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.
Moto G power, but a 2021 model. It’s heavy and durable. I like the “flip three times to turn on the camera” feature. EDIT: Only thing I really care about in a phone is battery life.
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.
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.
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
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.
