According to the article, it was a little obvious that it’d be Motorola. To me it’s unexpected as I wasn’t following this all that closely. In any case, I’m personally pleased with the OEM choice. I’ll need to do some research on Motorola’s smartphones to prepare for the one/s that support Graphene.
Man I can’t WAIT. Next up: Fairphone
MWC 2026 announcement likely, but devices may not ship until 2027
Motorola is expected to formally announce the partnership [in March]. With MWC 2026 around the corner, the timing would make strategic sense.
In case others were wondering, MWC 2026 is March 2-5. So, hopefully we’ll have official verification by the end of the week.
I Fucking love Motorola, I’m cumming as I’m reading this. Thank you Motorola.
Really hope it releases 2026 so I can get rid of this pixel asap
Lenovo is based.
The same Lenovo that shipped laptops with a malicious root certificate preinstalled?
wish i could pre order
While I’m happy that it’s Motorola, i just wish someone like Fairphone also bites the bullet of investing in a proper encryption chip that’s acceptable to Grapheneos. I’d like to see more or a trifecta (duofecta?) of trustworthy OS and sustainable/committed manufacturer.
GrapheneOS requires I think a few other things, like the possibility to completely disable the data lines in the USB port, and a bunch of others.
The problem with Fairphone is that they have rather high demands (e.g. long term support for hardware, better production practices) but they are a rather small outfit, so the default answer from parts manufacturers is “talk to the hand”.
As they grow they’ll become more interesting
I would argue that Fairphone with /e/OS is a combination of a committed/sustainable manufacturer with a trustworthy OS. It does not actively spy or screw with you, and it tries to prevent snooping in many places.
Of course it’s not nearly as security hardened as GrapheneOS, so that may be an unacceptable compromise to come.
I think they just released the fair phone 6 not too long ago so it’ll take a while even if it’s on the tables.
I know…I guess it’s just wishful thinking for the future. I’ve gotten a 2nd hand pixel pro last year. That’s…a lot of storage and memory, just about as much as my laptop. Should last me for a while (I hope it won’t physically break for any reason!), so I won’t immediately ride this Motorola wave anyway.
Fairphone does partner with Murena for e/os. It’s pretty similar to grapheoneOS
I wouldn’t say that it’s pretty similar.
They have rather different goals and feature sets.
Sent from my FP4 with /e/OS.
Im sorry, I think your have spelled LinaegeOS, an OS thats not even security based but to support old Hardware which security has already been compromised by missing Firmware.
If we want GOS to grow, we need to welcome and help people understanding the differences. We don’t need to be pedantic schmucks.
Sent from my GrapheneOS phone
If you want to convince GOS users to occasionally drop their sense of superiority, it looks like you have your work cut out for you.
Now is this the REAL Motorola or is it the brand name that Lenovo got a hold of. Cause real Motorola doesnt make consumer phones anymore.
Lenovo’s Motorola, if you ask me. I don’t think there’s much left at all from original Motorola. But they had a decent track record with their recent phones, AFAIK. Not that I’ve owned any from Motorola.
I have a Motorola phone, I like it. It’s at least better than the Samsung I had before.
My wife’s previous phone was a Moto One Hyper. Pretty well made device, especially for the price.
The best thing about Motorola is that they ship with a very stock android ROM. It’s also the worst bit, because there’s nobody maintaining any software. Handballing software maintenance to GrapheneOS would be sweet.
You know, I’d love a razr flip with graphene. Bring it on.
Ooo I’m sure this is likely for future models, but I was actually pondering getting a cheap pixel to try out graphene and see what it’d be like compared to my Razr. Maybe I’ll have to wait a bit to see how this develops.
I got my Pixel 9a for just around 500 euros.
You can find older pixels on swappa for cheap - my understanding is that we won’t see a GrapheneOS phone earlier than 2027 (which admittedly is only 9 months away).
which admittedly is only 9 months away
Don’t you dare say such a thing
(which admittedly is only 9 months away).
More like 10+however long it takes for it to complete months
That would be so awesome
I’m very confused this news. Reddit sub said it wasn’t Motorola. This post claimed it’s Motorola.
The Motorola mobile brand is owned by Lenovo. So it’s basically that.
Glad to see this. Motorola seemed like a solid choice. Hopefully we’ll get some specs and release dates when they officially unveil it. I know it was pushed back to 2027, so I’m hoping for a Q1 2027 release. I’ve been holding off on getting a pixel in the hopes of getting a non-Google GrapheneOS phone. It would be nice if I don’t wind up having to wait too much longer.
Yeah this is cool. Could have been much worse than Motorola. Looking forward to this
It will be great if this reaches the Moto G series. I’m sure the Fairphone is nice but it’s 4x as expensive–no thanks.
My guess is, that they will offer a new Thinkphone model with GraphenOS to target business customers.
But of course I don’t know it, just guessing.
Twinkphone will require socks.
Fuck yeah, solid shoid of brand.
Although I don’t know how good motorolas camera game is if you are more serious about the camera.
Edit… Not sure how I got shoid from typing choice…
Their cameras are upper midrange, at least on their flagships.
I have the 2025 Power. The camera is decent. It seems to struggle in low light
