Motorola releases new 5G mid-range smartphone with 125 W charging and 144 Hz OLED display

Oh hell yeah, another phone 2% better than the last one with the same storage capacity as the last one for more money, probably no micro SD support still, lousy stock os, and waive your warranty for the right to install alternate os.

Probably. I didn't verify any of that but it's likely since nothing ever changes for the better anymore.

Unfortunately it comes with the curved screen from the Edge line, garbage.

Sent from my Motorola edge plus.

You mean "Lenovo releases new 5G mid-range smartphone with 125 W charging and 144 Hz OLED display under the Motorola brand"?

Can it run Lineage OS? Probably not. I also need the headphone jack.

Sounds great...but no SD card slot.

Motorola was one of the last still putting them in every phone up till a few years ago. That plus the unlockable bootloaders kept me coming back. No SD card slot, no sale.

Another phablet sized phone. It'll be a pass for me.

Is that a curved screen I see? Disappointed. Expensive to fix and they do nothing for me.

Again this curved screen shit.

How the fuck is noone mentioning the 900$ price tag?? That is not a mid-range phone!

I used to recommend Motorola to people who wanted to buy a phone from an American company, but they're owned by Lenovo now.

Can anyone speak of the software quality and support of Motorola? Also the support of custom ROM after the official support/updates ended.

Too big.

Documented hardware and mainline kernel or is it like every unownable other phone with an orphan kernel to steal ownership from the consumer? Orphaned kernels mean rental phone you can never own. This is the depreciation mechanism in Android. This is the only question that really matters in the big picture grand scheme.

If it has a mainline kernel, and hardware documentation, it will last decades even as a spare backup you never actually use. It will run any Linux, or find a second life in dozens of ways. It will even have long term value.

...but can we trust Motorola anymore? They haven't put out a good smartphone since the original Razr line & the first Androids. Haven't been relevant in the phone world since.