Motorola has put a price on its most ambitious smartphone yet. The Motorola Signature 27 will cost $1,599.99 in the United States, with pre-orders opening on 19 November and the phone going on sale on 26 November, the company announced on 5 November.

The phone will be sold universally unlocked through Motorola.com, Amazon and Best Buy in a single American configuration: 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage. It is Motorola's second ultra-premium Signature phone, following the original model launched in January 2026, and it was first shown in September at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit before the price and full specifications were held back.

Flagship hardware at a flagship price

The Signature 27 runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip, one of the first phones to use the platform, with an ArcticMesh cooling system built around a vapour chamber that Motorola says is 40 percent larger than the previous generation's. The 6.8-inch Extreme AMOLED Duo display uses two stacked OLED layers, a design Motorola calls tandem OLED, and the company rates its peak brightness at up to 12,000 nits, describing it as the brightest display available in a smartphone.

Power comes from a 7,000 mAh silicon-carbon battery, 35 percent larger than the 5,200 mAh cell in the original Signature. Motorola says the battery lasts up to 77 hours of mixed use and 47 hours of video playback, and that 90 W TurboPower wired charging can restore about a day's power in roughly 12 minutes with a compatible charger, sold separately.

Camera led by a 200-megapixel zoom

Motorola says the Signature 27 carries its most advanced camera system yet. The main camera is a 50-megapixel Sony LYTIA L910 sensor with optical image stabilisation and LOFIC technology for cleaner video in difficult light. The headline lens is a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto offering 3x optical zoom, with AI-driven Super Zoom Pro reaching 100x. A 50-megapixel ultrawide and a 50-megapixel front camera complete the set.

The phone also includes a dedicated event-vision sensor, or EVS, designed to freeze fast-moving subjects with more light and detail than a conventional burst mode. Motorola says it is the first dedicated action sensor in a smartphone. The camera system has received a DXOMARK Gold Label for image quality, with an overall DXOMARK camera score of 173, which the testing lab reports as the highest it has given to any phone launched in 2026.

Seven years of updates and GrapheneOS support

The Signature 27 ships with Android 17 and Motorola promises seven operating system upgrades and up to seven years of security updates, counted from the global launch date. It is also Motorola's first phone built to support GrapheneOS, the hardened open-source operating system developed with the GrapheneOS Foundation, a notable choice for buyers who want more control over privacy.

Other features include Audio by Bang & Olufsen, IP68 and IP69 sealing against dust and water, and MIL-STD-810H durability testing. Motorola says its Gemini Intelligence software can handle multi-step tasks on the user's behalf, such as booking a ride, with the user able to view progress, step in or stop the task.

Price and availability beyond the US

At $1,599.99, the Signature 27 sits above many rival flagships on price, and Motorola is clearly pitching it as a no-compromise device rather than a value play. In Europe the phone is listed at 1,899 euros, with sales reported to begin on 16 November across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Motorola has not announced Canadian pricing, and an India launch is expected later in November but has not been confirmed by the company.

Whether buyers accept a Motorola at this price will depend on reviews of the camera and the display in everyday use, but on paper the Signature 27 is the most complete phone the company has ever made.