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Motorola spoiled a good budget phone with bloatware


This phone is an Agree to Continue nightmare.

The camera is underwhelming and suffers from Motorola’s unusual image processing tendencies (less forgivable). The preinstalled weather app is festooned with ads and even more suggested apps, plus pithy insights like “Gotta love air conditioning at these high levels of humidity.” If you tap the option to remove ads, a pop-up asks you to pay $4 for 1Weather Pro. What feels particularly ghoulish is that all of these services are absolutely hungry for your data — they want to be able to send you notifications, track your whereabouts, and download apps on your behalf — and it’s hard to tell exactly what company is behind any of it.

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