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Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by phoronixrly »

zx8080 wrote: post #7
Satuminus wrote: post #5

This is good. Having an alternative to Pixel-Phones for GOS makes sense. I wonder if we will have the option to buy a Motorola phone with GOS out of the box (not sure if i would trust that, but it might be interesting for some people that are skeptical of installing it on their Pixel by themselves).

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

I was going to ask wasn't motorola bought and sold so many times that it ended up in Chinese hands. It ended up in Google's hands instead... Ngl, kind of underwhelming from Graphene

Edit: wait, that's old news, it is part of Lenovo...

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by hashworks »

Satuminus wrote: post #5

This is good. Having an alternative to Pixel-Phones for GOS makes sense. I wonder if we will have the option to buy a Motorola phone with GOS out of the box (not sure if i would trust that, but it might be interesting for some people that are skeptical of installing it on their Pixel by themselves).

AFAIK you can verify the integrity of an existing GrapheneOS installation.

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by gib444 »

zx8080 wrote: post #7
Satuminus wrote: post #5

This is good. Having an alternative to Pixel-Phones for GOS makes sense. I wonder if we will have the option to buy a Motorola phone with GOS out of the box (not sure if i would trust that, but it might be interesting for some people that are skeptical of installing it on their Pixel by themselves).

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

No, Lenovo owns Motorola

Google owned it 2012-2014

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by gertrunde »

zx8080 wrote: post #7
Satuminus wrote: post #5

This is good. Having an alternative to Pixel-Phones for GOS makes sense. I wonder if we will have the option to buy a Motorola phone with GOS out of the box (not sure if i would trust that, but it might be interesting for some people that are skeptical of installing it on their Pixel by themselves).

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

Was, they sold it on to Lenovo in 2014.

[ https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-comp... ]

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by [deleted] »

zx8080 wrote: post #7
Satuminus wrote: post #5

This is good. Having an alternative to Pixel-Phones for GOS makes sense. I wonder if we will have the option to buy a Motorola phone with GOS out of the box (not sure if i would trust that, but it might be interesting for some people that are skeptical of installing it on their Pixel by themselves).

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

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Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by jakkos »

zx8080 wrote: post #7
Satuminus wrote: post #5

This is good. Having an alternative to Pixel-Phones for GOS makes sense. I wonder if we will have the option to buy a Motorola phone with GOS out of the box (not sure if i would trust that, but it might be interesting for some people that are skeptical of installing it on their Pixel by themselves).

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

Google sold the company to Lenovo in 2014

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by 10729287 »

Back in the days, I switched from Iphone 3G to Motorola Defy in order to benefit from more customisation. I'm now back into Apple ecosystem since iPhone 6, actually on iPhone 13 but i'm very tempted by GrapheneOS. Going back to Motorola would please me, as I loved this little Defy. Do you think there's any chance to have RCS messages without Google involved ? I want group messages without having to install Whatsapp and not all my contacts are on signal.

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by tim-kt »

zx8080 wrote: post #7
Satuminus wrote: post #5

This is good. Having an alternative to Pixel-Phones for GOS makes sense. I wonder if we will have the option to buy a Motorola phone with GOS out of the box (not sure if i would trust that, but it might be interesting for some people that are skeptical of installing it on their Pixel by themselves).

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

Motorola was subsequently sold to Lenovo in 2014.

https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-comp...

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