Tom's Guide describes Motorola as a company that spent the last decade on accessible mid-range and affordable phones. The Signature 27 isn't that. It's a flagship with a claimed 12,000-nit display, a 7,000mAh battery and a reported US price of about $1,600.
We couldn't check Motorola's own announcement directly, so the details below are credited to the outlets reporting them: TechRadar, Tom's Guide and Android Police.
Price and dates
Tom's Guide gives the price as $1,599, and Android Police rounds it to $1,600. TechRadar's report says US and Australian pricing had yet to be confirmed, and gives the UK price as £1,299.99, which it converts to roughly $1,750 or AU$2,495.
Dates need a little care, because the reports don't line up neatly. TechRadar says the phone ships in Europe on November 16. Tom's Guide says pre-sales go live on November 16. Android Police says US pre-orders open on November 19 through Motorola, Amazon and Best Buy, then gives both November 26 and November 27 for general availability. If you're waiting on one, check your local store rather than any single date here.
Android Police adds that buying from Motorola's own site comes with a Moto Watch Ultra.
What the money buys
The screen is the headline. Android Police describes a 6.8-inch Extreme AMOLED Duo panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, peaking at 12,000 nits. Motorola calls it "the brightest display available in a smartphone," TechRadar reports. For comparison, the same report puts the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra at 2,600 nits and the iPhone 18 Pro Max at 3,000.
Battery is the other big number. The 7,000mAh cell supports 90W wired and 50W wireless charging. TechRadar notes the S26 Ultra has 5,000mAh and the iPhone 18 Pro Max has 5,567mAh, or 5,391mAh in models with a removable SIM. Motorola claims most users can get a day's power from about 12 minutes of charging, Android Police says. That's a claim, not a test result, and it will depend on how you use the phone.
Inside is the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, which TechRadar says fixes the main weakness of the original Signature, launched in January with a less capable chip. Android Police lists 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage as standard, while Tom's Guide says memory goes up to 16GB, with a boost feature using on-board storage to reach 24GB.
The rear cameras are a 50MP main, a 50MP ultrawide and a 200MP 3x periscope telephoto. They sit beside what Tom's Guide and TechRadar describe as the first dedicated EVS action sensor on a phone, built to help freeze fast-moving subjects. The selfie camera is also 50MP.
Two details matter more over the life of the phone than any of those peaks. TechRadar reports seven years of software updates, and support for the privacy-focused GrapheneOS, which has until now been limited to Google's Pixel phones. It also has IP68 and IP69 ratings, per the same report.
Mia's take: On paper this is a lot of phone, but TechRadar's full review is still to come, and a spec sheet won't tell you whether that 12,000-nit peak matters day to day. TechRadar also wonders whether Motorola is enough of a household name to pull off this price, and that's fair. If you're tempted, wait for reviews. The seven years of updates are the part worth paying for, not the nits.
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