Motorola launches $1,600 premium smartphone without folding screen

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 14:20 · Archive

Motorola is releasing the Signature 27, a non-folding flagship smartphone priced at $1,600 with a super-bright OLED display.

Motorola has announced the Signature 27, a non-folding flagship smartphone priced at $1,600. Preorders begin on 19 November, with the phone going on sale on 26 November.

The device features a 6.8-inch 'Extreme AMOLED Duo' display using tandem OLED technology—stacking two panels on top of each other—which Motorola claims reaches 12,000 nits, making it the brightest smartphone display on the market. For comparison, most smartphones today peak at around 3,600 nits. The phone is built from ceramic, brushed aluminium, and Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3, with an IP68/69 rating for dust and water resistance. It comes in two finishes: Pantone Capulet Olive with a textile-inspired finish and Pantone Coal Smoke with a tactical-weave finish.

The Signature 27 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor, Qualcomm's most powerful mobile chip. It includes 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage with no upgrade option for additional memory. The phone features four image sensors: a 50-megapixel primary camera, a 50-megapixel ultrawide lens, a 200-megapixel 3x optical zoom camera (with 100x digital zoom), and an event-based vision sensor for a feature called Action Shot.

This marks Motorola's first major push into the ultra-premium market outside its folding devices, positioning it directly against flagship models from Apple and Samsung.

How it is being reported

• Motorola's new Signature 27 has it all if you can stomach the $1,600 price tagIt has all the bells and whistles (and cameras).Ars Technica · 5 Nov, 13:00
• Motorola Wants to Sell You a $1,600 Phone That Doesn’t FoldEquipped 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.Wired · 5 Nov, 13:00

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