Motorola Droid Turbo
Motorola Droid Turbo smartphones will receive an Android 5.1 update this week. Fionna Agomuoh/International Business Times

Motorola is offering 10 limited-edition metallic Droid Turbo handsets for free on Friday. The contest lets users win the Droid Turbo in color variants like orange, blue and violet.

In order to win a Motorola Droid Turbo, contestants must retweet a certain tweet that is on the Twitter page of Motorola Mobility. Participants are required to submit their retweets by 3 p.m. EDT. They also must specify the color variant they wish to win. This contest is only for Droid Turbo fans in the U.S.

For every 1,000 retweets Motorola receives, it will award a limited edition Droid Turbo handset as a prize. Generally, the Droid Turbo's price is $599 with Motorola. Hence, 10 Droid Turbo handsets are worth $6,000, reports Phone Arena.

The Motorola Droid Turbo, released last year in the U.S., is a handset that is exclusively available through Verizon. The specification of the device allows it to compete with major 2014 flagships like the iPhone 6 Plus, the Galaxy Note 4 and the Google Nexus 6.

The Verizon Droid Turbo features a 5.2-inch display that supports a Quad HD resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels. The Snapdragon 805 chip that runs the Galaxy Note 5 also powers the Droid Turbo.

The SoC consists of a quad-core processor gunning at 2.5 GHz along with Adreno 420 graphics. The SoC is supported by 3 GB o RAM. It is available in two storage variants such as 32 GB and 64 GB. The handset does not feature a microSD slot.

Motorola has included a 21 MP camera on the device and a front-facing shooter of 2 MP. It is one of the Motorola handsets that already has Android 5.1 Lollipop. Is is paced with a huge battery of 3,900 mAh.

On Verizon, the Motorola Droid Turbo can be purchased at a full retail price of $499. U.S. customers can also opt for a two-year contract at $99.99 The Verizon Edge plan requires users to make a payment of $20.83 for 24 months.