Motorola Droid Ultra review: Specs of the Android 4.4.2-powered Motorola Droid Ultra include a 5-inch AMOLED display with 720 x 1820 pixels and a pixel density of 294 ppi. A dual-core processor that clocks in at 1.7GHz and powered by 2GB of RAM is under the hood of the smartphone.

According to a review by Engadget when the smartphone was launched a Verizon exclusive, it’s a handset that “doesn’t need to exist.”

“The Droid Ultra is arguably the closest cousin to the Moto X, and because the two have basically the same specs and price, we've been scratching our heads trying to figure out why Motorola needed to make both,” writes Brad Molen of Engadget.

Phone Arena says that the best way to think of the Motorola Droid Ultra is to consider it as an incremental update to the Droid Razr HD. The display of the smartphone has increased in size from 4.7-inch to 5-inch and keeps the same resolution. The processor has been updated from 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 with 1GB of RAM to an in-house Motorola X8 at 1.7GHz with 2GB of RAM and the camera of the device has gone up from 8MP to 10MP.

But Engadget says that the Motorola Droid Ultra is a great mid-range handset with numerous compelling features that many potential buyers will find interesting. The major downside though is that it’s essentially a Moto X riddled with Verizon branding, a glossy fingerprint-prone finish and a price that the tech site labels as “nonsensical.” A quick look at Amazon that price range for an unlocked unit ranges from $350-500.

It adds that it’s hard to think of a rationale why the Motorola Droid Ultra should co-exist with the Moto X at the exact same price. The only reason that it will recommend the Verizon-exclusive handset is if a user needs a larger screen or perhaps a slightly thinner and taller chassis, but even the Moto X offers those things and adds a much larger battery.

The tech site describes the Motorola Droid Ultra as the most uninteresting of the four Droid devices and least likely to lure buyers.