The New Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) Review

Re:The New Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) Review by danieldk on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @01:35PM (#8331222)

I'm glad you're enjoying your phone, but stuff like this sounds extremely gimmicky and just leads to phones being abandoned because there's such a great cost for the OEM to provide updated ROMs, support, etc

FYI: nearly all of Motorola's extensions are apps that are pushed through the Play store and thus separated from Android OTA updates. Besides that, they seem to have a good reputation for updates. The X is a year old now and will get Android L, which gives at least another year of mileage. That's at least two years. Isn't Google's guaranteed update window 18 months? (Although Nexus 4 seems to get Android L.)

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Re:The New Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) Review by drzaiusapelord on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @02:35PM (#8331587)

Actually Motorola had a terrible reputation for updates until it was bought by Google. Having a Moto "Blur" OEM ROM meant rare updates.

Google ownership obviously helped out here, but soon they'll be transferred to Lenovo. Will the same commitment to updates and "light" modifications continue? Who knows. Lenovo's company culture is all about heavy modifications (boot a Lenovo Windows machine to see all the crapware if you dont believe me).

Moto's future is an unknown due to this sale.

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Re:The New Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) Review by tcoppi on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @01:50PM (#8331308)

There is no guaranteed upgrade window for Nexus phones/tablets.

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Re:The New Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) Review by danieldk on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @01:55PM (#8331342)

Devices may not receive the latest version of Android if they fall outside of the update window, traditionally around 18 months after a device release.

https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705?hl=en

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