Motorola Droid Maxx review, specs: Verizon exclusive handset Droid Maxx is supposed to be a 4.4 KitKat-powered device by now, but the update for the unit has been pulled as it bricks the device. Droid Life reports that Motorola is reportedly pulling the roll-out.

Specs of the Verizon-exclusive handset include a 5-inch AMOLED display, 10MP ClearPixel camera, up to 32GB internal storage plus a 1.7GHz Snapdragon S4 chip. It’s offered at $149.99 on a 2-year contract.

According to Engadget, compared to the Droid Ultra, the Droid Maxx looks better and adds a few new components and just “feels better made.” The design of the Droid Maxx, which makes use of soft-touch finish, makes it easier to grip and gives the phone a premium feel while also masking fingerprint.

Display-wise, Motorola Droid Maxx has a 5-inch, 720P AMOLED display. This gives you more-saturated colors than a standard LCD and also provides viewing angles, but Engadget notes that screen brightness in daylight could be better. In Engadgets review, it notes that the device also comes with the usual CDMA and Verizon-friendly LTE bands (700 / AWS, to be specific), as well as quad-band 42 Mbps HSPA+ (850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100) and quad-band GSM / EDGE (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) for international travelers who want to use a local nano-SIM.

The Motorla Droid Maxx’s 10MP ClearPixel camera has an RGBC sensor, which is said to help collect up to 75% more sunlight, notes Phone Arena. The camera feature is combined with the f/2.4 aperture lens and 1.4 micron pixel size.

The Droid Maxx’s camera is easy to use and is minimalistic in its nature with some basic settings and without any fancy color effects. When you swipe over to the right, it will pull over a dial on the left that allows some user options for HDR, flash, tap to focus, slow motion video, panorama, geo-tag, shutter tone and quick capture. All these features allows you to quickly launch the camera by flipping your hand twice. The camera feature also has continuous outburst shooting, Phone Arena notes, all you have to do is press-and-hold on the screen for it to take one picture after another. The camera resolution for the Droid Maxx is fixed at 10MP 4320 x 2432 resolution widescreen.

If you go for videos, the Droid Maxx can record at 1080P resolution at 30 fps and with a data rate of 17MBPS.

In terms of performance, the Motorola Droid Maxx uses Motorola’s X8 architecture. The system features a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Pro chip, a quad-core Adreno 320 GPU clocked at 400MHz and two additional cores for natural-language processing and contextual computing. Engadget says that the Maxx is more than adequate for most people’s needs. However, for the price of the unit, top-of-the-line specs is expected and some power users may opt to see the speedier Snapdragon 800 processor.

The battery of the Droid Maxx, which features a 3,500mAh cell, makes it the handset offering the largest battery. In a test by Droid Maxx, the unit lasted 18 hours and 54 minutes with the unit performing both light and heavy workload.

Overall, the Motorola Droid Maxx is able to deliver an awesome performance and could be sufficient for the needs of most users. There is no update yet on when the fixed Android 4.4 KitKat will be available again.