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Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by ada-h00k on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:17PM (#50381691)
The price seems way too high to me. I hope Motorola will release budget smartphones in the future, similar to the A models in the Pixel series. It would be cool to have a smartphone running GrapheneOS that you could also recommend to regular folks and older people.
Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by Grimeton on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:19PM (#50381704)
G-Series is what you're looking for.
Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by embedding-shape on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:49PM (#50382053)
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Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by unregistereddev on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:35PM (#50382677)
Moto G Power is my favorite phone. Cheap enough I don't bother with a case. Durable enough that I haven't regretted not buying a case. The extra battery life allows me to keep using the phone long after the battery starts to degrade.

I've run a g power for 4 years straight, only replacing it because the phone had become unusably slow. My current 2024 model is still going strong and I have no plans to replace it.

But man I wish it were smaller. I'd be fine with it being thicker if only I could have a smaller screen.

Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by izacus on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:19PM (#50381713)
With current RAM prices, releasing budget phones just isn't possible without taking a big loss. Especially if there's no ads to recoup the loss ;)
Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by grapheneos on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:06PM (#50382247)
It's not going to be the only supported Motorola device. It's the first device they're making with proper MTE support and has much better secure element integration too. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 was the only Qualcomm smartphone SoC with MTE support. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 also provide it. It wasn't available in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 but hopefully it will be for the next generation.

Pixels fill the need for budget devices well via the 'a' series, especially when purchased as used devices. 7 years of decent updates from launch for budget devices is very unique and makes used devices much more useful.

Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by ysnp on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:15PM (#50382367)
>much better secure element integration too

Is this confirmed as the latest iteration of the Qualcomm SPU or a different dedicated secure element?

Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by grapheneos on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:45PM (#50382794)
It has a high quality dedicated secure element. Qualcomm SPU is present but it's configured to use the dedicated secure element. We would be fine with supporting a budget device with only the SPU but we're quite happy we don't have to accept that compromise for the initial flagship.
Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by drnick1 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:16PM (#50382380)
This device will probably go on sale for much less than $1599. That being said, at 6.8", it's huge. My Pixel with a 6.3" is already too large for my taste and I wish more sub 6" phone were available. Think iPhone X size for something modern but comfortably compact.
Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by agile-gift0262 on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:35AM (#50389292)
iPhone minis were perfect: flagship specs, on a tiny body. Too bad the mass market didn't seem to agree
Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by warrantisall on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:03AM (#50390401)
I'm a happy user of iPhone16e. Its size is just about right.