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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.

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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?

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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.
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