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Motorola Signature 27: $1,299, GrapheneOS support, 7-year updates, launches November

The Signature 27 is Motorola’s priciest phone ever — and its first with GrapheneOS support. It launches in the US and India this November at $1,299 and Rs 1,19,999.

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Motorola Signature 27 launches in the US this November — its first phone with official GrapheneOS support, and its most expensive yet. Priced at $1,299 in the US and Rs 1,19,999 in India, it arrives as a privacy-forward flagship built around Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip, the same silicon powering the OnePlus 16, though that phone remains locked to China.

No European or UK pricing has been confirmed. The Indian price was listed on Motorola India’s website ahead of launch. The US price appeared in carrier partner listings shared by Gizmochina. Both markets get the full spec: 16GB RAM (expandable to 24GB via RAM Boost), a 6.8-inch Extreme AMOLED Duo display rated for up to 12,000 nits peak brightness, Dolby Vision, Bang & Olufsen audio, and IP68/IP69 ratings backed by MIL-STD-810H certification.

It ships in Pantone Coal Smoke, a warm gray with Tactical Weave texture, and carries a 7,000mAh battery (6,790mAh typical) with 90W wired and 50W wireless charging. Motorola claims 12 minutes of wired charging delivers a full day’s use. The camera system centers on a 200MP periscope telephoto lens, paired with a 50MP Sony LYTIA L910 main sensor using LOFIC for dynamic range, plus a dedicated EVS Action Sensor for low-light motion capture.

Software promises seven years of OS updates, longer than any current Android flagship, and verified boot paths for GrapheneOS, making it the first Motorola device certified for the hardened, privacy-first OS. That support is not preloaded. Users must install GrapheneOS manually, but Motorola confirms full bootloader unlock and signed firmware images.

The OnePlus 16, by contrast, offers a 9,000mAh battery, 185Hz gaming mode, and a 200MP main camera, but only in China, with no North American or European rollout planned. Its software roadmap stops at four years of updates. Neither phone has undergone independent battery or camera testing yet. Motorola says global rollout begins November 2026, US carriers and Motorola.com first, followed by India via Flipkart and Motorola India within two weeks.

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