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Today, Motorola has shared a whole lot more info on its brand-new Signature 27 — packing the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 I tested and a retina-searing 12,000-nit display. But not only will it test your eyes, it will test the limits of your wallet.

This is a $1,599 phone. Yowzers. Pre-sales will go live on November 16.

Motorola, the company that has spent the last decade charming us with accessible mid-range and affordable phones, has jumped straight into the ultra-flagship pool. And to justify this phone compared to the iPhone 18 Pro Max , it built a device with a spec sheet that's absurdly overpowered.

Throw the kitchen sink at it

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If you’re going to charge $1,600 for a slab phone in this economy, you have to throw the kitchen sink at it.…