Leak confirms GrapheneOS & Motorola partnership for non-Pixel hardware

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https://piunikaweb.com/2026/02/27/leak-confirms-grapheneos-motorola-partnership-for-non-pixel-hardware/

Novalissoide

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This is the place:
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/27687-new-manufacturer-theories-and-predictions/285

W1zardK1ng

gfhndfgbfd This was expected as there is no other manufacturer that sells devices globally and team always said samsung is crippling their security with other OSes. Anyways its is expected to have the official announcement this month.

raccoondad

gfhndfgbfd your old ass uncles phone brand for the win 🗣🗣🗣

AlanZ

But if that's true it would be disappointing. Motorola has very mediocre hardware.

r134a

AlanZ They are re-entering the 'premium-segment'. See for example the Motorola Signature. In my own words but as per GOS, it should be a flagship device. So if i had to make a guess if rumors are true, it will probably be a device similar in specs as the signature, perhaps the next gen signature. I don't find that current device bad at all in terms of hardware/price.

Vsratoslav

AlanZ mediocre hardware would not become GOS partners.

AlanZ

r134a

Thank you for letting me know. My information was indeed out of date. I would be happy with something like the Motorola Signature. Seems like a pretty cool device.

Johnnyloans

r134a They are re-entering the 'premium-segment'.

Hopefully for Motorola's sake and the new partnership--if the leak is real--there aren't too many gripes with the signature to make people wary before the 2nd release.

Although, they could fix any issues found in the first gen and we get a higher quality phone.

AlanZ

AlanZ
I am a bit worried that it won't come to the US, though.

r134a

'Motorola Signature phone is here with 7 years of updates, access to luxury experiences', https://www.androidauthority.com/motorola-signature-phone-launched-3630327/, could be another piece to the puzzel that substantiates current speculations. We should know soon though.

DeletedUser639

r134a
ha ha ha £899,

Probably9857

DeletedUser639

Nobody said it would be cheap. It was always expected to be a flagship model, so flagship pricing shouldn't be a surprise.

People who are price sensitive will have to make do with Pixels (used or a-models) for at least a while.

Personally I don't see how a typical OEM would ever meet the requirements in a budget or even mid-range device, but I hope I am wrong.

andrej567

DeletedUser639
£899 and the diarrhea color. hard to resist to buy two at once

r134a

DeletedUser639 Sure an expensive price, but i mentioned hardware/price, meaning for the hardware, i find the price reasonable compared to other OEMs in that segment. And i think initially they will probably get cheaper 'faster' compared to pixels.

Johnnyloans

Probably9857

Understandably, those prices are more than my region for a non-A, new pixel. GOS said it'd be a similar price.

The biggest hurdle for price is having MTE only available on the most expensive snapdragon CPUs--which this model doesn't have.

The article above mentions 512GB on the Motorola which may not be the base model. Can't really compare until official specs and pricing comes out. Pixels start at 128GB I believe.

dhhdjbd

does anyone know please how to find out what hardware the motorola signature uses?

i am curiouse but i cant manage to find the info
(i mean a more detailed breakdown, and who makes what what parts, then the product page offers..)

Eirikr70

Hope that the leak is wrong. More than 1,000 € for a phone is insane!

Blastoidea

I remain unconvinced.

It will be interesting to see if Motorola can resist the temptation to come out with another cheap, shitty phone.

I still have a sour taste, leftover from previously-owned Motorola phones.

I guess I’m not what you might call “objective” or “optimistic”.

rjo12

Blastoidea If it is Motorola (I have no more inside knowledge beyond what is stated in this forum) I'm more optimistic.

From about 2019 or 2020, I had a Motorola phone (a Moto G8 Play, if it matters). It was sold as a mid range phone (not a flagship) but was good value for money. My only minor grumble is that OS updates ran out - as advertised when it was released - in late 2022 (so was upgraded from Android 9 to Android 11 before updates dried up) and that updates were relatively slow compared with Google at the time. The device itself is still going strong - I run it with no SIM now, as basically a game/entertainment machine, with nothing on it that gives me any privacy or security concern.

Motorola has also reportedly invested significantly (billions) in the last 10 years or so (with both acquisitions, and R&D) to improve their capabilities related to security and safety related technologies. On the face of it, that suggests a collaboration with GOS would be a good fit.

Whichever OEM it is, I'll look available specifications for the device (or, hopefully devices) available when I am ready to upgrade. The requirements documented for GOS are quite rigorous and I view it as a positive that an OEM would aim to collaborate with GOS.