1901Madison
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Is it possible that reviews are embargoed until a certain date?
We don't even know when release date is yet, do we?
Is it possible that reviews are embargoed until a certain date?
If there are review units out there then there will be embargoes.Is it possible that reviews are embargoed until a certain date?
Any phone on a carrier gets terrible updates, so that's nothing new. And if you really want quick updates, the only smartphone(s) that doesn't get complaints about slow updates are from GOOGLE. The only half decent unlocked phone that works with Verizon is, other than Google's nexus line, is the ZTE axon 7.
It is getting better though, because Lenovo now understands what to do with Motorola, and that is to let it operate as a sub company under Lenovo, and keep the things that made Motorola great as well as expand them, like they did with Moto mods. Due to indecision within the company, they couldn't focus on what was important with the phones themselves. A week after the Moto g⁴ plus was released, Motorola released an OTA update to fix the camera UI lag and minor at best overheating issues. And the claimed support of the Moto g⁴ series, and the fact that Motorola said they would continue to use their "Moto Pure" style of Android, with the contextual intelligence, it seems as though Lenovo now has a direction as to what to do with Motorola, and motorola may be back on track when it comes to updating phones to future Android versions within a decently timely manner. Some people are negative about the whole matter, those who don't like change and want everything to stay the same as it was, but I think that this whole Lenovo- Motorola situation is getting better. And I also understand that Motorola had to stay Motorola but evolve at some point.They got worse since Lenovo and left people with a lot of broken promises
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It is getting better though, because Lenovo now understands what to do with Motorola, and that is to let it operate as a sub company under Lenovo, and keep the things that made Motorola great as well as expand them, like they did with Moto mods. Due to indecision within the company, they couldn't focus on what was important with the phones themselves. A week after the Moto g⁴ plus was released, Motorola released an OTA update to fix the camera UI lag and minor at best overheating issues. And the claimed support of the Moto g⁴ series, and the fact that Motorola said they would continue to use their "Moto Pure" style of Android, with the contextual intelligence, it seems as though Lenovo now has a direction as to what to do with Motorola, and motorola may be back on track when it comes to updating phones to future Android versions within a decently timely manner. Some people are negative about the whole matter, those who don't like change and want everything to stay the same as it was, but I think that this whole Lenovo- Motorola situation is getting better. And I also understand that Motorola had to stay Motorola but evolve at some point.
The Moto Z is just Lenovo trying another angle to sell more hardware. That's the reason the battery is smaller, they WANT you to at LEAST buy the battery mod for it...that was even mentioned at the intro. The Z isn't really much of an upgrade at all spec wise from the Pure......it just has the ability to stick expensive, bulky, questionable "mods" on the back.
I don't see it fitting into the current smartphone mindset well at all, except for the diehard gadget lovers with money to burn, and a backpack to carry the phone and mods in![]()
Agreed... Motorola was great....Motorola Mobility was good....Google was great with updates.....Lenovo sucks at updates and keeping their word at future updates. After the broke their promise to update, they gave shafted owners 100 dollars off the price of a new Turbo 2 but you had to buy direct.....big deal....no thanks
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I agree.The Moto Z is just Lenovo trying another angle to sell more hardware. That's the reason the battery is smaller, they WANT you to at LEAST buy the battery mod for it...that was even mentioned at the intro. The Z isn't really much of an upgrade at all spec wise from the Pure......it just has the ability to stick expensive, bulky, questionable "mods" on the back.
I don't see it fitting into the current smartphone mindset well at all, except for the diehard gadget lovers with money to burn, and a backpack to carry the phone and mods in![]()
That is the same in my case.My Moto X Pure will be my last Motorola...
My Moto X Pure will be my last Motorola...
I have no reason to root anymore, but my next device will be a Nexus so that it will get monthly updates.There are fewer things that I'm happy about with Moto, but still enough that the X Pure will likely not be my last Moto. I don't like Samsung and I don't root so Nexus isn't all that.
I have no reason to root anymore, but my next device will be a Nexus so that it will get monthly updates.
We are the minority.
I'm not 100% sure if I'll get the Z, I want to play with it and see if I'm totally wrong about it. If I don't, I don't think my Pure will have been my last. At least I don't want it to have been.
#sotrueAbsolutely. Ask anyone what version of Android they're using and I bet most couldn't tell you. The relatively few people on here that are not going to buy the Z will hardly affect sales. The blind masses will happily snap up this phone after going into a Verizon store and being shmoozed into buying it.