Moto X Play launching in US as DROID Maxx 2

"You could practically hear the collective sigh of Motorola fans across the US after learning the recently announced Moto X Play — with the larger 3,650mAh battery — wouldn’t be coming stateside. We’ll admit, it was a little disheartening but we remained positive. This was because, before the trio of Moto phones were ever made official, a few leaks suggested we could be seeing one or two launching in the US, only rebranded as Verizon exclusives (it’s better than nothing)."