Not only is the Moto Z Play again slated for a Nougat update in March, but the previous-generation Moto X Style, Force and Play have to wait until May now.
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As Lenovo continues to make ends meet and turn around its mobile side, here’s a bit of speculation that concerns on how far the Chinese manufacturer may go to cut costs.
hellomotoHK has dropped a list of devices that are expected out from the just-resolved Moto brand in the coming year. Six devices (give a few extra variants or so) will be released and only two of them will have involvement from a diminished Motorola unit. And there’s a lot of give and take as to how to interpret this list — which we can’t independently verify.
In no particular order, Motorola will solely lead the charge on the next modular Moto Z model(s) while it will collaborate with Lenovo to form the next Moto G(s). The Moto X (for real?) gets transferred to Lenovo’s oversight while the Moto M remains in this column. Finally, it seems that the budget Moto E and what might also be a budget-level Moto C are in the pipes and they will come from Lenovo and an ODM.
The Moto E came out of Google-owned Motorola in 2014 as a basic smartphone with basic Android for a basic price. When Lenovo took over the company later that year, the E’s hardware specs have vastly improved. Who knows what might be intended with an ODM introduced into the mix? Financial savings, almost for sure, but will its basic, wide-availability mission be compromised? Will a Moto C supplement this mission?
What will “Motorola” mean in 2017? And how does Lenovo come out of it when we already know what it will arrive into it with? This list does not provide a verifiable crystal ball, but we’ll be collecting and connecting the dots along the way.
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Nintendo dropped a heck of a teaser for the Switch console. LeEco dropped a heck of a phone at a mid-ranger price. Plus, The FCC dropped a heck of a fine on T-Mobile for throttling unlimited data. These stories, plus we’re answering your tech questions, so make sure you’re charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!Watch the live video broadcast from 2:00pm Eastern on October 20th (click here for your local time), or check out the ...
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Stephen MacLeod lives in Toronto and loves photography. He heads his design firm, onwhite, and has clients ranging in eccentricity from Blue Moon to Gillette and even Motorola.What did he do for the Lenovo subsidiary? He bespoke some wallpapers for the company’s Moto phones, layering colorful glass sculptures to create rich, high contrast, abstract designs. And with good work comes a good portfolio to show off to prospective clients.But our leader clipping, as pointed out by Evan ...
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Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Not according to the official Moto US Twitter account’s handlers, who use a different, much harsher word for it to begin with.Lenovo’s reformed, increasingly ambitious and competitive daughter company seems to believe Samsung didn’t imitate, get inspired by, or even copy a certain trendy software ...
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Android device manufacturers sure enjoy their alphabet soups. Samsung’s “streamlined” product portfolio goes from A to C to E, J, O(n) and even Z if you also count Tizen models, while Sony has recently circled back from Z to X, reportedly considering dropping C, E or M series pretty soon.Then there’s Motorola, or rather Lenovo, which inherited the Moto E, G and X families from Google, and after a couple of years of struggles, financial losses and ...
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We don’t often bring you news of refreshed, repetitive deals on smartphones or smartwatches if the terms and conditions remain the same and the savings aren’t increased, but the Moto X Pure Edition + Moto 360 Sport bundle is still too compelling to ignore.Already offered twice directly by the two’s manufacturers back in July, with and then without required promo codes, the $400 package ...
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Now that the full Moto Z/Z Force review is in, as well as the two phones’ camera analysis and our critical look at three of the Moto Mods meant to enhance out-the-box functionality, it’s time to pin down the best thing about this new modular undertaking.That’s right, probably the best thing about the Moto Z is it ...
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One of Evan Blass’s sources previously tipped him off to a change of brand in Motorola’s main line of smartphones: instead of Moto X, the next product in the line would be Moto Z. That’s instead of and not in addition to.Motorola press representatives have been tackling questions about the Moto X brand and someone got back to Android Police with the following:Moto X is alive and well. In fact, Moto X ...
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With the Moto Z almost certainly around the corner, and the Moto 360 Sport recently pruned off the Google Store, it’s only natural to expect some irresistible bundle deals meant to clear out lingering inventory of the fitness-friendly smartwatch and
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We’re eagerly anticipating the next generation of Moto phones, and we’ll have more information to share soon, but before we get the full scoop on Moto Z and the MotoMod backplates, the editorial team here at Pocketnow has weighed in. This is an important release for Lenovo, especially in light of the Moto division under-performing, so here’s our wishlist for a successful Moto phone launch!Adam Lein – Set the standard for modular
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It doesn’t look like Google’s Project Ara initiative for developing a truly modular smartphone where you can remove and swap all the key components with minimal effort and no specialized tools will yield a fully functional, mass-manufactured product anytime soon.But you can settle for the next best modular thing, namely the LG G5 and its “Friends”, or the
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It seems that we can very nearly confirm Evan Blass’s reporting on Motorola using the “Moto Z” brand in some way. The company has a trademark application filed at the US Patent and Trademark for the term dated May 17.In his VentureBeat article, Blass detailed how the Moto Z term would replace the Moto X branding on the company’s flagship smartphones, including ones produced for Verizon Wireless under a line called “
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Back in the golden age of candybar phones and clamshells, it was so much easier than today to choose a “daily driver.” Nobody talked about different mobile operating systems and platforms (because there weren’t any), you didn’t have quad or octa-core processors to concern yourself with, and lag was an issue limited to PC mIRC chats.It was an arguably simpler time, when essentially the entire mobile device-owning world either used a stylish Motorola Razr or robust and long-lasting Nokia 1000-series handheld. Androids and iPhones of course shortly entered the equation and began ...
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We all know new smartphone releases, especially in the high-end segment, often bring consistent discounts on oldies that thus become goldies, but there’s only so much a top-tier OEM like Motorola can afford to knock off before starting to lose money and deciding it’s best to retire a beloved two-year-old.For the second-generation Moto X, commercially launched way back in the fall of 2014, that “breaking point” is probably $150. We thought it was
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