There is no date of arrival for the motorola yet. I only read beginning of 2027. That could also be delayed. And if it is a phone with underwhelming specs, I wouldn’t want to buy it either. But buying a pixel now means not buying a motorola soon.
If you understand what graphene is for and you need that then you wont wait.
Even if you don’t understand what graphene is for or if you need it and are trying to make a decision: graphene on new and used pixel phones works as expected now. It has been tested and proven against many different intelligence and surveillance apparatus. Motorolas new phone may not come out at all (it’s more likely than you might think!), may not end up supporting graphene (or graphene may not end up supporting it!) or it may have serious flaws that need to be addressed (it is a new hardware platform after all!).
If you need it now don’t wait.
If you want GrapheneOS without funding Google, why not get a secondhand Pixel?
you’re still supporting google if you still do this via resale value.
and that’s why i’m waiting for motorola
How many GOS users are out there, you think? They have zero impact on the resale value.
How does resale value “support Google”?
The same way it helps any brand that people think it’s premium – via reale prices that support the artificial belief that the perceived value is higher than its intrinsic one.
This is what I did but you do need to be careful with it - in the US ar least you can’t unlock the bootloader on a Verizon-issued pixel which are very common. Always ask the seller where they got it from, since most wouldn’t be technical enough to check the bootloader for you
This is very important and deserves its own post. Resellers typically either don’t specify or don’t know if the bootloader is unlockable on a Pixel so the buyer has to find out for themselves. Sadly “Unlocked” in an eBay post often refers to the carrier rather than the bootloader. Thanks for mentioning this!
The 10 pro still has graphene support. It’ll be on sale here in a little while because the pro 11 is launching (same with their other variants, I think). Unless we get a for sure launch date for the graphene moto phones, I’d pull the trigger on a new pixel.
Has there been any rumor of Google stopping GOS?
GOS came out with a statement detailing the continuation of Pixel support.
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114670995130379882
https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices
They say it’s harder and harder to get AOSP and the Pixel 11 series have an upgraded ‘more secure’ proprietary chip set so they are unsure how long they will be able to continue support.
Man, that’s such a bummer to hear. If only there was a Linux alternative.
Oh there is! https://commerce.jolla.com/pages/jolla-c2-true-linux-smartphone
Keep your eyes peeled. Maybe this is going to be the zero-point for main stream Linux phones. I’ll have mine on Tuesday!
