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Android Central Question I see you recommend (PROMINENTLY) MOTO handsets for best value under $300.
We don't, some site might.
I learned my lesson. NO Lenovo. Ever. I don't remember when Lenovo purchased "moto", but any "moto" handset today is Lenovo. Correct?
As of May 2018. (Lenovo might sell the name to someone else - they're about the 3rd owner of it.)
Ironically, Huawei and ZTE are rumored to do exactly what Lenovo HAS done. Yet I don't see the U.S. doing anything to punish Lenovo (why not?). Meanwhile, the U.S. is punishing Huawei and ZTE based on vicious rumors. If the U.S. must punish Huawei and ZTE based on rumors only, then why is Beijing-based Lenovo getting a pass for ACTUAL criminal activity?
First, where did you see that Lenovo, Huawei or ZTE ship phones with malware installed? Or that any of them is being 'punished' by the US for malware? (ZTE is being punished for using cut-off companies to do business with Iran, thereby breaching sanctions, and another Chinese company, rumored to be Huawei, is being punished for the same reason. ZTE was being blocked from buying any technology from American companies without a special license, which is what happens to companies that violate sanctions. Nothing to do with malware. And all that is 2 year old "news".) And it wasn't "based on vicious rumors", it was based on internal ZTE documents.