Droid Maxx

The Droid Maxx is a smartphone developed by Motorola Mobility. It is the first Droid to be a high-end smartphone exclusively developed by Motorola for Verizon Wireless. It is part of the Verizon Droid line and was announced on 23 July 2013, along with the Droid Ultra and Droid Mini, at a joint Motorola and Verizon Wireless press conference.

The Droid Maxx maintains a similar design to its predecessor, the Droid Razr HD, including the DuPont Kevlar unibody. It included Motorola's proprietary X8 Mobile Computing System, which consists of 8 cores: 2-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro applications processor, 4-core Adreno 320 graphics processor, 1 low-power core for natural language processing, and 1 low-power core for contextual awareness processing to enable the new Touchless control feature. The internal battery was increased in size to 3,500 mAh. The on-screen buttons for back, home, and multitasking functions were moved to off-screen capacitive soft keys below the screen. The Droid Maxx also includes Motorola's Active Notification feature.

The reception of the device was mostly positive, with the caveat that it is only available on the US carrier, Verizon Wireless. Some reviewing outlets called the device "the best Android device available on Verizon Wireless". Many others praised Motorola's Active Notification system, which turns on a portion of the AMOLED screen to "blink" notifications to the user rather than a traditional LED notification light. The soft-touch Kevlar unibody, as well as the overall physical design, was praised. Reviewers were mixed to the device's continued use of a 720p HD resolution at a 5 in (130 mm) screen size, though complimented the AMOLED display's brightness, deep blacks, and its benefits to battery conservation.