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Motorola phones
Raised as a usability problem by 39 people on Hacker News over 18 years (2009–2026), in 38 threads.
People raised many different problems with Motorola phones, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 43 complaints
- Call button pressed but call never rings, needs daily reboot to work2026-07-15
- Unwanted bloatware changed lock screen, user spent ages unable to tell what caused it2026-05-26
- Can't turn off audio rating prompt shown after every call2026-01-31
- Phone is nearly unusable for many tasks without the AI assistant2026-01-19
- Too hard to use while closed, and too big when open2025-07-17
- Keeps nagging to enable lockscreen video ads even after the adware app is uninstalled2025-03-30
- Hard to switch a call from Bluetooth speaker to phone; tiny menu and confusing options2024-11-27
- Phone became unusable as performance degraded over time without new apps2024-10-07
- Navigation gestures are so frustrating to use2024-08-13
- Unlocking requires many steps, a Motorola account, and a multi-day wait for the code2024-04-06
- Browser reloads page on first touch after inactivity, forcing a repeat of slow loads2023-03-09
- Unwanted feature notifications pile up and stay until the user clicks each one2021-08-17
- UI stutters, screen unlock takes seconds, calls go to voicemail2021-02-23
- Touching the fingerprint scanner accidentally triggers screen multi-touch events2020-08-06
- Takes a few seconds to switch between apps, especially with several running2017-09-11
- Support website constantly failed or broke while setting up an RMA, taking months2016-12-12
- Taps lag over a second and apps get ejected from memory when switching2016-11-10
- Couldn't follow the normal warranty exchange process on the website without phone help2015-07-13
- Menus take ages to navigate and users get lost in settings2015-07-12
- Generated help messages in early days are confusing for new smartphone users2015-05-12
- Many steps to transfer photos, and the raw USB device can't be found2015-05-11
- Ordering the already-paid 32 GB phone required many confusing steps and contradictory instructions2014-05-31
- Stock Android 2.2 was unusable, and the modded version is noticeably slow2014-03-14
- Phone's interface painting is slow and laggy on its high-resolution screen2013-11-14
- Unlocking requires turning the phone over and swiping vertically across the reader2013-09-11
- Motoblur stuffs unwanted extra software all over the phone2013-05-04
- Changed back, home and task-switch buttons and Blur UI make the phone worse to use2012-09-26
- Missed taps on roughly every tenth touch2012-08-13
- Examples are very slow, the kitchen sink page takes 30 seconds to load2012-07-10
- Debug messages from Blur and EON clutter the LogCat console, making it hard to read2011-11-30
- Phone is slow to respond and the battery barely lasts a day2011-10-17
- Honeycomb UI is inconsistent and the system tray and app switcher feel confusing2011-05-03
- Buggy Android 3.0 software that users are still waiting to be fixed2011-05-02
- Software is buggy and crashes, and the emulator is too slow to use2011-05-02
- Couldn't tell how to wake the tablet from standby; power button hidden on back2011-03-07
- Power button badly placed; took minutes to find how to turn it on2011-03-07
- Tablet is slow and sometimes almost unusable to interact with2011-03-07
- Locks up on first boot and Wi-Fi network connection is unresponsive for long periods2011-03-04
- Took several minutes to find the power button, so people may give up2011-03-03
- Display can't show a full 10-digit number; text messaging is nearly unusable2010-09-06
- Device stops responding and apps hang, so user must run ATK several times daily2010-05-17
- Navigating the phone's menu system is cumbersome and frustrating2010-05-01
- Pulling out the sliding keyboard and waiting for screen rotation adds friction to every action2009-10-29