Graphene might be marketed towards enterprises first. Look at that leaked slide again: it mentions “bloatware-free interface with Business Edition.”
The bigger leak is Motorola acknowledging they ship bloatware, IMO
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angelmountain@lemy.nl 3 weeks ago
But how are they going to include useless “uninstallable” apps and advertisements?
XLE@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
mereo@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
Easy. By not making it a budget phone.
homes@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
Motorola doesn’t have to sell apps. They sell themselves.
kingofthezyx@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I mean, they could still include those on the base model of the phone, but just officially support flashing Graphene for those who want to do it. I am reasonably certain the target markets for pre-installed apps/ads and people who would be interested in flashing Graphene are completely separate groups. Kind of like how a stock Pixel is basically Google/Gemini Spyware, but Thayer doesn’t matter to someone who buys one to install Graphene.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Probably they will not support it for budget phones
yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
which is fine, I mean, you’d want decent specs + a secure OS in this day and age
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Not everyone want one tho, i saw people saying that they use 200€ motorola phones, tbh i am using a 230€ tablet and it’s fine for normal tasks and drawing
yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
yeah, I was looking at the Moto G15 for my next phone, but with this news, I’m considering sacrificing a little upfront cost for a better OS
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
You don’t need high specs these days. I was looking at the Moto G 2024, because it’s the latest version to support Lineage OS, and it has a Snapdragon 4 Gen 1, I think it is, which is actually just slightly better than my OnePlus Nord N200 on Geekbench, which is fine.
The main difference is that my OnePlus Nord N200 was released in 2021, and it has a lower geekbench score than the Moto G 2024, which was released in 2024, with a lower-end chip. But my OnePlus cost $300, where the G24 was released at $200, and is now available for $130.
So at its release, I would have gotten more storage and a better CPU for $100 less, and now it would be $170 less.
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I have one. It’s honestly not bad. The only thing it could use is 8GB RAM and not 4. Otherwise it’s perfectly good for my uses. Seems quick enough, has a jack, etc.
Gigasser@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Supposedly the article says that Motorola will be implementing “some” of the features from GrapheneOS in some of their other phones. So whilst not GrapheneOS proper, you still might see some graphenOS like/lite type stuff on budget phones.