For a while there, it felt like Motorola had given up on flagships, at least the non-folding kind. The Motorola Signature 27 is a return to form for the storied smartphone maker (the phone’s shape is kind of reminiscent of the old Droid Razrs, isn’t it?). Among its many other impressive specs, this is the first Moto that supports GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused fork of Android that lets you decide how much Google you want in your life.
The previous Signature was a fine phone, but it had a few weak spots – the 27 model is a proper beast. Starting with the chipset, the previous model used the non-Elite Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, while the new one has the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. It’s paired with 12GB or 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB or 512GB of UFS 4.1 storage. And Motorola is promising 7 years of OS updates – the phone launches with Android 17 (and don’t forget the GrapheneOS option).
Motorola Signature 27 in: PANTONE Capulet Olive
The 6.8” tandem OLED display is pretty beastly too with up to 12,000 nits of peak brightness.
