News I'm giving Motorola another chance

[AC News]

I think Motorola is finding ways to turn itself back into the great phone maker it used to be. I'm ready to try them again.

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[dennygreen]

I wouldn't recommend it. I've tried a couple Motorola phones in the last couple years and they've had some pretty big problems. The G7 Power and 2020 G Power were fine though.

 

[SeeBeeEss]

Sadly, Lenovo Beijing began immediately destroying the Motorola brand when it acquired it in 2014. If you take the time to read the current Motorola/Lenovo boards (and I would suggest that you would be wise to do so if contemplating buying the brand) you will see that little has changed in the intervening ten years. They are still among the "worst-in-class" for both updates and support. Are you a gambler? Do you have plenty of cash to burn? Why spend the money to go to Vegas? Buy yourself a Motorola and see if you can beat the house odds.

 

[vespajet]

I bought my first Motorola phone a few years ago (Motorola One 5G Ace, replacing a OnePlus device that was several years old and not being supported by OnePlus outside of security updates.) and I've stayed with them. Bought the regular 2023 Razr last Fall off of eBay for a decent price and just upgraded to the 2024 Razr+ (With the preorder price, trade-in and trade-in bonus from ordering directly from Motorola it was too good of a deal to pass up. Not to mention it arrived before it was on store shelves.). One of the reasons why I dropped my 5G Ace for the Razr was because the expected upgrade to Android 13 never happened. I'm planning on keeping this one for a decent amount of time (Probably until the 2026 model comes out.). For me, the Razr is my kind of phone, as I've been the sort to go for phones that are a bit different (I've had phones like the Blackberry Passport and the Blackberry Priv.). Even with multiple foldable phones on the market, you don't see as many of the "flip" style ones out in the wild as you do the "fold" style ones. I was at a bar in Vegas last December and a patron thought my Razr was a pager (Which still exists, even in the smartphone era.).

 

[ByoDyne]

My first Android phone was the Motorola Droid X in 2010. I purchased the G Power 2023 and just upgraded to the G Stylus 2024. I will continue to buy Motorola phones as long as they continue to have a headphone jack which I use daily as nobody else seems to want to offer them anymore.

 

[Chirs23]

One thing that Motorola does better than just about any other Android manufacturer is to be pretty chill about allowing you to unlock the bootloader. I make a point of buying a previous "flagship" that's being closed out for dirt cheap but is either still current on its OS level or has another Android upgrade left. Once the warranty expires, I load LineageOS and use it as long as the maintainers provide updates. It helps that I really tend to like their phones too. Right now, I'm using a 2020 Edge with LineageOS 20 (and hoping for 21/Android 14).

 

[planetjeffy]

I bought our family Moto phones from 2016 to 2020 but they tended to break. I liked the form and function but they never lasted 2 years and often quit functioning at 1 year. My Lenovo laptops last 5+ years. I'm pretty happy with my Xiaomi phone. I'm on my 3rd. $350 and they take a beating. I get regular updates and while photos aren't mind blowing - they are good enough.

 

[DominiMMIV]

What exactly do you mean "won't last that long"? I am still using a 12 year old HTC One X+ as a media hub. Of course the battery life has taken a hit and I certainly don't use it as a daily driver-but it still works and has a use. Despite it being so old it's form function and build is still one of my favorites. Phones are a lot more powerful than in 2012 so I think I may still have a use for my Pixel 8a in 2030 AND it will have up to date software.

 

[kiniku]

Regardless of manufacturer, all flip phones present several significant sacrifices compared to traditional slab phones. So you have to strongly prefer flip phones first to balance their downsides.
Even the folding phones have drawbacks, and they are twice the price of their flips.

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