five-foot height). This Motorola Droid Turbo 2 with a damage-proof screen technology called “Turbo Shatter Shield” for 5.4 inch, 2560 x 1440 resolution display screen.
Obviously sharp objects and tough drops can still scratch the screen, but having a shatterproof surface is a definite advantage. Motorola guarantees the Motorola Droid Turbo 2 will not crack or shatter for up to four years within a “typical accidental drops that smartphone consumers experience”.
It’s the first phone with a shatterproof screen and has five distinct, shock absorbent layers.
The first replaceable layer includes a proprietary hard coat designed to guard against dents and abrasion while the second layer is transparent. The third layer includes two sub touch-sensitive layers where one substitutes when the other gets damaged while the fourth layer is a flexible AMOLED screen that can absorb shock. The fifth and final layers is an aluminum chassis.
This well protected phone also weighs less than six ounces and is water-resistant. Motorola Moto Maker compatible, 21-megapizel front camera, and The 3,760 mAh battery life has also improved in charging speed (13 hours of power in a 15 minute charge session) and overall life (two days on a full charge).
The Motorola Droid Turbo 2 is currently available exclusively through Verizon Wireless starting at $624 ($26 monthly for 32GB, or $30 for 64GB in a 2-year plan). A limited time trade-in offer for up to $300 off is also offered at Verizon.
~ Michael Siebenaler