[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
Which Moto Maxx are you talking about? There are two -- U.S. Moto Maxx XT1250 and International Moto Maxx/Moto Turbo XT1225.

You will get HSPA band 800 with the Moto Maxx/Moto Turbo XT1225. You will get LTE band 7 with the Moto Maxx/Moto Turbo XT1225. (In Germany, Vodafone uses LTE bands 7 and 20.)

* The little known U.S. Moto Maxx XT1250 has the exact same bands as the Motorola Droid Turbo XT1254, including CMDA. But most people don't even know it exists -- so I don't think you are talking about that one. The U.S. Moto Maxx XT1250 is identical to the Droid Turbo, down to the FCC ID -- but it has a bootloader which can be unlocked. Many people buy it and use it on Verizon. But as it's only sold by regional CDMA/LTE carriers in the U.S., it's harder to buy for people who live in Europe.

* The "international" Moto Maxx XT1225, also called the Moto Turbo XT1225 in other markets (yeah, Moto used the "Turbo" name on TWO Quarks) does not have CDMA, and has a slightly different mix of LTE and HSPA bands. It has bootloader which can be unlocked, rooted, and there are four custom 5.1.1 ROMs available. I own two of them.

For people in countries outside the U.S., unless you specifically need LTE band 13 or specifically need CDMA bands, then the "international" Moto XT1225 is the phone you should be getting. Even for people in the U.S., that holds true. I live in the U.S.! ;) The XT1225 has all the AT&T LTE bands.

Yes, since he's probably talking about the XT1225 vs the XT1254, they are indeed different.

I'm quoting myself below from a previous post, to lay out the Quark phones and their bands similarities/differences.

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TWO MOTOROLA QUARK PHONES -- RELEASED UNDER THREE MODEL NAMES

The U.S. Moto Maxx XT1250 has the exact same bands as the Droid Turbo XT1254. Has the same FCC ID. The only difference is the XT1250 has an unlock-able bootloader. It's basically the dev version of the Droid Turbo. ;) One of the best LIES Verizon ever foisted on the public is that the Droid Turbo was "exclusive". Only the Droid part of the NAME was exclusive -- because they own the rights to that name. Not the DEVICE, nor even the "Turbo" part of the name was exclusive. The EXACT same device, with exact same bands, exact same FCC ID is being sold by a dozen other carriers IN THE U.S.A.

The U.S. Moto Maxx XT1250 (CDMA/GSM/HSPA/LTE) is not to be confused with the International Moto Maxx XT1225 and Moto Turbo XT1225 (see even the Turbo name is not exclusive), which are also Moto Quark phones but do not have CDMA bands enabled, and have a slightly different mix of LTE bands. Both the "International" XT1225 models are the same device, in spite of having two model names (Moto Turbo and Moto Maxx). Same FCC ID across all regions, same SKU.

See, there were two Motorola Quark phones -- with two different FCC IDs -- released under THREE model names: Moto Maxx, Moto Turbo, Droid Turbo

FCC ID IHDT56PK1:

XT1254 U.S. Droid Turbo/XT1250 U.S. Moto Maxx (identical device, CMDA/GSM/HSPA/LTE bands -- except for model name). The XT1250 will run on Verizon, with a Verizon SIM card. This device has LTE bands 2, 3, 4, 7, 13 enabled.

FCC ID IHDT56PK2:

XT1225 "international" Moto Turbo/XT1225 "international" Moto Maxx (identical device, GSM/HPSA/LTE bands, except for model names). This device has LTE bands 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 17 enabled.

(Moto stock ROM for the XT1225 is still Lollipop 5.0.2 -- but we've had custom Lollipop 5.1.1 ROM for several months, even before Verizon finally released 5.1.0 for the Droid Turbo XT1254.)

Of the two Quark models -- released under three models names (Moto Maxx, Moto Turbo, Droid Turbo) -- only the one with the model name "Droid Turbo" has locked down bootloader. The XT1250 U.S. Moto Maxx is basically the "dev" version of the XT1254 "Droid Turbo" if you can get your hands on it. (unlock-able bootloader, can be easily rooted, TWRP installed, etc.)

I'll repeat this: Unless you specifically need LTE band 13 or specifically need CDMA bands, then the Moto XT1225 is the phone you should be getting. It has more HSPA and LTE bands, it has bootloader that can be unlocked.