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[–] AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 6 days ago

This is the thing that will 100% get me to leave my iPhone behind.

[–] the_swagmaster@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Slightly concerning given Motorola is owned by Lenovo, a huge Chinese company... Hopefully the Chinese state doesn't get involved with the project somehow.

And black rock

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Wonderful. Motorola is one of the few phones that did a stylus like Samsung.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

I hope they make a razr with it. I've thought about switching but am unsure how well it handles foldables.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 53 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Don't think I have ever owned a Motorola phone but it seems I just might in 2027.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

StarTAC hand-me-down as my first cell phone.

Motorola Droid as my first smart phone.

I haven't had many Motorolas, but my limited history with them has been pretty alright!

[–] morto@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

In my experience, they have always been one of the less painful custom rom experiences, but for some reason, overlooked by the community

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[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I've had a couple and always installef LineageOS. A custom ROM with the ability to keep the bootloader locked will be nice

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

My last one was in the naughts. When Nokia was still a market leader.

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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's great, if I was going to pick a phone brand for Graphene it would be Motorola.

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Gotta have that shake flashlight

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Shake flashlight and twist camera, I use both every single day.

[–] philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You twist/rotate the phone sharply left and right on it's long axis and that brings up the camera app.

[–] philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sounds very convenient. I'll look up to see if my phone has it

[–] 123@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

Once you use it and the shake camera they are very intuitive. I had a Moto G and it was great (other than the camera). I do like my current double press power for camera too, but options are nice.

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago

Well, well, well, my next phone might just be a Motorola!

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 22 points 1 week ago

I've had a few moto phones and one edge, in general I was quite happy with them. Motorola doesn't change the Android UI too much and only adds a few convenience functions.

Price / value ratio is also pretty good.

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Dear Santa…

  • HW switches
  • repairable

That’s all I want. Thank you.

[–] 123@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A functional NFC payment check would be welcome. Hoping Motorola would have the pull to implement that either by getting Google Wallet's blessing or forcing them to. I really don't see why it is not considered a monopolistic practice since it gives Googles official OS an unfair advantage.

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

That’s the thing - Android is not Googles official/private OS. They just help maintain it. In their distribution, they ship it with Google products. The EU is strongly against this practice, why there is a EU version without preinstalled apps. The maker of the phone then has to solve the problem of how to solve certain problems. Samsung solved it by providing their own wallet solution. Motorola would have to do the same.

[–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would also take a headphone jack if we could swing that.

[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Moto G Stylus is pretty crazy in that it has all that plus a stylus. Now something like that with GrapheneOS and long term support would make it amazing.

[–] fleebleneeble@reddthat.com 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Have it running LineageOS but would switch if an image comes through.

[–] Chaotic_Altruist@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

This is my grown up Christmas list

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 19 points 1 week ago

Moar, please.

[–] krigo666@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Lenovo is walking on the razor's edge. They are still a chinese company and can't help themselves. My G23 had Lenovo's adware instaled after a version upgrade, kept pushing for Live Lock Screens. Had to uninstall the crap on the user through adb, just disabling it didn't work.

You have to think and view this deal as GrapheneOS with Lenovo, not with Motorola.

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago (10 children)

If you can load vanilla graphene on to it without compromise who gives a shit?

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[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I installed LineageOS on my Motorola. No adware to be seen. With an entirely separate ROM I dont see how it could be a problem

[–] Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Im pretty simple. I'd like decent cameras and microsd card expansion.

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Prob my next phone.

[–] jimerson@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I love my razr 2024, but I've been patiently waiting for graphene to support a decent non-google phone. Looks like I'm about to get the best of both worlds!

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