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Like clockwork, Motorola and Verizon have refreshed their joint Droid lineup, and we’re here to check out all three devices. The two more premium handsets, the Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx, are the most promising of the bunch for advanced users, replacing last year’s Droid RAZR HD and RAZR Maxx HD and offering the requisite 4G LTE connectivity. Both of those smartphones were at the top of their game in 2012, and that trend appears to continue here — the Ultra and Maxx are very similar, with the latter boosting the battery capacity, enabling power users to make it through a full day.

Like its predecessors, the Ultra and Droid Maxx (pictured above) sport Kevlar bodies, both of which look sleek and feel sturdy. The Ultra we saw has a glossy red finish, which Motorola helpfully suggested is “a lot like a sports car.” The Maxx, on the other hand, has a soft-touch black finish. At any rate, we prefer the Maxx’s look; as we’ve said about Samsung’s Galaxy lineup, a glossy, plasticky finish tends to look cheaper. Both phones feature a 10-megapixel camera with a f/2.4 lens; we’ll have to wait for our review units to test the shooter’s mettle.

What the Ultra’s design does have going for it, though, is an extra-thin profile. At 7.18mm, it’s already being touted as the “thinnest 4G LTE smartphone available.” At 4.94 ounces, it feels very light, and though it sports the Droid family’s usual boxy form factor, the edges are gently curved to make for a nice fit in the hand. It packs a 5-inch, 720p Super AMOLED display, which, while not quite as pixel-dense as the Mini’s 4.3-inch TFT panel, offers crisp images, vibrant colors and wider-than-average viewing angles. The Ultra is priced at $199, 100 bucks higher than the Mini and 100 lower than the Maxx.

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As expected, the star of the show is here: Verizon has unveiled the Motorola Droid Ultra at its New York City press event. The 5-inch smartphone is “all about thin,” according to Moto, and sports a glossy, unibody Kevlar shell that makes it thinner (7.18mm) yet stronger than its predecessors. It’s also speedier: a new dual-core X8 Mobile Computing System delivers about 24 percent faster processing power than the previous generations, graphics that are twice as quick and dedicated chips for both contextual computing and language processing. It sports the software tricks we’ve seen in leaks of the Moto X, such as hands-free voice control, Active Display notifications and Quick Capture. Google’s augmented reality game Ingress comes preloaded for more adventurous owners. The Droid Ultra ships August 20th for $199, and pre-orders are starting today.

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It may not be the much-hyped Moto X unveiling, but today’s Verizon press event will likely bring some big announcements of its own. It’s been nearly a year since Motorola unveiled its trio of Razr handsets for the carrier, and it’s all but certain that the company has at least a phone or two in store for us today. Will we finally get acquainted with the Droid Ultra, not to mention a Droid Maxx variant? Heck, rumors say there’s also a Droid Mini on the way. Stay tuned as we bring you the latest from Verizon’s event in Lincoln Center!

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If you were worried about the legitimacy of the leaked image shown last week depicting the DROID ULTRA complete with bright red stripe down its back, you weren’t alone. What’s appeared today, however, is a lovely bit of leak showing the same unit, this time with a much more photographically sound angle on it – that’s a Limited Edition of the unit if ever we’ve seen one. Here the DROID ULTRA comes out to play for Verizon employees – or the very lucky.

This machine is aimed at being the upgrade of the DROID RAZR HD, the smaller of the two RAZR devices in the carrier’s current Motorola-made smartphone lineup. There’s also the DROID RAZR M, of course, but this is in terms of battery capacity. Here the DROID ULTRA carries what’s almost certainly an upgraded higher-definition display and an expanded bit of ruggedness as well.

This variant of the DROID ULTRA suggests that though both Motorola and Verizon will be going all-in when it comes to the Moto X, they’re still not forgetting their virtual handshake in the DROID brand lineup. This version of the machine could also very easily be the DROID MAXX, the larger of the two full-sized smartphones as far as battery capacity, this based on past iterations of this special edition red stripe – MAXX it’s always been.

This machine – minus the stripe – will quite likely be revealed at the Verizon event coming tomorrow – that’s July 23rd of this month, mind you. Have a peek at the DROID timeline below to catch up on what this reboot of the DROID series means for you and your decisions in Verizon-bound smartphone upgrades soon. Choices await!

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DROID ULTRA leaks again, racing stripe intact is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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A better look at Motorola’s next Droid, the Ultra, has surfaced thanks to serial phone-revealer @evleaks. This time we’re getting a clearer view of the back, decked in some familiar Verizon hues. Alongside some good hints that it’ll house a high-capacity battery like the RAZR Maxx series, we’d hazard a guess that there’s a kevlar finish to that red weave pattern, although we’ll probably have to wait for that incoming Motorola event before we’re able to clarify that. Fortunate, then, that it will all kick off with Verizon in just a few days.

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