I have one of the Moto Edges, can’t say I have many complaints outside of the slow charging and a dead pixel that developed a year in.
The edges didn’t bother me as much as I thought it would, I can even use it as trigger to play Citra games which I couldn’t do with a flat phone so that was nifty. Clean software, long battery life, but terrible update schedule though.
Some of the best android phones, especially for the price. They seem to last forever and have good non-bloated software + unique features like shake for flashlight (why don’t other OEMS have this?). Only complaints I have are some lack of custom ROM support and sometimes wear over time. But for the price they are almost unbeatable.
shake for flashlight (why don’t other OEMS have this?)
As often as moto phones are praised for this feature, the reason has to be that they own a patent on this and other manufacturers are not allowed to just copy it. Can’t imagine it’s difficult to do with some customization though.
I loved my nexus 6 back in the day (which I believe was made by Motorola). I miss it sometimes today.
That’s neat by the way: using the edge part of the screen as trigger buttons for Citra.
Yes, it was made by Motorola. Writing this on my Nexus 6 running Lineage OS. It’s turning a decade old soon and the older it gets the less I am willing to get something new. Nothing like that sweet 16:9 QHD OLED screen with headphone jack and stereo speakers in a metal frame for like 600€ anymore.
Absolutely. I think mine is still around somewhere, but the screen has a pretty substantial crack if I’m remembering correctly.
How have you found Lineage OS? I was curious about FOSS phone OS options a while ago.
Oh yes the large screen cracked at least twice for me and was rather expensive to replace. I also swapped the battery twice.
I like Lineage and how it extends the life of devices software wise. The Nexus 6 got Android updates up until lately but I think support is being dropped now. I am not too much of a tinkerer so I have not tried other custom roms, lineage just works for me. Also I restrict myself quite a bit more than necessary by avoiding google services and non-foss apps wherever possible. A fun experience but probably not for anyone.
I’m not a person who’d be loyal to a brand. Yet Motorola consistently produces devices that turn out to be the best trade-offs (price to functionality) for me. And, so far, all these devices were pretty durable as well, though it’s not that I really put smartphones into lots of use. That’s all I can say.
This has basically been my experience as well. I went from the original Moto G to a G5+ to a g(100), and haven’t regretted a thing.
@MargotRobbie Used to be decent value, but they’ve made a mess of it with far too many very similar models with pointless specs like 2-5mp macro lenses and such, also their update policy is abysmal, my motorola G4 play got left to rot lol. Not the only manufacturer guilty of this of course.
I also think they should bring Ready For to as many devices in their lineup as they can. It’s an interesting differentiator.
Let me tell you a secret: There are so many similar, redundant Moto phones because for their lower end devices, they are all build by different white label manufacturers and Lenovo just slaps a label onto them.
@MargotRobbie honestly doesn’t surprise me, it just seems unhelpful, you’d think for all the inspiration most android manufacturers take from apple, they’d copy the lineup density. But nope.
I use a Moto G50 5G, my wife use a Moto e32s and most of folks in my work use some kind of Motorola phone. My work phone is also a cheaper Motorola. No dead pixels, charging time is fine, build quality is good. Updates could be pushed more often for the OS. IMO Moto phones are good budget devices, but I don’t see where is the money flowing when buying flagship one. Like the Law of Diminishing Returns is cranked up to 110 for this company.
Took a leap with the Motorola RAZR 5g in 2021. Liked the features and the UI was decent, very similar to a Google pixel with a few extras.
Bluetooth sucked and had issues with the phone being picky with its USB C cable.
Worst part…with only 9 months with the phone the foldable screen started to fail, shortly completely unusable.
The screen is conveniently not covered in the one year warranty.
Phone cost me $600 brand new from T-Mobile. Repairs with Motorola would be $900!
Contacted them through Twitter and ultimately they tried to give me a %15 discount lol
Never again with them
Honestly, outside of the US I don’t really see why you would consider them over Xiaomi or other chinese brands (yes I know who owns Moto, sush). While their OS is cleaner, it is also much less supported
Motorola mobility(the one that makes phones) has been sold to Lenovo(chinese company). Their recent phones range from great value for money to mediocre. Their moto g32 was(and still is) great value for money
https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g32-11733.php
Snapdragon 680(6nm), 90hz screen, water repellent design, fm radio, 5000 mah battery, 30w charging, 85% screen to body ratio, headphone jack. All that for 160€ which is basically as cheap as you can get(a decent phone).
For me, their main feature is the flashlight shake, that allows you to turn on the flashlight just by doing a shake motion(no need to go into menus and stuff).
The flashlight shake is so good, it’s frustrating it’s not a more common feature on other phones.
Yeah, I use it so often I can’t use a phone where O can’t do it
I think the sold is a good news, because the quality of last smartphone is bad.
I trust in Lenovo to up the quality.Good luck waiting then, it has been sold in 2014 and by the way was owned by Google before. Could have been what the lines of Nexus and Pixel have become today.
Here in the US, Motorola phones are some of the best bang for the buck in a market missing many of the low cost Chinese brands. My last phone and current phone are both Motorolas, and I’d recommend them from the $120-$400 price ranges.
Had a Motorola phone since the very first droid. Loved the clean interface and lack of bloat. Picked up a pixel 6 a year ago and never looked back. It’s everything I like about Motorola but with a better camera and better OS updates.
I wish they would support their software updates more frequently and for longer.
Feature updates for at least 3 years, security updates for 5.
I’ve avoided them for their lack of update policy.
Great budget devices, if you’re in the market for a mid range android I think you can’t to wrong with moto
I wanted to upgrade to the Edge 40. I think it’s a cool phone. Two things put me off Moto phones. Software support & lack of quality accessories.
I had a couple of Motorola phones back in the day. Most recently I had a Moto Z2 Force, which had a shatterproof screen. I really liked that because around then I had my first kid and kids cause accidents all the time. LOL
I was a die hard Motorola fan for years, Verizon’s DROID line kept me away from the Apple ecosystem for quite a while. When Google bought them I thought they would become the iPhone of Android ecosystem. Once they sold the name for $10 billion less to Lenovo, I switched to LG for a couple of phones, finally gave into Samsung. I miss when the tech was improving from year to year, but now, I’m happy to keep a phone for 2 years, buy a new one and give my mom the last one and there isn’t much difference.
**Edit: When I upgrade, I get the flagship, so that normally gives the phone 4-5 years with Samsung with updates. ***
Oh man, The Google era Moto was so good and persisted until G4, then Lenovo just started adding more models and everything is just a mess now.
In Italy #megliomotog (“Moto G is better”) became a meme among tech enthusiasts because of its quality-price ratio.
They kind of lost when they split the X lineup in X Play e X Style (those horrid Snapdragon 615 and 808 didn’t help either).
Not gonna lie, I’m a little buzzed right now so may be remembering things wrong. However, I think I remember that I had been buying computers from Lenovo for years before all this started, and I had to stop just before this acquisition happened due to serious privacy and security violations. I would normally serach the web for an answer, but at this point I would get an AI answer that says security isn’t important and I need to pledge my allegiance to the “god ai.”
Yeah, turns out Google just wanted Motorola’s patents and were never interested in making phones (until in typical Google fashion they realized they do want to make phones themselves, and so ruined Nexus and started Pixel), so they gutted Moto Mobility and sold the corpse off to Lenovo, who wasn’t even in the phone market before then.
Yeah I can’t keep up. I have a Moto G9 Power and now all the model names are just super confusing. I can’t wait for the Moto G1243.625252 to be released. Has slightly better specs than the G152662.99999 😁
