Pixels used to be mid range phones with great cameras or more precisely great image processors for mid range prices to overvalued mid range phones with outdated hardware.

If all you do is read/look at static content, e-ink is great, and that's why it's used on all the e-readers. I wouldn't want to be taking a video call on one though.

Tandem oled screens are also starting to become more of a thing, and that improves the usability in direct sun. But I don't have any problem using my phone outside as it is. I'd rather just have a bigger battery than a worse looking screen for what I do.

Anyway, I'm not even sure that Motorola could sell a smartphone with Graphene OS as its stock firmware, because Google would probably get pissed off about it.

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> even this one is way overkill for what I want in a phone. Why can’t there just be a low-spec one instead

Exactly this.

My solution is: dirt-cheap bargain-basement Chinese phones.

They do the job and you can get a lot for under £150.

My best buy was an Umidigi F2. Stunning device for £125. I have bought dinners that cost more than that.

*But* you'll never get an OS upgrade, they're unsupported by all the alternative OSes, and there is the everpresent risk of spyware.

For me, that's worth it, but I get that it's not for everyone and so I do not unequivocally recommend them.

9a for 300 bucks

And the battery life of that thing is excellent

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Avant-garde nerds hacking their phones with custom roms may clear the path, but the normies can bring the necessary financial volume.

It's also worth reading up on Aviglon, a subsidiary of Motorola specializing in surveillance technology.

The upcoming Moto devices won’t ship with GrapheneOS, but they will be fully supported by the project with help from Moto itself.

Doesn't unlocking the bootloader on a Motorola device void the warranty?

ARM is already getting something similar, but most companies aren't interested, precisely because they're perfectly fine with the restrictions.