Syed Ibrahim joins Tim Keirnan for a critique of the Motorola MotoG4 smart phone. While the G4 was touted as an affordable, “pure, clutter-free version of Android”, Tim’s experience was anything but pure Android. Syed’s expert Android wisdom provides a counterpoint to Tim’s confusion and disappointment as the discussion ranges from the pluses and minuses of the G4 to the shortcomings of various reviews of the phone when it came out.
Our conclusion is that, if the botched implementation of the G4’s so-called “pure” Android experience is bad, the coverage of the phone in the traditional tech media was even more sloppy. How is one to shop effectively for a good Android phone in light of inept reviews like these? Syed has suggestions.
Thanks to Tom Merritt for his report on Lenovo switching all its phones to “stock Android”. The link to that particular episode of Daily Tech News is at
http://www.dailytechnewsshow.com/dtns-3088-left-to-their-phone-devices/
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