First they’d need to start making good smartphones again.
/typed this on a Motorola phone
I have a moto from 2019 and I’m proud to announce that its has better support for Lineage os and includes a headphone jack.
My Edge 40 is not too bad, except the fact that the nfc chip has needle point accuracy, so I have to place my phone exactly on the right place and somehow freeze my hand still at an atomic level or it wont work, but other than that it’s pretty cool.
I’m pretty happy with my edge 20, after going through a bunch of other brands in the past years. Any other brand I suspect may be better than Motorola is just not available anywhere near me.
I’ve liked my 22 moto
Which one??
They’ll need to lift their game on software updates for that to happen. Many of their handsets ship with an outdated version of Android, and they rarely see more than one major update.
Custom ROMs work well on supported devices.
No doubt, but custom ROMs aren’t on your average buyers radar.
True, although as far as I can tell they are getting a bit more popular on pixels as more people seek privacy.
Still pennies though
This is what caused me to switch off Motorola. Their Moto Z phone with the magnet attachment thing was badass. But it was 2 major android versions behind, and was no longer receiving security updated by the third year I owned it.
I’m surprised it’s not already. Had to look it up.
Apple
Samsung
Huawei
Moto
So they plan on overtaking Huawei.
According to IDC, the top three smartphone brands last year were Apple (20.1%), Samsung (19.4%), and Xiaomi (12.5%).
Moto only has 4% market share currently…
“I would bet a paycheck that in three years we will be number three around the world,” Zielinski said, laying out Lenovo’s ambition with Motorola.
He’d bet a paycheque. Not like he’s betting his job on it.
TLDR: They think they’ll convert a large enough portion of the premium market (in specific geographic markets) that it’ll put them into the top three.
Zielinski said most of the users for the Razr smartphone have converted from using a device that is “not Android based.”
Part of the growth strategy revolves around the premium segment of the market, in which Apple and Samsung dominate.
“We’re going to place as many bets as we can because we think the growth of the Indian population is fantastic, and they’re wonderful people.”
Huh, didn’t know Lenovo bought Motorola
That happened 10 years ago…
They also bought the ThinkPad line.
They bought Motorola Mobility switch is a totally different company
It would help to not have a complete mess of a naming scheme for their phones. It should be:
Moto E: Budget/entry level Moto G: Mid-range Moto Edge/RAZR: Flagship phones
There’s no need to confuse everything by adding 20 different versions of each tier with stylus/power/activ/whatever added to the name.
Skimmed through their 2023 lineup and it kind of looks like Samsung a few years ago. Still, not as bad as Xiaomi and their amazing models and suffixes, which is a consolation prize I’m not sure any company should be proud of having.
What’s worse is that there are a bunch of country specific naming that leaves out what countries it won’t work in. I bought a device, returned it and bought the same device only to realize it doesn’t work in the US.
I wouldn’t buy another piece of Motorola/Lenovo garbage for any amount of money.
I am never going to buy a phone from a company with strong ties with the CCP, and a history of installing spyware on its products.
only certified grade A American spyware for me please 😤😤😤
Have you got any sources for Motorola phones coming with spyware on them?
“The Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo has been sentenced in the USA to pay USD 3.5 m as a fine for installing malware and adware (Superfish) on its laptops without informing its customers. By doing so, Lenovo committed the offence of computer break-in, as it wilfully undermined the security of its computers for users and made them vulnerable to cyber attacks.”
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2017-005922_EN.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45756685
You are probably going to say “but those are Lenovo laptops, not Motorola phones”.
Lenovo owns Motorola. If you want to trust the company feel free to do so.
Thanks for the info, I was not aware
Lenovo laptops are trash so I imagine their phones would be trash too. I’ll stick to Pixel.
ThinkPads are often (but not always) great, but I’d otherwise 100% agree.
Motorola hasn’t had a smartphone I’ve been interested in since the first-gen Moto X, and they were owned by Google at that time
Get me a decent phone with a jack and unlockable bootloader and yeah, I’d at least give you one sale.
I just want a refreshed Nexus 6. The 16:9 screen and front facing speakers made it so good for watching stuff.
They are currently having 4%. There’s no way they triple or quadruple that in 3 years.
Go back to making phones like the moto X pure and we’ll talk.
Pretty exciting! Not going so great for their current phones.
