No word on how long it will get software support though. With everyone else going to 5 or 7 years of updates, Motorola’s typical 2 year support cycle is a huge negative.
And that’s a shame because their phones are otherwise great. (Or great for the money)
Just add back the headphone jack and SD card slot if you want to take on the Pixel
Is there something special about an audio jack that USB-C can’t do? And my past experience with SD cards has been consistently poor; prone to corruption and slow-ass writes.
Is there something special about an audio jack that USB-C can’t do?
You can use your headphones without carrying around another adapter.
And my past experience with SD cards has been consistently poor
Get better SD cards?
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Slow writes are generally true, I suspect for similar reasons that most usb sticks suck: trade off between price, capacity, longevity, and thermals. I’ve used a 1TB sd card for years withoutany issues, but now have everything on a NAS instead, so the slot sits unused.
USB-C audio isn’t simple. Does the phone have built in DAC with usb pass through (most dont or its poor quality), or do you need usb DAC? Also, not all usb DACs will work on every device.
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Remember when Google owned Motorola and they released two of the best Android phones that had ever been made (Moto X)?
Man, that was great. I miss my Moto X 2014. I wish Motorola still made phones that good. I have a G30 spare phone, and it’s… well it’s a phone.
The Moto X (2014)/(2nd gen) was such an awesome phone with a solid build.
I bought it in 2015 at a huge discount instead of the One Plus 1. I used it till the end of 2019 until the battery gave in & the USB port became useless.
Except for the smaller battery size & ok-ish camera, everyone had praises for that phone. My favourite part was it’s shape & software.
It received the Android 5 & 6 updates even before summer Nexus phones. And the updates were stable. Times were wild back then.
Sure, yeah, taking on the Pixel without specifying the number of years of OS and feature updates and without GrapheneOS support. Pretty good title for the post
Motorola Releases Phone Around the Same Time As Another Even More Popular Phone
Taking on the pixel 8 without actual software support or hardware features like expandable storage to back them up. Why would you not get the pixel 8, which would get 7 years of support and replacement parts, unlike Motorola. Not wise of the author to make the comparison to the pixel.
Motorola is available in a lot more markets than the pixel 8.
