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Moto G2 is set to be announced on the September 4 event internationally, Indian announcement to follow on September 5 at New Delhi. It was a question whether Motorola would discontinue the moto g in favor of G2. Flipkart now announced that they are conducting the sale [of the] last stock of Moto G. So it is confirmed that the Moto G will be discontinued and its place will be taken by the Moto G2.
Moto G has been hugely successful in India. Moto announced that it sold over 1 million handsets through Flipkart till June. Moto is now the 4th biggest smartphone company in India, ahead of Nokia. They achieved this by just 3 handsets, most of the nmbers is because of Moto G.
Moto recently slashed Moto G’s price by Rs.2000 due to recent increase in competition (read Xiaomi Mi 3 and Asus Zenfone 5), making it more attractive for buyers and a nicer deal. Moto G 8gb model recently got out of stock recently and have not been replenished till now. It is to be expected that it was the last stock of Moto G 8gb version. Now, with Flipkart’s ‘Get yours before it’s gone!’ sale, it might be your last chance to get a Moto G.
Moto G2 has been in news and leaks for some time. In case you don’t know, G2 is said to feature a 5-inch 720p display with the same snapdragon 400 processor coupled with 1GB ram. Camera units might be a 5 or 8 megapixel primary with 2 megapixel secondary. It is also said to feature dual front speakers like the htc One. The price might be slightly higher than the Moto G.
Moto G 16gb is set to go out of stock soon and will be permanently unavailable soon. Flipkart is also offering 50% off on Moto G accessories in favor of clearing out stock. It is the best and last time you can get your Moto G, Buy it now or never!
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I suppose the good news is that Moto G 2 appears to be essentially the same hardware as Original Moto G. That should mean it won't take much more work for Motorola to create versions of Android 'L' that work on both devices.
I don't care if this or that is discontinued, I just wish my little fellow gets a taste of Android L... Hope to see a new notification saying "New system update available".. That's all I want.. :crying:
Android L will be the last system update for moto g for sure.. In the future, when android M and N comes out, we will have to look at Cyanogen to have a new custom firmware...
Well,this is sad,because this device is highly known and a great quality device. I think it deserves to get android L at least,and for future updates we cant rely on Cyanogenmod,because currently do not have a high support. I dont know who this guy Ethan Chen is,but i know that dhacker is a great dev,and his support was better. I'm 99.9% shure that he would port L and future updates if he was an offical maintainer.
So in conclusion,we just need barebone android L image and the majority of us will be satisfied.
The Moto G will get the Android L upgrade and i guarantee it. Motorola is still not fully with Lenovo yet. And i read since that Moto's software is near AOSP it should be easy for them to upgrade us soon, but since the Moto G2 is coming out we may get it like a week or two later. Remember how we got kitkat on December 24 even though Motorola said it was coming early 2014 or something like that?
bummer... many people have bought moto g on my recommendation. they are going to kill me.
lets hope android l is in cards and custom roms continue to flourish... cant upgrade my phone yearly
DeHuMaNiZeD said:
Well,this is sad,because this device is highly known and a great quality device. I think it deserves to get android L at least,and for future updates we cant rely on Cyanogenmod,because currently do not have a high support. I dont know who this guy Ethan Chen is,but i know that dhacker is a great dev,and his support was better. I'm 99.9% shure that he would port L and future updates if he was an offical maintainer.
So in conclusion,we just need barebone android L image and the majority of us will be satisfied.
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That's true, since this is a worldwide well known device, it should receive L, because it would be a great hit between customers. But if you think, maybe if falcon is discontinued, for Motorola won't be necessary to upgrade the device to L since moto g won't be available anymore.
But, if Motorola wants to be recognized as one of the best device maintainers talking about updates, they must consider upgrade falcon to L. Then, Motorola users, with no doubt, will gen a moto in the future instead of buying another phone.
Larger screen on g2 with same resolution translates to lower PPI. Only significant change is the camera.
I actually bought the g for the smaller screen and 720p quality . I already have the s3 and s4 which are slightly uncomfortable to hold in one hand due to their larger screens . I also have the moto e which is as good as the g. You won't find much difference in the moto g and e for daily use except if you need the front camera for video calls then moto g does not have it . Sorry for being slightly OT .
moto g will get android l
abhifx said:
bummer... many people have bought moto g on my recommendation. they are going to kill me.
lets hope android l is in cards and custom roms continue to flourish... cant upgrade my phone yearly
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Don't worry moto g will get stock Android l,motorola germany said that it will upgrade the moto g & x first to Android L..till now no words about Moto e about the future upgrade
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That's really sad that they have just discontinued their one of the best selling handsets...
but i just want that MOTOROLA keeps doing the good work by pushing more updates for our moto g
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That's really sad that they have just discontinued their one of the best selling handsets...
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They aren't discontinuing it until they release the Moto G2. So it isn't like you won't be able to get one for the same similar price and hardware.
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They aren't discontinuing it until they release the Moto G2. So it isn't like you won't be able to get one for the same similar price and hardware.
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Yes they are (May be in India for now), Flipkart is the exclusive online retailer for Moto g in India. They confirmed and is now selling the last stocks they have from Moto. **sale is still going on**
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Yes they are (May be in India for now), Flipkart is the exclusive online retailer for Moto g in India. They confirmed and is now selling the last stocks they have from Moto. **sale is still going on**
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Yes, and the Moto G2 is coming out in a few weeks. So there is no great loss. This is what happens when new generations of phones come out.
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Yes, and the Moto G2 is coming out in a few weeks. So there is no great loss. This is what happens when new generations of phones come out.
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isn't it a loss for someone looking for a good small sized handset? Not everyone is the fan of a 5-inch device.Right?
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isn't it a loss for someone looking for a good small sized handset? Not everyone is the fan of a 5-inch device.Right?
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Sure. But if the phone size itself is the same, I think most people will be fine with it.
So one company announces it will stop selling Moto G's in favour of the G2 and the community think that is equivalent to the G being discontinued? Oh, by the way, here in the UK, carphone warehouse have listed the Moto G in their stores as "new". Just for the record.
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So one company announces it will stop selling Moto G's in favour of the G2 and the community think that is equivalent to the G being discontinued? Oh, by the way, here in the UK, carphone warehouse have listed the Moto G in their stores as "new". Just for the record.
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Flipkart is the only retailer in India that sells the moto g.
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Sure. But if the phone size itself is the same, I think most people will be fine with it.
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May be. But the leaked images shows a slightly bigger phone right? Bezels are also not that thin like G3. So how can you expect a device of similar size?
Hi all,
Here you can have your say about anything in general, random stuff to chill out, Let it be about the moto maxx or anything else. I will start with introducing myself. Semseddin from Turkey, sporting the moto maxx xt1225 imported from Puerto Rico. It is weirdMy profession is jewellery but i work in phone business for quite some time. It was an hobby which somehow became my job for the living. I can shoot moto maxx versus any brand/model videos if you would like.
Overally, i am happy with the hardware but software isn't as good as it should have been in my experience. It looks like motorola didn't spend more of its resources for the moto maxx for a better android 5.0.2 update. Anyway, while i don't have high hopes of a early bug-free 5.1 update for this device, i wonder if we would ever have some custom roms based on the stock motorola software. That would make my day. I have never been a fan of android lollipop material user interface. Its design language doesn't appeal me. White background color in everywhere doesn't offer better battery effiency as well.
Maybe you need try cm and put some dark themes
Maybe but i prefer to wait until a stable or rc released
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Maybe but i prefer to wait until a stable or rc released
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This maybe take some months or a year
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Maybe but i prefer to wait until a stable or rc released
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try it, if you dont like it you can always come back to stock
Yeah but there are a lot users complaining of wifi and sleep of death issues in cm12 thread. Only If i were a student who had time to flash roms daily which is not the case for me.
Thinking og buying the blue balistic nylon and black kevlar backplates.
Sent from my XT1225 using XDA Free mobile app
Are you guys rocking the Maxx naked or with case?
My maxx is naked. I even pulled out the tempered glass screen protector on it cause with the screen protector, the device gets hotter. I bought a pair of sms audio street on ear headphones today which performs very well with the maxx. It is been a great experience after using htc one m7 with a pair of beats in ear headphones for my rock music archive.
So we finally have our own place here in XDA forums seperated from the bootloader locked sibling verizon droid turbo. Nice move by XDA management, better late than never. I believe this will somehow benefit all of us the international Moto Maxx owners. I am thankful to @SyCoREAPER since he is the guy behind our seperation somehow. Not sure how he did it but we are here in our own apartment instead of being guests in the Droid Turbo forums. I've not lost my faith in this device just because of it being a pure spec whore of a phone as some of the tech reviewers named it in his review.
Moto Maxx will skip 5.1.1 and get Android 6 marshmallow, this is coming from a serious source and it will not be a year after as some of us thinks.
I would love for you to be right, but do you have a source? Even If you can't share, is it at least credible? Thanks
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I would love for you to be right, but do you have a source? Even If you can't share, is it at least credible? Thanks
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These are my assumptions from our conversation with my source. Credibility is not issue but i can't give a name. I can tell that i've been told they're low on resources so they had to use their tiny amount of resources for the right direction without wasting it. i have been told not to worry as motorola didn't forget our moto maxx. All of that conversation was about makes me think they will skip lollipop releaseses for our devices and deploy 6.* with it. The cheap devices like Moto G / G 2014 , G Lte , Moto E , E2 etc. are deployed 5.1 cause it was their last update. I believe we will get 6.0 before 2016. :good:
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These are my assumptions from our conversation with my source. Credibility is not issue but i can't give a name. I can tell that i've been told they're low on resources so they had to use their tiny amount of resources for the right direction without wasting it. i have been told not to worry as motorola didn't forget our moto maxx. All of that conversation was about makes me think they will skip lollipop releaseses for our devices and deploy 6.* with it. The cheap devices like Moto G / G 2014 , G Lte , Moto E , E2 etc. are deployed 5.1 cause it was their last update. I believe we will get 6.0 before 2016. :good:
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I really want to believe this, but it is hard for me after seeing the poor and bad support that Motorola has given to this device, the most expensive device (along with N6) and the lack of service and support is awesome. Besides, Turbo already has 5.1, and I doubt it would be the last update it would receive, so I have opposite feelings about what you are saying.
Currently I don't have any problem with the software, is just "fine", but I would really like to see new features and improvements on it. Another thing I would like to see, is the new Moto function that is on the Moto X Style, the one when you take the phone out of your pocket and put it on your ear, and Moto Voice automatically activates and you can tell commands like if it was a call.
Let's hope this would be true, right now most of the manufacturers already have M on their hands and most of the changes should be merged for now, so it would be an easy matter to have the final M release of the flagship devices.
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I really want to believe this, but it is hard for me after seeing the poor and bad support that Motorola has given to this device, the most expensive device (along with N6) and the lack of service and support is awesome. Besides, Turbo already has 5.1, and I doubt it would be the last update it would receive, so I have opposite feelings about what you are saying.
Currently I don't have any problem with the software, is just "fine", but I would really like to see new features and improvements on it. Another thing I would like to see, is the new Moto function that is on the Moto X Style, the one when you take the phone out of your pocket and put it on your ear, and Moto Voice automatically activates and you can tell commands like if it was a call.
Let's hope this would be true, right now most of the manufacturers already have M on their hands and most of the changes should be merged for now, so it would be an easy matter to have the final M release of the flagship devices.
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I can understand your frustration as we maxx users are having from motorola. Turbo got the 5.1 cause it skipped 5.0.2 and they had to deliver it, they are doing the same to us with 6 i guess, skipping 5.1
I thought this was a good place to jump into the Moto Maxx fray. Just bought a Moto Maxx imported into the States to use on AT&T. I was originally considering a second-hand Droid Turbo since my area has AT&T LTE band 2 in place. I also bought and tried a 2015 Moto X as well as a Nexus 5X, but returned both of them. I didn't actually use the 5X in fact, just refused delivery after hearing the reports come out last week. I'm really looking forward to the best of Motorola without the screen size shenanigans of 2015 Motorola =)
Actually new folks can perhaps wait a little bit more for international Droid Turbo 2 version (looks like Europe and Latin America are going to get it, XT1580, maybe Moto X Force, but codename is KINZIE for both).
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Actually new folks can perhaps wait a little bit more for international Droid Turbo 2 version (looks like Europe and Latin America are going to get it, XT1580, maybe Moto X Force, but codename is KINZIE for both).
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I think that Nexus 6P would be a better option, I don't trust Motorola any more regarding updates or support, they totally messed the loyalty of their customers.
Besides that, I don't see any huge improvement from the Maxx to the Moto X Force.
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Actually new folks can perhaps wait a little bit more for international Droid Turbo 2 version (looks like Europe and Latin America are going to get it, XT1580, maybe Moto X Force, but codename is KINZIE for both).
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Thanks. Had only heard about theMoto XT1581, which passed through China's version of the FCC.
http://www.ibtimes.com/motorola-dro...-certified-china-possible-price-specs-2136690
SPECS
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&...to_x_force_64gb_td-lte_xt1581_motorola_bounce
Besides GSM/HSPA, has LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 28 < That takes care of AT&T, T-mobile in U.S., Vodafone in Germany, and all of Latin America.
Ignore the "TD-LTE" stuff, I think that's only for China right now although U.S. carriers are looking at it.
GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900,
UMTS800 (B6), UMTS850 (B5), UMTS900 (B8), UMTS1700/2100 (B4), UMTS1900 (B2), UMTS2100 (B1),
LTE2100 (B1), LTE700 (B17), LTE850 (B5), LTE1700/2100 (B4), LTE1800 (B3), LTE2600 (B7), LTE1900 (B2), LTE900 (B8), LTE800 (B20), LTE1900 (B25), LTE700 (B12), LTE700 (B28)
TD-LTE2500 (B41), TD-LTE2300 (B40)
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Also search for code-named Motorola Bounce, which apparently was the internal name before they decided on "Force".
I still LOVE this XT1225 phone, however.
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Galaxo60 said:
I think that Nexus 6P would be a better option, I don't trust Motorola any more regarding updates or support, they totally messed the loyalty of their customers.
Besides that, I don't see any huge improvement from the Maxx to the Moto X Force.
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But the Nexus 6P doesn't have Qi wireless. Actually neither 2015 Nexus has Qi wireless in spite of Google actively promoting the standard in Nexus phones since 2013. Very shortsighted of them. If I don't want to plug in my phone, then I don't want to plug in my phone. They could have included Qi wireless AND USB-C. It's not either/or, you can have BOTH. In my opinion, NEITHER 2015 Nexus is superior to the 2014 Moto Quark phones
Like you, I also don't see a huge improvement from the 2014 Motorola Quark (Droid Turbo, Moto Turbo, Moto Maxx) to the 2015 Motorola Kinzie (Droid Turbo 2, Moto X Force). If Motorola had given the Kinzie STEREO speakers and rear camera OIS, in addition to the microSD, I would be more tempted.
Also why does the 2015 Motorola successor to the Quark have a SMALLER battery than the 2014 Quark? Was 3900 mAh too big?
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But the Nexus 6P doesn't have Qi wireless. Actually neither 2015 Nexus has Qi wireless in spite of Google actively promoting the standard in Nexus phones since 2013. Very shortsighted of them. If I don't want to plug in my phone, then I don't want to plug in my phone. They could have included Qi wireless AND USB-C. It's not either/or, you can have BOTH.
Like you, I also don't see a huge improvement from the 2014 Motorola Quark (Droid Turbo, Moto Turbo, Moto Maxx) to the 2015 Motorola Kinzie (Droid Turbo 2, Moto X Force). If Motorola had given the Kinzie STEREO speakers and rear camera OIS, in addition to the microSD, I would be more tempted.
Also why does the 2015 Motorola successor to the Quark have a SMALLER battery than the 2014 Quark? Was 3900 mAh too big?
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Probably they thought that there is no point in giving 2 days of battery life to power users, because at least in 1 day you should be somewhere to charge the phone; another reason is that they have a lot of trust in 810 efficiency regarding battery consumption.
Still for me it was a pretty stupid decision, they are acting like iPhone makers decreasing the battery of the device when they should at least maintain it the same size; we already have phones out there with batteries with more than 4,000 mAh, so bigger batteries I think is not an excuse right now for any manufacturer.
I love my moto maxx, its a beast
Greeting guys, i just moved from the Z3 forum to here (cause my z3 was second hand and in the end too much hardware issues). With my Maxx arriving soon (today if im lucky) what is your recommendations guys ? I'm already grabbing drivers and stuff to unlock the bootloader and root after i get the 6.0 update i think. But what to do now ? I'm aware that we have some roms but do they have the voice functions like retail ? Or should i keep the retail if i like these functions and just de-bloat as much as i can and put some app to help extend the (already titanic) battery life ?
Hello, i just wanted bring all of you together to read this thread. Ok so i know since you've been a Moto owner, you've heard or seen at least once insulting comment about your device or the Motorola company. For example, "Anything that Motorola makes sucks" "People only get them because they're cheap" "That phone is crappy". I know that those people are ignorant to other people's liking. I'm tired of hearing the same thing. A lot of people that own super expensive high end- flashy smartphones say things like that about devices like the Moto series. Well that really offends me, just because they might not be the most high-end smartphones or the most expensive smartphones doesn't mean they are worthless. We Moto owners take great pride in our device, we appreciate what we have and we value our smartphones.
If someone offered me a brand new Galaxy S6 and a brand new Moto X and said i could only pick one. I would pick the Moto X hands down without a doubt in my mind. Because I know, We know what matters in a smartphone. What is that? User experience and performance for the price. That's what a review comes down to at the end of the day. A company could make a super spec'd out smartphone but get the same review score as a phone a fraction of its cost. I know if i were to buy a $1000 smartphone it better be great in every aspect and i know if i bought a smartphone for half that price, i'm not expecting it to be perfect but i want to have a good performance. That's exactly what motorola does, it gives you a great performing phone for the price.
For example, the Moto G. It has a low price point but does everything you need it to do. If I want a super powerful gaming machine of a smartphone, I'm not going to buy the Moto G. Then give a bad review for not being able to do what i wanted it to. I'm gonna buy a smartphone with a powerful chipset. At the end of the day we Moto owners stand out. Other people don't seem to understand our taste in smartphones value. Im not saying if you own a super expensive phone you're a bad person or anything. I'm just saying you get what you pay for. All of you Moto owners, good job in picking a smartphone. It doesn't matter if you have a Moto E, a Moto G or a Moto X. We all are equal and unified. #Teammoto
Proof that price doesn't matter
I Roughly agree with you. But the thing about the Moto X (Which i like very much, hopy one day i will get one) and the Galaxy S6 is not true. Obviously you didn't tried the S6. I tried the Moto X too and I must say the S6 is better than the Moto X. Moto X is a very nice phone, but you just can't compare with the flagship device from 2015 worth 800 euros (or whatever the price is now).
It will be more appropriate to compare with the S5 because both of these devices are from 2014. Here you can say that the Moto X is the absolute winner. The S5 is a laggy piece of sh-t compared to S6 which is very smooth and sophisticated. You can even find videos on youtube comparing S5 with the Moto G and in most cases the Moto G is faster than the S5 lol.
Don't forget DROID Turbo from 2014
My uncle right now has the G5 and he says he hates it. he likes my phone alot but i said to him there are others that are newer and probably better (not to say i wouldnt tell him to buy the moto x pure, but that he has alot of options with gsm compared to sprint). He has Tmobile for now so i guess any GSM that is closest to the moto x and unlocked. what would you recommend and why?
he said specifically he likes my phone because of the feel of the phone, the lightness and the speedy os.
personally i dont like recommending him things like Huawei or ZTE because im suspicious of chinese made phones but i want to hear what you have to say
ZTE Axon 7 is a pretty solid device... I wouldn't hesitate to recommend one of those, or the Axon 7 Mini as a replacement for the Moto G series devices.
Another good choice would be the OnePlus 3T.
Most other devices by Samsung and LG are too bloated and skinned to heavily for my taste, I hesitate to recommend them.
I really like the HTC 10, goes back to my first real Android "love", but it's a bit pricey. The Google Pixel line is great, but again they are pricey and sometimes tough to find in stock.
Remember that retailers like Best Buy and B&H Photo still carry the Moto X Pure in stock for $299-$349.
Mobile world congress is literally in a few days (Feb 27). See what is available after that. Personally I'm looking forward to the Moto G5 (an upgrade to the Moto G4 which is also a great phone) which I will probably purchase for my wife. The Moto G5 plus is supposed to have a Sony IMX362 camera sensor which is really great, battery-sipping Snapdragon 625, and a 5.2" screen (my wife doesn't like big screens) so I think it'll be awesome. Plus it's Motorola so it'll have little to no bloat.
Honestly I'm surprised that your uncle hates the LG G5, it's a flagship after all with a snapdragon 820 and 4GB ram it should be pretty snappy. At least comparable to the Moto X Pure. He should just keep his phone, maybe wipe it and start fresh or try a new ROM if possible.
Also, hate to break it to you, Motorola is owned by Lenovo which is Chinese. I think Apple Samsung and LG are the only non-Chinese smartphones left.
I thought the latest rumors were the G5 would have the 5.2" screen and the G5 Plus is a 5.5".
Personally, after seeing how Lenovo treats updates/upgrades on my Moto G 2015 and X Pure over the last year, I will likely not buy another Moto device... Really it's a Lenovo device with the Moto name on it (Lenovo has confirmed ALL their smartphones will soon be carrying the Moto name). I am sure the G5 will be a decent device, but Lenovo has ruined it for me. Especially since I see my son's Axon 7 Mini gets regular security updates every single month only a week or two old.
@acejavelin Honestly the problem is Lenovo just doesn't care about the phones that were already in production before they purchased Motorola. Their newer phones that have launched since the merger ( Moto g4, Moto z) have had excellent support. Yes I'm a bit upset about the lack of support too but that's just how life goes sometimes. Have you tried lineageOS yet? I'm running the latest nightly and it's fantastic. Android 7.1.1, extremely fast, everything works well, 3+ hours SOT (up from 2.5 on stock marshmallow). lineageOS also comes unrooted so you can still use apps that don't like root (like pokemon Go).
As far as the G5 rumors, the latest rumors are 5.0" screen for the G5 and 5.2" screen for the G5 plus. Both full HD. Snapdragon 430 for the G5 and 625 for the G5 plus.
I actually went with the Axon 7. It's a really solid device. Runs really smooth good battery life. Very inexpensive compared to other flagship devices. The only thing I don't like about it, is that its not technically supported by Verizon. It's a nightmare to try to change anything with them.
Hello friends,
I am considering purchasing a new moto g5 plus, but was wondering from anyone in the know if it would be worth the $180-230 price tag attached to it (I've seen it on sale a couple times) as a reasonable upgrade over my current phone. I have a moto x 2013 model, and my phone is almost old enough for kindergarten. If not, I may wait another 5-6 years for middle school.
Thanks