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There's a high chance of devices being sold with GrapheneOS preinstalled in 2027

117 pointsby Cider9986today at 5:12 PM44 commentsview on HN

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microtonaltoday at 6:04 PM

Two clarifications:

- This is about preinstallation. For the planned models, you can install GrapheneOS yourself. This should be really simple, if it is similar to the current installation process for Pixels, which can be fully completed through their website.

- The preinstalled devices don't seem from Motorola themselves, as mentioned later in the thread: Probably not via their website but rather another company provided with the devices directly by Motorola. It could be us doing it ourselves but we aren't set up to deal with it.

Really excited for the Motorola GrapheneOS phones! (Currently have a P10P with GrapheneOS.)

sigmartoday at 6:20 PM

>Probably not via their website but rather another company provided with the devices directly by Motorola. It could be us doing it ourselves but we aren't set up to deal with it.

I presume this bit is because Motorola can't sell devices with android builds that aren't certified by google (as per Google Mobile Services contracts)

Cider9986today at 5:18 PM

The upcoming Signature 27 which will be announced today at the Snapdragon Summit and has been teased by Motorola on their socials and websites will have a likelihood of a US release because they've posted about it on US social accounts. It looks interesting...

The 2026 Signature, in the UK, was $1460 USD. In Brazil it is selling for $1230. The Pixel 11 pro XL, which the Signature beats on hardware in practically every way sells for $1300 on Google's website.

It looks interesting... I didn't love the 2026 design [1] but it looks better than whatever this is. Here's pictures:

https://xxcancel.com/moto

https://x.com/moto

[1] https://www.motorola.com/gb/en/p/phones/motorola-signature/s...

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ck2today at 6:43 PM

nice

now give me a device with a mechanical switch that gaps the radio power physically

madducitoday at 6:04 PM

I wish they will bring a €200 device with GrapheneOS out

movsxtoday at 5:44 PM

Might someone know whether banking apps worldwide will work?

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seanytoday at 6:02 PM

Will they be unlockable?

metalmantoday at 6:04 PM

Even if they do sell graphene(android) devices there is still a good chance that it wont be enough to keep a full function linux phone off the market. I would sooner buy a trump phone then graphene, it's not as pretentious and it's more shiny.