Motorola seems to be doing a pretty decent job by trying to make a comeback with its series of budget, mid-range, upper mid-range as well as their flagship smartphones that it has successfully launched recently with some amazing and competitive features. Happy to see near stock android phones still competing in the world that is dominated by custom OS/UIs like the infamous Oxygen OS by OnePlus, MIUI by Xiaomi, Redmi & now POCO, One UI by Samsung, Colour OS by Oppo, Funtouch OS by Vivo and even the latest Realme UI by Realme itself which is down to bring its own UI version to set up a unique identity in the growing market.

As a matter of fact OnePlus’ Oxygen OS can too be said to be a near stock experience which allows user friendly customization options for it’s smartphone owners. Which is obviously a better option as compared to the bloated OS & UIs out there. To be observant, Nokia has upped their game by bringing Android One smartphones with pure stock experience and as a veteran Nokia phone user, I am really glad I still see their smartphones as an option in the Indian market who truly do believe in a bloatware-free and a vanilla android experience much like what Nexus smartphones used to offer back in the day.

I know, I Know, Xiaomi does offer an Android One series (Mi A1, A2, A3) in their smartphone lineup every year, but I’m sure you remember the fiasco that followed every time Mi offers a software update to the infamous A-series smartphones, because history speeks for itself whereas Nokia have had no problems at all in that very aspect proving that they are truly investing in “services” and very determined in their duty.

Now that Motorola is pushing hard to increase their sales, they sure do need to keep a thing or two in mind, that India as a consumer country is a price sensitive market as well as a feature sensitive one and that slightest of such mishaps can turn consumers’ heads to other options, who are absolutely killing it in popularity, market share & major sales. Once Motorola hits the market price right in their series of phones throughout the segments in a country like India, it seems pretty obvious that they will be doing a fantastic job as a smartphone manufacturer and a service provider. Now, when I say “a service provider” I mean the after sales service which majorly focuses on regular software OS updates.

Much like sales, services like software OS updates (yearly) and regular software-security updates, including bug fixes (monthly) go hand-in-hand, because an average consumer in India might not have the purchasing power to buy new phones on a half-yearly or a yearly basis, so keeping the 2 year mark as an average reference for such services, it will not only gain popularity but also the loyalty and trust among new and existing fan base of consumers.

As an example, we can see OnePlus upping their game by providing new and recent software updates regularly to their older smartphones. Now of course, the hardware capability can be one of the top reasons why updates cannot be pushed right away to low end or budget smartphones, but an effort for a certain period of time will do no harm.

And I believe that this can only happen when smartphone manufacturers ease down their focus on releasing new smartphones almost every once or twice a month, looking at the current trend almost every manufacturer is releasing a new smartphone every month (again SALES). Why?

Now of course the experts in the industry might have their own specific answers to such questions. But as an average consumer, I do not think it is necessary for your own smartphones to compete with each other in the same market segment. “Pointless” seems to be the appropriate word here, if you keep the average consumer in India in mind.

Now, if the rumors are to be true that OnePlus is trying to experiment in other market segments like mid-range, I’m pretty sure that their popularity and services will surely bring some, if not complete change to the way smartphone manufacturers are functioning right now.

And by the time that happens, being a stock android experience fan I am truly excited and moreover looking forward to seeing more capable budget friendly smartphones from Motorola and as well as Nokia in the Indian market.

Thank you for taking the time out to read my thoughts on this scenario.

Hoping my readers get the idea behind these words and understand what I am trying to say. Take care.