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If You Care About Software Updates or Security, Stop Buying Motorola DROID Phones

Kellen April 27, 2016

Here's a pro tip on a Wednesday - stop buying Motorola and Verizon's exclusive DROID phones if you care at all about software updates or security. I say that because Motorola and Verizon don't seem to care about keeping them up-to-date, even as Google and the...

Yikes: DROID Ultra, Maxx, and Mini Won’t Even Get Lollipop Now

Kellen February 19, 2016

In July of 2013, days before Motorola was set to announce the original Moto X, the company was somehow persuaded by Verizon to announce a brand new DROID line. That line of phones included the DROID Ultra, MAXX, and Mini, all of which were very similar to the...

Motorola Details Which Phones to Receive Marshmallow Update (Updated)

Tim October 2, 2015

When Lollipop was released by Google last year, it seemed many OEMs were in a race to deliver the good to customers as quickly as possible. As we all saw, Lollipop was absolutely riddled with bugs and performance issues, leaving a few Android users wishing...

Moto X Play Will Probably Arrive in the US as the DROID MAXX 2 With a DROID Turbo 2 Alongside It

Kellen August 24, 2015

You know how we were all disappointed to learn that Motorola's Moto X Play was skipping the US and instead stopping off at all of our surrounding countries? That's because it's more than likely showing up here as the DROID MAXX 2 with Verizon exclusivity. This...

DROID MAXX, Ultra, and Mini All Get Mini Update That No, Isn’t Lollipop

Kellen May 25, 2015

Verizon and Motorola are pushing an update to their 2013 line-up of DROID devices, the MAXX, Ultra, and Mini. The update is not Lollipop in any shape or form. It fixes bugs and improves stability. That's it. You are looking at a build number of 24.13.2 when...

DROID MAXX, ULTRA, and Mini Receive Update With Advanced Calling 1.0 Fixes

Kellen January 14, 2015

The 2013 DROID family - MAXX, ULTRA, and Mini - is receiving an update today from Verizon to version 24.3.7. The update does one thing, so I hope it does it well. The only item listed on the changelog says that this update brings bug fixes and stability...

Video: DROID Turbo vs. DROID MAXX and Moto X (2nd Gen)

Kellen October 28, 2014

With the unboxing and hands-on gallery out of the way, we wanted to put the brand new DROID Turbo up against last year's DROID MAXX, to see how far we have come, but also against the still-mostly-new Moto X (2nd gen), to see the leap Motorola made in just a...

OTA Update Live for DROID MAXX, Ultra and Mini, Brings Preparations for VoLTE

Tim October 17, 2014

The update which went out to soak testers earlier this week is now live for all DROID MAXX, ULTRA, and Mini owners on Verizon. The update prepares the lineup of devices for Advanced Calling 1.0, aka VoLTE on Big Red's network. In addition to preps for...