Motorola does have one other precise new telephone: the Signature. It is a new line of “premium” telephones, however the catch is that these gadgets will not be bought within the US. For its candy-bar telephones, Motorola has dipped its toes into flagship territory on occasion, solely to dip again out because it struggles to compete with the likes of Apple and Samsung; it is predominantly identified for its Moto G funds telephones, notably within the US.
The Signature is simply 6.99 millimeters thick—it is no iPhone Air, however that is thinner than your normal handset—and it has a fabric-like materials on the again. It is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset, has 4 50-megapixel cameras on the again, and carries a 5,200-mAh silicon-carbon battery in tow. Extra importantly, Motorola is lastly committing to seven years of blanket software program updates for this telephone. It is a disgrace US prospects will not have the ability to take pleasure in that.
An AI Pendant
On the artificial intelligence entrance, Motorola and its father or mother firm, Lenovo, are working collectively on a unified AI assistant known as Qira. It is the fruits of a number of AI options each firms have deployed over time, simply in a single platform.
It is powered by varied massive language fashions, from Copilot and Perplexity to Google’s Gemini, together with Motorola and Lenovo’s personal in-house LLMs. The concept is that as an alternative of reaching for these varied companies, you possibly can simply ask Qira, regardless of if you happen to’re on a Lenovo laptop computer or a Motorola telephone. It will launch first on Lenovo PCs later this yr, then choose Razr, Edge, and Signature gadgets.
Qira additionally powers Venture Maxwell, an idea AI pendant from Motorola’s 312 Labs. If you happen to’re uninterested in pulling out your smartphone to snap a pic and seek for one thing, properly, this wearable solves precisely that. It has a digicam and microphone, so simply faucet the touch-sensitive button on the entrance and ask a query about no matter you are taking a look at—whether or not you need to know what sort of tree is in entrance of you, or if you wish to add the date of a live performance into your calendar if you happen to’re watching a poster.
