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I remember my original Moto G. It was a good phone for the time. I will follow Graphene wherever they go until a Linux phone is ready.
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What's the likelihood that Motorola will eventually lock down GrapheneOS though? Imho it'd be a bad move if they did. The FOSS mobile OS community has matured to the point that we don't need to rely on for-profit monoliths any more. Motorola would be smart to lead the way to where the mobile device economy will be.
This is crazy big news.
Very interesting, I'll keep an eye on Motorola phones. Not that I need a new one anytime soon, but still that's the kind of thing that could be refreshing to read news about.
W Moto ❤️🩹
Let's see if it gets released before GrapheneOS and unlockable bootloader get outlawed
That's the point, right? Google is trying to lock down Android even more, and third party vendors can see the increasing risk. If they fork now, they can maybe undercut the increasing monopoly efforts.
I am sure they are also seeing a growing demand for more privacy, the only reason own a pixel is because of GrapheneOS. If I could buy a phone with the OS pre installed I would, don't know if they are going to do that. Also, by patterning with GrapheneOS they don't has the development cost and they can trade on Graphenes name
OEM, they can lock the bootloader. So at least there's that
I always thought Pixel was the platform to have for fucking around with the OS and stuff. Of fucking course I was an idiot.
Don't be too hard on yourself, they definitely put money and effort into influencing opinions in all the subversive ways they can manage. But also, let this be a lesson to always check alternatives and their reason for existing. I consider it part of best practices.
"Embrace, Extend, Extinguish". When have they ever done otherwise.
The reason I got my ZFold5 was I like the fact that it could open up and give me a larger area to view and bigger keyboard. I have gotten the biggest phone I could get for the last 15 years or so because I have a hard time seeing the tiny screens. I would be happy to switch to a new OS but my old ass needs a bigger screen.
This is actually supported by GrapheneOS currently, if you need that extra push. 😉
Gonna be my next phone for that reason. Oh, and it's bendy. XD
You need one of these!
WTF who makes that? EDIT--- Samsung. I really want something I can put Graphine on.
Guess who just added 5 different AI Sloperators into their OS lmao.
Nah, this is Huawei's offering. Came out in late 2024. It's called the Mate XT.
And it's China exclusive. You definitely can't put GraphineOS on this baby.
Oh geez. I bet thats expensive
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My biggest concern is the life cycle of the device. I almost went with Motorola for my last phone, but saw that you were lucky to get 3 years of OS updates. Is that likely to be better on GrapheneOS? If so, that is a huge win imo. If not, it still isn't ideal because I don't want to have to buy a new phone every 2 years...
Thats the trick, when a company supports romming, you can extend the support for however long you want!
GrapheneOS was claiming 5-year support IIRC. Apple level support is infeasible. Not sure how affordable longer firmware support from Qualcomm is.
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Well, fuck. I really hoped they would pick FairPhone. Motorola is... Okay. I guess they made the Nexus 5 ; which was one of the best phones ever.
I hope they make a SMALL one, I am so tired of this GIGANTIC pixel 9.
Fairphone isn’t available everywhere while Motorola is. It’s pretty easy to understand why they chose them.
That's not the reason, the real reason is Fairphone doesn't take security seriously. The GrapheneOS devs have called them out numerous times on that.
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Motorola gets a little bit of love from me because they were (maybe still are?) the only ones who allowed me to shout "COMRADE MOTO!" to wake my phone up
I will not say "Hey Google" in a million years. I refuse.
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maybe my next phone will be a Motorola.
Me too. I've always bought Google Pixels but I don't want to give Google my money anymore.
So I'll probably buy a Motorola if this deal gets through.
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I recently picked up a 2024 model moto g power 5g. The main reason is that I needed the cheapest smart phone I could find locally to test a new provider (phreeli) before committing. That, and to serve as a ready backup if one of ours dies. $115 at a big box store.
It's... fine. Even after debloating I get about half the battery life of my galaxy s20 which is now 5 years old. I haven't been able to figure out what's eating it, or maybe it just has a smaller battery... I should check that.
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