If rumors are to be believed, Motorola is gearing up for another try, with a new flagship phone coming to the US early next year.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve seen some leaked specs, and they are precisely what I\u2019d expect from Motorola. Here\u2019s what I\u2019d like to see in Motorola\u2019s next flagship phone to make it a success.<\/p>\n
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\t\t Pieces are in place<\/p>\n I don\u2019t need a top-of-the-line chipset<\/p>\n Motorola understands price is important<\/p>\n Except for the Motorola Razr Ultra<\/a>, Moto\u2019s done an excellent job balancing performance and value the last few years. <\/p>\n I like what the company\u2019s done with the Motorola Edge 70 overseas, giving buyers the feel of a thin phone without a prohibitive price tag. I\u2019m expecting more of the same from their next US flagship.<\/p>\n It appears Motorola is tapping the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset for the new phone, not to be confused with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 featured in the OnePlus 15.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t mind this at all.<\/p>\n We\u2019re not going to notice much difference in real-world performance, and it\u2019s time more manufacturers realized that \u2014 especially if it keeps the cost down.<\/p>\n The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is an expensive chipset, so if Moto can save a few dollars and pass that along to us, I\u2019m all for it.<\/p>\n Leaks also suggest the device will have a 6.7-inch OLED 1.5K display with a 120Hz refresh rate.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve maintained that\u2019s the ideal size for a flagship device, and I won\u2019t be bothered if Motorola doesn\u2019t include the faster 144Hz refresh rates it has on other devices.<\/p>\n However, I will be annoyed if there isn\u2019t an always-on display.<\/p>\n For as pleased as I\u2019ve been with Moto over the last few years, it\u2019s like pulling teeth to get a proper AOD on its traditional slab phones.<\/p>\n We finally got one on the Razr devices, but it wasn\u2019t without significant pushback.<\/p>\n I want Motorola to break the mold in 2026 and give us a flagship with a headphone jack at least, if not a microSD card slot.<\/p>\n It\u2019s an opportunity for Motorola to win over new fans, as there are plenty of people who would let go of their older phones if some legacy features made it to newer devices.<\/p>\n I\u2019m also fine with the rumored triple 50MP camera setup on the new device.<\/p>\n I like that there won\u2019t be a massive drop-off in quality between the lenses, and I\u2019m curious to see what Moto comes up with on a flagship camera.<\/p>\n Software support needs to be there<\/p>\n No excuses for a flagship phone<\/p>\n I give Motorola a pass for its spotty software support on midrange phones, because the value is still there for buyers.<\/p>\n However, that won\u2019t be the case on a flagship device. At minimum, Motorola has to match what OnePlus offers: four years of OS upgrades and six years of security patches.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not just the length of upgrades, but also their timeliness.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t want to hear about bi-monthly updates slipping into tri-monthly updates, and I don\u2019t want to wait almost a year after other devices get a new version of Android before my Motorola flagship receives the same.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t expect Motorola to turn into Google overnight, releasing feature drops every few months. Still, it would be welcome to see a bit more effort from the company.<\/p>\n Software support matters in 2025, and if you want to compete at the flagship level, you need to at least attempt to match the other manufacturers.<\/p>\n Price is going to rule all<\/p>\n Motorola needs to provide value<\/p>\n Motorola has a unique opportunity to pick up the mantle I wanted OnePlus to have.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tMotorola is the only manufacturer that can challenge Samsung and Google
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