The price seems way too high to me. I hope Motorola will release budget smartphones in the future, similar to the A models in the Pixel series. It would be cool to have a smartphone running GrapheneOS that you could also recommend to regular folks and older people.

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grapheneos an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It's not going to be the only supported Motorola device. It's the first device they're making with proper MTE support and has much better secure element integration too. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 was the only Qualcomm smartphone SoC with MTE support. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 also provide it. It wasn't available in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 but hopefully it will be for the next generation.

Pixels fill the need for budget devices well via the 'a' series, especially when purchased as used devices. 7 years of decent updates from launch for budget devices is very unique and makes used devices much more useful.

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ysnp an hour ago | parent [-]

>much better secure element integration too

Is this confirmed as the latest iteration of the Qualcomm SPU or a different dedicated secure element?

	▲	grapheneos 18 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It has a high quality dedicated secure element. Qualcomm SPU is present but it's configured to use the dedicated secure element. We would be fine with supporting a budget device with only the SPU but we're quite happy we don't have to accept that compromise for the initial flagship.

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drnick1 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This device will probably go on sale for much less than $1599. That being said, at 6.8", it's huge. My Pixel with a 6.3" screen is already too large for my taste and I wish more sub 6" phone were available. Think iPhone X size for something modern but comfortably compact.

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izacus 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

With current RAM prices, releasing budget phones just isn't possible without taking a big loss. Especially if there's no ads to recoup the loss ;)

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Grimeton 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

G-Series is what you're looking for.

	▲	unregistereddev 28 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Moto G Power is my favorite phone. Cheap enough I don't bother with a case. Durable enough that I haven't regretted not buying a case. The extra battery life allows me to keep using the phone long after the battery starts to degrade. I've run a g power for 4 years straight, only replacing it because the phone had become unusably slow. My current 2024 model is still going strong and I have no plans to replace it. But man I wish it were smaller. I'd be fine with it being thicker if only I could have a smaller screen.
	▲	embedding-shape an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Such a shame they ended up enlarging that series just like every other phone out there. I had the first generation of Moto G all the way up to 6 or 7, when they made it too large for my hands. I'd probably kill someone (bad) for the 3rd generation Moto G but with modern specs.