{"id":600640,"date":"2026-08-21T23:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/600640\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T23:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:14:11","slug":"motorolas-grapheneos-phones-will-launch-in-2027-priced-higher-than-pixels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/600640\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorola&#8217;s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So these mysterious Moto phones will presumably be well over a grand. Motorola didn\u2019t bother releasing new versions of its non-folding Edge phones in 2026, and if that trend continues, the 2027 devices may be foldables. That would help explain the high prices, and the ongoing AI-driven component price increases can\u2019t be helping either.<\/p>\n<p>While Motorola makes plenty of budget devices in the Moto G line, those devices aren\u2019t a viable option. GrapheneOS has supported Pixels because Google\u2019s Tensor chips provide the necessary security features, but not all Qualcomm chips offer the same capabilities. Only Qualcomm\u2019s most expensive 8-series processors are comparable from a security standpoint, and those only go in expensive flagship smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>            <a class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" data-pswp-width=\"1920\" data-pswp-height=\"1080\" data-pswp- data-cropped=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Motorola-Razr-2025-10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n              <img width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Motorola-Razr-2025-10.jpg\" class=\"fullwidth full\" alt=\"Motorola Razr Ultra\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>              Most of Moto\u2019s recent flagships have been foldables, so that may be the next stop for GrapheneOS.<\/p>\n<p>\n                  Credit:<br \/>\n                                      Ryan Whitwam\n                                  <\/p>\n<p>\n      Most of Moto\u2019s recent flagships have been foldables, so that may be the next stop for GrapheneOS.<\/p>\n<p>          Credit:<\/p>\n<p>          Ryan Whitwam<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible that cheaper Moto phones could eventually get GrapheneOS support, but the developers don\u2019t see that happening any time soon. Qualcomm\u2019s mid-range chips don\u2019t get the same level of support unless OEMs pay more, so Motorola would have to commit to that on a wider range of products. As it stands, Motorola only offers update support for a couple of years on budget phones, which isn\u2019t sufficient for GrapheneOS.<\/p>\n<p>Motorola hasn\u2019t confirmed a release timeline for these devices, but GrapheneOS should be available for them at launch. The <a href=\"https:\/\/grapheneos.org\/install\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">installation process<\/a> requires some technical expertise, but the project has a web-based USB installer for Pixel phones. It will probably offer similar resources when the Motorola devices arrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So these mysterious Moto phones will presumably be well over a grand. Motorola didn\u2019t bother releasing new versions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-600640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}