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Re:Lenovo will adopt the ‘Moto’ label for its smartphones by dswalter on Thursday November 10, 2016 @09:35AM (#12920647)
A major suspicion at the time was that other Android OEMs were concerned about Google's production of their own hardware and potential ensuing favoritism. To this day, Google has branded phones (Pixel, etc.), but they aren't made by Google.

As an aside, my Moto X is still such a well-designed product.

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Re:Lenovo will adopt the ‘Moto’ label for its smartphones by Navarr on Thursday November 10, 2016 @11:13AM (#12921623)
Pixel is "made by Google." There's not a hint of supplier manufacturing anywhere on the device (save for the battery).

It looks like Google got mad at the suspicion and decided to make it flat-out true.

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Re:Lenovo will adopt the ‘Moto’ label for its smartphones by shimo5037 on Thursday November 10, 2016 @12:16PM (#12922198)
They're actually made by HTC. Would be interesting to know what their exact arrangement is.
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Re:Lenovo will adopt the ‘Moto’ label for its smartphones by Navarr on Thursday November 10, 2016 @12:33PM (#12922384)
I think they're made by HTC in the same way Apple's phones are made by Foxconn, which is the reason I used the "made by" in quotes.

As I think it's disingenuous to consider the Pixel another company's phone (like the Nexus line was)

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Re:Lenovo will adopt the ‘Moto’ label for its smartphones by Fej on Friday November 11, 2016 @09:36AM (#12930937)
The current suspicion is that the phone was almost entirely designed by HTC.

It appears that it was a phone that HTC had in the works, but then changed to the Pixel when Google rang.

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Re:Lenovo will adopt the ‘Moto’ label for its smartphones by Grazester on Thursday November 10, 2016 @10:14AM (#12920998)
The og Moto X is the best Android phone I have owned. I now have a Nexus 6 since the replacement screen I bought for it is no longer working. The Nexus 6 does not support trusted voice so coming from a Moto X that is a downgrade for me.
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Re:Lenovo will adopt the ‘Moto’ label for its smartphones by dminor on Thursday November 10, 2016 @10:40AM (#12921280)
Same here. I'd still be using it if I hadn't decided to switch to fi.
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