No Thanks Verizon - Too much bloat on the Moto Z

[wkm001]

This is why I won't be buying the Moto Z Droid or Moto Z Force Droid.

 

[Clocks]

Re: No Thanks Verizon

Going to be 10-15 bloat apps on there. Wonder if they can be uninstalled or only disabled....

How long did the turbo 2 wait for mm?

 

[Morty2264]

Re: No Thanks Verizon

Wow, that's unfortunate.

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[Almeuit]

Re: No Thanks Verizon

Seems normal.

 

[Ry]

Re: No Thanks Verizon

This is why I won't be buying the Moto Z Droid or Moto Z Force Droid.

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It's a carrier phone. Did you expect anything less?

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[sharkita]

I've had my share of carrier phones through the years and much prefer to avoid them, but disabling the bloat isn't too bad - just a little time consuming. Verizon has a lot of it, but believe me AT&T has their share of crud too, and I never found any of it useful. But as long as it can be disabled, it's not a deal breaker - for me anyhow.

 

[anon(1733)]

Same here. I don't like it but I can disable it so I'm not worried

 

[RHChan84]

I had a lot of bloat on the LG G3 but with android L and later, you can disable apps which makes it easy to get rid of apps.

 

[1901Madison]

This is standard for Verizon.

 

[davidnc]

As far as bloatware on the vzw carrier model. In comparison I think I disabled 10-15 apps on my vzw Moto X (2013).But I still loved that phone. So as others said just typical of vzw.
"Maybe" not as much bloat on this is other vzw phones?

 

[MizWylie]

Package Disabler Pro is your friend.

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[recDNA]

It's the tiny stock battery that keeps me away

 

[RHChan84]

You can get a backplate that will cover it. Branding has no effect on me. I barely notice it after a week. Bloatware bothers me a little just because it takes time to get rid of them.

 

[benjamminh]

Bloatware is really overstated now that it can be disabled if not uninstalled.

 

[Mike Dee]

Bloatware is really overstated now that it can be disabled if not uninstalled.

On Verizon you can only disable Verizon garbage

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[benjamminh]

Yeah, so unless you need that space there's little difference between it being disabled and being uninstalled, hence if not.

 

[wonderbread]

I use to sweat this until I realized how simple it was to disable the app which effectively removes it from view.

 

[Ry]

I use to sweat this until I realized how simple it was to disable the app which effectively removes it from view.

Agreed.

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[1901Madison]

Agreed.

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Especially with expandable memory. It doesn't even matter that you can't delete those apps.

 

[CellGuy]

You been under a rock? This is typical for most if not all Verizon phones. Takes maybe 2 minutes to uninstall or disable.