Motorola's $100 trade-in site now open for 2011 devices not getting Jelly Bean

3. FAUguy (Posts: 78; Member since: 09 Apr 2008)

See the Motorola link as the source? Click it, and look at #2 at the bottom of their page. States that program details will be found at that site at s future date.

4. metalpoet (unregistered)

https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/ci/documents/detail/2/motorola-jelly-bean-rebate_en-US
I just registered my DROID 3

18. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)

I'm going to buy the XPERIA T I'm DONE WITH MOTOROLA

6. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)

What part of "trying to update these certain phones would f**k them up" do you NOT understand?

You remind me of an asshole I dealt with once who erased his contacts off his old phone and got mad at me because I couldn't magically poof them back into existence. Some things just aren't physically possible.

DEAL WITH IT.

7. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)

You mean like how some of their phones already mess up even when they don't update them? Look at some of the reported issues with the Droid Bionic and Droid X line of phones. Some people even report issues with the Atrix phones.

This is nothing similar to your little story up above. It's not physically impossible to update some of their phones to the newest Android version.

8. joey_sfb (Posts: 6544; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)

Like you would care. Having an option is better than none.

10. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)

No phone line is perfect, Mxy. I'm aware there are issues with some phones. Believe it or not, even iPhones screw up at times. In fact, failure rates not due to damage were as high as 20 percent for the iPhone 3GS.

Having some phones screw up is better than screwing up ALL the phones via an update. I mean, if they know that their update will brick customers' phones or make everyones' user experience worse, why in hell would they want to send out that update?

12. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)

It's easy to service an iphone that messes up. You could go to an Apple store and have it serviced while taking an Android phone to a carrier will yield mixed results. Some may help you, some may not even look at you without insurance. I never said phones were perfect.

I would agree with you if Motorola hadn't established a reputation for slow updates and not fulfilling their promises. It doesn't help that customers with the phones are stuck with them unless they pony up for a phone off contract.

13. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)

Slow updates?

Yeah, at first some of their low end phones kinda got the shaft, like the Motorola Cliq (though frankly, 2.1 didn't run nearly as well as 1.5 did on it).

However, the original Droid got 2.1 pretty much right after it was released and got Froyo about 9 months later. The Droid X got Froyo about a month after release (along with the Droid 2) and got Gingerbread about 8 months after release (about 4 to 5 months after Gingerbread itself was released). The Droid X2 got its Gingerbread update around Augustish.

The original Atrix got Gingerbread in July of 2011, only five months after its release, and was the first of AT&T's phones to receive Gingerbread at all. The Razr and Maxx got ICS before Samsung's Galaxy S2 variants got it.

The bootloader promise was really the only one Motorola didn't fulfill, and you know and I know it's because of Verizon. The Photon and Atrix's bootloaders can be unlocked. I should know, my Atrix's bootloader is unlocked right now. It's Verizon that's pulling this bulls**t on bootloaders and updates.

I mean, hell, the wifi XOOM was the first Android tablet to get an ICS update, as I recall. Even if it wasn't, it was damn quick-like a month after ICS's release. The XOOM is now running Jelly Bean as well. Only the unlocked Nexus phones are quicker.

So no, Motorola's really not all that slow with updates. At least not historically. That seems to have changed with ICS, but so far they've still been relatively on par with the other manufacturers.

14. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)

For once I don't have a comeback.

16. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)

Is that Mxy speak for "I was wrong?"

Because if it is, I suddenly have all kinds of respect for you. It takes a hell of a person to be able to admit they're wrong.

9. doubleD (Posts: 78; Member since: 13 Dec 2010)

I agree with Mxy, you can easily sell a Droid 3 for more than a $100 through some other source. I personally would rather just keep my Droid 3 for backup in case my current phone gets damaged somehow.

I suppose it is a nice gesture by Motorola, however it is an offer I will not be taking.

19. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)

Okay. Have fun with that.