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Last year, Motorola introduced a rather interesting device, aimed at businesses. That was the Motorola ThinkPhone, using one of Lenovo’s most popular brands – ThinkPad – and bringing it to their phone lineup.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A re-badged Edge 50 neo/Moto S50...nothing new...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think the ThinkPhone line gets more consistent update support than others. Motorola promises monthly updates on their website, whereas other devices (like the Edge or razr series) only receive bi-monthly update promises. I have heard from ThinkPhone owners that Motorola pushes the updates out relatively quickly too, which is not the case with its other devices.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

7 years of support and full bootloader unlocking support. Share the kernel and firmware properly like Xiaomi does, and we can talk.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

As a lifelong Thinkpad fan (even current gen ones), I would be seriously interested in this as long as it qualifies for bootloader unlocking. LineageOS on a Thinkpad-quality phone would be amazing and a welcome companion for my X1 Carbon.

Really, really wish bootloader unlocking was listed in the specs for devices.

[–] halendos 12 points 1 week ago

Heck, it should be mandatory. I bought it, I should be able to do whatever I want with it. Its like that for PCs, why not smartphones?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It's all virtual nipples now /s