I’ve used pixels but before then I used to use Motorola. I always like them and they had the best gestures like the twist shake to turn on the flashlight and the tip shake to turn on the camera.
Honestly thought they’d partner up with fairphone since both companies share a similar view in longevity for the end user. Hope Motorola does the same
GrapheneOS devs have been very clear about Fairphone not caring the slightest about security. They are the last OEM in the world they’d choose.
As an iPhone user from the 3G days, this is legitimately interesting to me. I love the form factor of the modern Razr flip-phones, and having access to a privacy-focused OS like Graphene might just tip me over the edge.
Anyone with first-hand experience, how’s Graphene OS with banking apps?
I haven’t had any trouble with banking apps. One gives me a warning but allows me to continue. Google Wallet doesn’t work for payments but that is just fine with me.
It runs fine on my Pixel 7a, I have an account with 2 Brazilian banks and they all work well.
Some apps just don’t work though, but they are far and between, an example is Brazil’s gov.br, which is a website that is used for ID confirmation on everything that pertains to the government (tax revenue, your own business details,etc.). But then an old phone does that job for me at home.
Speaking of Brazil, it is worth mentioning that Google Pixels are not officially sold here. The ones I did obtain I bought on a “Brazilian eBay” and there is no e-SIM support for it nor any warranty services. I had to do the battery replacement myself despite knowing that Google was offering to fix faulty Pixel 7a’s on NA/India/Europe/etc. I am only bringing this up because, coincidentally, 50% of Motorola’s smartphone sales are on LATAM. It’s a pretty smart move they are making if you ask me, they are aware they could explore this huge market it seems.
what is this brazillian ebay? I am struggling to find good ecommerce stores here in latam
oh I apologize, I should have just used it’s correct name: Mercado Livre/Libre. It’s pretty huge here.
lenovo doesnt strike me as a privacy lover and avid kernel updater.
They don’t for me either, but they’ve recently pushed a lot into making enterprise phones. Guaranteeing timely security updates for 7 years and such.
I haven’t actually checked if this is just marketing bs and if they’re following up on it or not though.
Motorola is notorious for not providing updates. Which is sad, because their phones have decent hardware, almost-vanilla Android and allow bootloader unlocking.
Also many models still have headphone port and expandeable storage.
might be useful for moto g type budget phones.
Oh hell yeah! Last two unlocked phones I’ve bought have been motos! I’m very excited to see what this brings!
My favorite phones were the original Motorola Droids…member the charging dock that looked like an alarm clock?
I am a huge fan of this. It’s a big step in the right direction.
I think it’s just smart business, too.
Several companies deserve a larger market share in the cell phone game, and it seems the levers to pull which get us there are OS and hardware based.
Tons of users and enterprise users just begging for better solutions.
Ooh, a headline that might get me to pay attention to an upcoming phone. How fun!
Switched from Motorola to a pixel for Grapheme. This is cool to learn!
Hell yeah. I use a Motorola so hopefully I can get back support.
GrapheneOS has strict requirements about hardware being secure enough, so if existing Motorola phones were secure enough then they’d already be supported. This is presumably about future devices that Motorola are going to build.
Damn… I wanted it to be Blackberry
Interesting
I’ll believe it when I see it
I look forward to using GrapheneOS on a phone with a MicroSD slot. Google and Apple (as examples) are always incorrect in their assumptions that “this amount of built-in storage is all you will ever need.”
It’ll never be all I need because I want to be able to remove my data from a dead or broken phone. Microsd or NVMe are the only things I know that could provide that.
No, they intentionally limit storage so they can sell cloud solutions and suck up more of your fungible personal data while you pay them.
Isnt motorola a Google Subsidiary?
They were, briefly. Google sold them pretty shortly after buying them. If I recall correctly, the noise at the time indicated it was all about getting IP - they bought the company to get access to patents that I think they kept, when they sold the rest of it on to Lenovo.
IIRC they’re a subsidiary of Lenovo who bougt them sometime in the mid 2010s I think.
