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.
I had a motorola phone once and it didn’t have a compass. Yes, I mean the type that shows you where North is. It was a Moto G4. A lot of apps just had seizures because what phone lacks a compass
Curious what apps? Aside from mapping applications. What else do you need a compass for?
One thing I really missed was Star Chart, an astronomy app. Some games like Pokémon Go and Ingress also needed it.
Just add back the headphone jack and SD card slot if you want to take on the Pixel
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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.
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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)
