Surprisingly has both a 3.5 mm Jack and SD slot though update support is not class leading.
I have a Edge+ 2023 and it has been solid. I bought it last year used and it a great phone
Love this phone. Get a refurbish and it’s only 200bucks
Boss has the 2025, bought unlocked. Was about the cheapest ‘any carrier’ unlocked available at retail with 128GB and an SD slot. She likes it. Moved from an android 10 moto
mediatek, no lineageOS, bye
It’s a brand new model. Older G Powers have roms for LineageOS ready to go. It would be logical for this one to come up soon.
Or, since making roms is a volunteer thing, you could make one.
You can’t make custom roms without kernel sources for the device. Mediatek does not provide sources.
mediateks don’t get lineageos, there’s like two models (out of 500+) that are supported
I’m still on the 2020 version and it’s been a great phone.
If my next phone doesn’t have the camera and flashlight gestures it will be a downgrade.
I have the Power 2024 currently and I had a 2021 I think before. I like them. Disappointing they took wireless charging out but it’s great to see a headphone jack and SD slot in 2026
I’d say the headphone jack and SSD are a fair trade.
Wireless charging is all but useless - I’ve had it on phones since at least 2017 and it just doesn’t work.
It does charge, but it’s so slow to not be worth it, especially with battery sizes today. And it still generates a lot of heat in the phone. I could live with the heat if it charged at a reasonable rate.
But the previous model had wireless charging, headphone jack, and SD slot so not really a tradeoff. I use wireless charging every night on my Power 2024. It charges fully in 8 hours and never gets warm.
What about Lineage OS support?
I hope it’s as good at least as in my G7 Power (2019).
5200 mAh doesn’t seem big enough by today’s standards to be worthy of the ‘Power’ branding.
The Moto G06 Power offers 7000mAh, that deserves that title. Though I personally have no problem with smaller batteries.
My phone has a 2200 mAh battery, so I definitely agree with you there.
