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.

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    @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.

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      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.

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    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

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    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.

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      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.

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    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.

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      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.

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        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.

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    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).

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      I think the sold is a good news, because the quality of last smartphone is bad.
      I trust in Lenovo to up the quality.