Counterpoint Research's analysis shows that at its peak in 2017, there were more than 700 smartphone brands contributing to the 1.5 billion units sold annually. In 2023,...
Motorola lost my business when they sold me a phone and then provided a grand total of ONE OS upgrade its entire life (Moto G LTE, shipped with an outdated 4.4 build, and then got a single update to 5.1 before being abandoned forever).
There is no potential for brand loyalty when the brand themselves tell their own customers to fuck off.
I also no longer purchase from Motorola. In 2015 I bought their flag ship device. Moto X Pure Edition (vanilla android). I believe it came with android 5. I didn’t get android 6 until 7 had already dropped for most other flagships. Then they announced it would not be getting Android 7. High end device and only got one OS update. Never again.
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Motorola lost my business when they sold me a phone and then provided a grand total of ONE OS upgrade its entire life (Moto G LTE, shipped with an outdated 4.4 build, and then got a single update to 5.1 before being abandoned forever).
There is no potential for brand loyalty when the brand themselves tell their own customers to fuck off.
I also no longer purchase from Motorola. In 2015 I bought their flag ship device. Moto X Pure Edition (vanilla android). I believe it came with android 5. I didn’t get android 6 until 7 had already dropped for most other flagships. Then they announced it would not be getting Android 7. High end device and only got one OS update. Never again.