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Motorola Droid Maxx XT1080M review: 2013 3,500 mAh stamina king.

Item: Motorola Droid Maxx XT1080M
Rating: 76
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2013·$300

Overall

76/100

Class rank

#1 of 2

Tier

Flagship

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Droid Maxx XT1080M.

Motorola's 2013 Droid Maxx hit 3,500 mAh in 8.5 mm with Kevlar back + Qi wireless — battery king for Verizon.

01Display

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 15 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED

Size5.0"

Resolution720 x 1280

02Performance

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 27 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetMotorola X8

CPU1.7 GHz dual Krait

RAM2 GB

03Camera

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 18 points above the cohort average.

Main10 MP ClearPixel

Front2.0 MP

04Battery

92/100

At 92/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 26 points above the cohort average.

Capacity3,500 mAh sealed

05Software

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2013.

What works

3,500 mAh sealed massive.
Up to 48-hour stamina.
Qi wireless charging.
Kevlar back + AMOLED.

What doesn't

Sealed battery.
No microSD.
Verizon exclusive.
167 g heavy.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 2-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .