 Hey everybody, this is Sean with The Verge and this is the Verizon and Motorola Droid Max 2. Now this phone should look a little bit familiar. It's basically the same exact thing as the Motorola Moto X Play that we saw released earlier this summer in Europe, in Latin America and in Canada. And now it's coming state side with the Verizon branding. They're mostly the same phone, there are a couple key differences. First everything that's the same, you've got the same 5.5 inch 1080p screen that looks really great here. You have the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor inside. You still have 2 gigs of RAM and Verizon will only be selling these in 16 gigabyte variants, although you can expand the storage up to 128 gigabytes. There's also a 5 megapixel front facing camera. You also have the same 21 megapixel rear facing camera that we really liked on the Moto X Play. It's one of the best ones Motorola's ever had on its phones and they finally caught up to the competition when it comes to smartphone cameras. Some of the differences though are that you can tell this is not running as near a stock Android as the Moto X Play. You have a little bit of Verizon bloatware in here and everything, but otherwise it's pretty much the same thing. You're also going to be able to customize the backs this time around. Verizon's offering a whole bunch of different colors similar to Moto Maker on the Droid Turbo 2 that was just announced today and the other Motorola devices. So if you like more color on your Droid Max 2 you're going to be able to get that. This phone is coming out really fast. They're going to release it this Thursday and Verizon will sell it to you on a two year contract for $16 a month. It basically runs into about $380. So for a mid-level phone it's a really good option and it's another phone that's going to be bringing down the price of premium phones over the next couple of years. If you want to learn more about the Droid Max 2 or the Droid Turbo 2 which was also announced today, head to theverge.com.
 Hey everybody, this is Sean with The Verge and this is the Verizon and Motorola Droid
 Max 2.
 Now this phone should look a little bit familiar.
 It's basically the same exact thing as the Motorola Moto X Play that we saw released
 earlier this summer in Europe, in Latin America and in Canada.
 And now it's coming state side with the Verizon branding.
 They're mostly the same phone, there are a couple key differences.
 First everything that's the same, you've got the same 5.5 inch 1080p screen that looks
 really great here.
 You have the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor inside.
 You still have 2 gigs of RAM and Verizon will only be selling these in 16 gigabyte variants,
 although you can expand the storage up to 128 gigabytes.
 There's also a 5 megapixel front facing camera.
 You also have the same 21 megapixel rear facing camera that we really liked on the Moto X
 Play.
 It's one of the best ones Motorola's ever had on its phones and they finally caught
 up to the competition when it comes to smartphone cameras.
 Some of the differences though are that you can tell this is not running as near a stock
 Android as the Moto X Play.
 You have a little bit of Verizon bloatware in here and everything, but otherwise it's
 pretty much the same thing.
 You're also going to be able to customize the backs this time around.
 Verizon's offering a whole bunch of different colors similar to Moto Maker on the Droid
 Turbo 2 that was just announced today and the other Motorola devices.
 So if you like more color on your Droid Max 2 you're going to be able to get that.
 This phone is coming out really fast.
 They're going to release it this Thursday and Verizon will sell it to you on a two year
 contract for $16 a month.
 It basically runs into about $380.
 So for a mid-level phone it's a really good option and it's another phone that's going
 to be bringing down the price of premium phones over the next couple of years.
 If you want to learn more about the Droid Max 2 or the Droid Turbo 2 which was also
 announced today, head to theverge.com.