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A Motorola Mobility logo is seen on a screen at the public unveiling of their global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, April 22, 2014. Reuters/Jim Young

The Droid Turbo that is the next smartphone from Motorola to arrive after the Nexus 6 is slated to get unveiled on October 28. The handset is exclusively made for the U.S. carrier, Verizon. According to PhoneArena, the handset may become available for purchased by October 30. The source highlights the tweet from @MotoFirmware that states that the Droid Turbo will launch on October 30 as the retail stores have already stocked the new smartphone.

Just a day ago, GSMDome, had released new leaked images of the retail packaging of the Motorola Droid Tubro through @MotoFirmware. The retail package includes the handset, Turbo charger, user manual, a 4G Verizon SIM and USB data transfer cable. It does contain the stereo headset. The leaked images show a black coloured Droid Turbo. Rumours have it that a red coloured Droid Turbo will also be available with Verizon.

The news about leaked photos of retail packaging has come up just after we had published a report on the surfacing of live leaked images of Motorola Droid Turbo. The Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo will be available at an off-contract price of $599, claims PhoneArena. With a two year contract deal, you can get the handset for $299.

PhoneArena says that the Motorola Droid Turbo is already available at the retail stores of Verizon. So, there is a possibility that you can walk out with a Droid Turbo handset today. However, the official launch is expected to take place on this coming Thursday.

The Motorola Droid Turbo comes housed with monstrous specs and features. It has a 5.2-inch display screen that supports quad HD resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels. The device is powered with Snapdragon 805 SoC that produces a performance speed of 2.7 GHz. It is complemented with Adreno 420 graphics and 3 GB RAM.

The rear panel of the handset is fitted with 21 MP camera along with dual-LED flash. It will release with Android v4.4.4 KitKat onboard. It will come housed with a massive 3,900 mAh battery about which the TechTimes tells that it can last for up to 48 hours on single charge.