Motorola introduces the Signature 27, featuring a 7,000 mAh battery, a 200 Mpx telephoto lens, and a screen announced with a peak brightness of 12,000 nits. It is also the brand’s first smartphone compatible with GrapheneOS. The phone is priced at €1,899 in France.
- Motorola lance le Signature 27 au prix de 1 899 € en France.
- Il embarque une batterie de 7 000 mAh et un capteur événementiel pour les scènes rapides.
- Il sera le premier Motorola compatible avec GrapheneOS, sans date annoncée.
- Son prix augmente de 600 € en une génération.
The first Signature, unveiled at CES in January, focused on slimness, measuring 6.99 mm thick and weighing 186 grams. Its successor adopts a different approach: it gains in battery life, zoom, and brightness, at the cost of a thickness of 7.99 mm and a weight of 227 grams. The frame is made of aerospace-grade aluminum, and the device is IP68 and IP69 certified. It also passes sixteen categories of tests from the MIL-STD-810H military standard.
Photo: a novel event-based sensor
The main module relies on a 50 Mpx Sony LYTIA L910 sensor, equipped with 3.5° optical image stabilization (OIS). Motorola highlights the DXOMARK Gold label and LOFIC technology, which helps preserve details in high-contrast areas, for example during a concert or under nighttime urban lighting.
The main novelty is the dedicated Action Sensor, an Event Vision Sensor (EVS), presented as a first on a smartphone. Unlike conventional sensors, it measures light variations pixel by pixel, autonomously. Paired with the Action Shot software mode, it is used to freeze fast-moving subjects without degrading the captured light. The rest of the setup includes a 200 Mpx periscope telephoto lens with 3× optical zoom, a 50 Mpx ultra-wide-angle lens at 122°, and a 50 Mpx front sensor. For video, the Signature 27 records up to 8K at 30 fps.
Screen, processor, and battery
The Extreme AMOLED Duo display measures 6.78 inches in a 1.5K Super HD format. Motorola announces a peak brightness of 12,000 nits, compared to 6,200 nits on the first Signature, but this figure is measured with only 1% of pixels lit. The refresh rate drops to 120 Hz, compared to 165 Hz on the previous model.
The phone features Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, paired with 12 or 16 GB of LPDDR5X RAM. To dissipate heat, Motorola uses the ArcticMesh system, which combines an 8,384 mm² vapor chamber, presented as 40% larger than on the previous model, and a thermal gel enriched with micro-diamonds. The silicon-carbon battery boasts 7,000 mAh, with a guaranteed rated capacity of 6,790 mAh in most markets. The wired TurboPower 90W charging promises a day’s battery life in 12 minutes.
The Signature 27 will also be the first Motorola smartphone compatible with GrapheneOS, an open-source Android-derived system designed for privacy, which until now only worked on Google Pixels. The brand had announced its partnership with the GrapheneOS foundation at the Barcelona MWC in early March. Motorola has not yet communicated a date for this system. The phone will also receive, over the coming months, Google’s Gemini Intelligence features, some of which will require a subscription for intensive use.
Price and availability
Pre-orders open on Monday, November 16 on Motorola.com, with deliveries expected in early December. The Signature 27 launches at €1,899 in France, in its entry-level version with 12 GB of RAM. The first Signature was announced at €999 at CES, before its official price rose to €1,299 a few weeks later. The price thus increases by €600 in one generation, and by €900 compared to the price announced in January.
