Motorola announces Signature 27 with 7,000mAh battery

Motorola has announced the Signature 27, a premium smartphone with a 7,000mAh battery, a display rated at up to 12,000 nits and a 200-megapixel periscope camera. The company is positioning the phone as a high-end flagship, with a reported price of about $1,600 in the United States and €1,599 or €1,599.99 in Europe. The Signature 27 uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor and comes with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, according to product specifications. Its 6.8-inch Extreme AMOLED Duo display supports a 120Hz refresh rate. Motorola says the 12,000-nit peak brightness makes it the brightest display available in a smartphone; that ranking has not been independently tested in the reports. The rear camera system includes a 50-megapixel main camera, a 50-megapixel ultrawide camera and a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom. Motorola also describes a dedicated EVS action sensor as a first for smartphones, designed to help capture fast-moving subjects. The phone has a 50-megapixel front camera. Motorola says the 7,000mAh battery can provide up to 66 hours of mixed use. The phone supports 90-watt wired charging and 50-watt wireless...