[Droid Turbo 2 Accessories] ChazzMatt:
Don't blame you.

Motorola for 2013, and most of 2014 was just copying the previous year's LG flagship phones.

2013 Moto X was a fantastic copy of the excellent 2012 LG Optimus G (aka G1): 4.7", 720p -- while everyone else was going to 1080p and at least 5". Within 2 weeks of the 2013 Moto X (4.7", 720p), LG then released the 2013 LG G2: 5.2", 1080p -- which the 2013 LG Nexus 5 was based on. Google owned Motorola at the time, but still chose LG for their Nexus phone because of stupid stuff like that. Motorola basically released a 2012 phone in 2013. :rolleyes:

2014 Moto X, same thing. It was a bad copy of the the 2013 LG G2. :rolleyes: 5.2" 1080p -- while that same year, at the same time LG moved on to the LG G3 (5.5" 1440p, laser focus camera, very slim bezels).

Up until then Motorola was basically a 2nd tier copycat manufacturer. They were trying to innovate with some software tweaks, like Moto Display -- but their hardware was not top tier specs like Samsung, Sony, or LG at the time.

Only with the end of 2014 Moto Nexus 6 (Shamu) and Moto Quarks (Droid Turbo XT1254/Moto Maxx XT1250 and XT1225 and delayed released in 2015 Moto Turbo XT1225) did Motorola step up and deliver premium hardware specs. Latest Snapdragon chipset, 1440p AMOLED, 3GB RAM, etc.

The Moto Nexus 6 and Moto Quarks were the best phones that year, with the possible exception of Samsung's 2014 Galaxy Note. Both the Nexus 6 and Galaxy Note were too big for my taste, but the Quark was perfect, or almost perfect...

5.2" 1440p AMOLED,

Snapdragon 805,

3GB RAM,

64GB internal memory,

21MP camera,

Qi wireless charging,

Turbo Charging (QuickCharge 2.0)

I bought 3 of them -- two for my and my wife for daily phones and a year later I bought one as a still-new-in box backup, just in case.

However, with the 5.2" Quarks, Motorola left out the front facing stereo speakers and rear camera OIS the Moto Nexus had. For the price ($700 for the 64GB XT1225), they should not have left out anything. :rolleyes: Technically both these phones were RELEASED after the Lenovo sale, but they were both designed and manufacturing started when Google owned Motorola.

So, in 2015 (when Lenovo now owned them the entire year), for the Quark succcessor Kinzie (Droid Turbo 2/Moto X Force) now would be a good time to rectify those two mistakes, right? Front facing stereo speakers and rear camera OIS? While keeping the 1440p AMOLED display?

Instead, for Kinzie Lenovo added the plastic layer gimmick on top of the display (which made it dimmer). They did add a microSD slot, but that was the only real improvement when they had a chance to do something GREAT. Oh, and they made the Kinzie battery SMALLER than the Quark, because 3900 mAh was just too much battery, right? :rolleyes: Instead they should have gone to 4,000 mAh or more, since they went to 5.4" AMOLED panel from 5.2". But, no a SMALLER BATTERY. And for good measure they slipped on quality control and had that green line problem but wouldn't admit to it.

I mean look how ZTE did it with their 2016 AXON 7:

5.5", 1440p AMOLED (same Samsung panel used in the Pixel XL) with award winning DAC and front facing stereo speakers ($400 for 64GB/4GB RAM or $500 for 128GB/6GB RAM, both with microSD card expansion). The frame is designed by BMW. BMW! No, it doesn't have Qi wireless charging, so I'm not buying it -- but I'm very impressed by the hardware specs and price otherwise. Stuff like THIS is what Motorola/Lenovo should be doing.

I know the Moto Kinzie was a 2015 phone, but the point I am making is Motorola had a chance to really improve an already-excellent 2014 phone -- the Quark. All it needed was the front facing stereo speakers and rear camera OIS they had given the 2014 Moto Nexus.

Since then with the Moto Z they have regressed. Now they are making you pay for mods, to add features (Qi wireless, stereo speakers, large battery) that should be included in the phone in the first place!

I own three Moto XT1225 (Quark). It's the best phone I have ever owned, with the LG Nexus 5 being a close second. But I am never buying another Motorola phone if they continue in this direction.