One plus phone8/6/2023 ![]() What we want is for Motorola to see the reception to the Edge Plus (2023) and change its ways. It can’t be a unicorn Riley Young / DigitalTrendsīut will it also be a unicorn? It’s really the only current Motorola phone we feel strongly enough to recommend, and judging by its track record, our confidence about it not just being a happy accident or a one-off is practically non-existent. That he goes on to recommend it as an alternative to such excellent phones as the Pixel 7 Pro and Galaxy S23 - and says it could replace his iPhone - only backs up how impressive it is. Digital Trends’ Mobile Editor Joe Maring said it’s “one of the best Motorola smartphones in years - if not the best,” and considering what we’ve been seeing for the last ten years, that’s a massive deal. Joe Maring/Digital TrendsĪmazingly, the Edge Plus (2023) is different. After all, not all its Edge phones haven’t been standouts, often ruined by poor cameras and annoying software. When first hearing about it, the choice of the name suggested we were in for more of the same, and trust in the brand to deliver a consistent product was so low it seemed likely it would be another missed opportunity for Motorola to come out of its “no flagship phone” funk and repeat what made the 2022 version a desirable phone again. Now we come to the Motorola Edge Plus (2023). It ends up being very dull, and the hardware isn’t worth the effort it takes to decipher it all. It’s too reliant on a bland letter-number-number strategy and then using a date in the name to differentiate models, again doing its best to trade on decades-old goodwill. are different in name to other regions, where the same phone exists but is called something else. The Edge Plus (2023) could change everything Joe Maring/Digital TrendsĮven Motorola’s nomenclature is bizarre and confusing. But its release and promotion were so botched it ended up appealing to absolutely no one, and many of the complaints leveled at its G and Edge models are still there, including no always-on screen and disappointing cameras. In a fit of confusion, it launched as a business phone and then quickly became a consumer phone too, but the moment of interest had passed.Īs a phone, it’s not bad at all, and up there with some of the recent Edge phones as being among Motorola’s better models. Owner Lenovo has even played the nostalgia card from its own side, introducing the ThinkPhone by Motorola earlier this year. In 2023, it’s hard to recommend any of the multiple Moto G phones. In 2013, the Moto G was an easy recommendation. This isn’t a new trend either, as the 2020 Moto G Stylus suffered from many of the same issues. Neither have NFC, the software will only be updated once, and the performance rarely inspires due to old hardware. The 2023 Moto G Play scored a woeful 4/10 in our recent review, while the Moto G Power (2023) only managed 6/10. ![]() The problem is, the phones aren’t very good. This is the lower end of the market, so promoting phones this way isn’t unusual or, in itself, a bad thing. and six in the U.K., all with only marginally different specifications, and each with a spurious “selling point” - gaming, a stylus, or long battery life - placed on it by the marketing team. There are 13 different Moto G phones available in the U.S. If the nostalgic spin failed to convince anyone the Razr was anything more than a shadow of its former self, the state of the Moto G line is even worse. Bizarre, confusing, and not very good Christine Romero-Chan / Digital Trends That the reimagined folding versions were so underwhelming borders on sacrilege - and is evidence that the manufacturer can’t get its marketing and hardware teams in sync. Motorola is all about heritage, and it goes back further than the Moto G, with many remembering the original Razr very fondly. It looks like Motorola is doing something exciting with the new Razr Plus, but it’s taken a while to get to this point. The first was beset by hardware and software problems, the second was better, but the latest Razr (2022) still disappoints next to its rivals. The folding Motorola Razr still hasn’t got it right. It hasn’t really managed to effectively capitalize on its heritage since either. Motorola Razr (2022) Andy Boxall/Digital Trends It wasn’t long before Motorola gave up on them, and the public had already lost interest anyway. ![]() The 2016 Moto Z came at the height of interest in modular smartphones and introduced Moto Mods, which were expensive, not very good, and few and far between. Even those you could possibly name come with masses of caveats. I finally found an Android phone that makes me want to ditch my iPhoneīut can you name another phone as genuinely innovative and successful in the market that Motorola has produced since then? Probably not. New OnePlus budget phone comes packing 2 super-rare features This cheap Android phone is one of the best I’ve used in 2023
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