The history of my phones: #Motorola ROKR E6 (running MontaVista Linux) → moto e(2) → moto G6 (stock #Android → #LineageOS) → #Google Pixel 8a (#GrapheneOS). Why the change? Well, #Lenovo is killing Motorola brand for years now.
A few thoughts after the first day using it, and comparing it to 5 year old Motorola with barely working software:
1. Pixel: 7 years software updates + good alternatives. Motorola: 2 years + poorly working LineageOS port, whose support just ended. You could say you either pay directly to Google, or you buy competition and pay in your data.
2. It made me think of "value" moto e(2) — no charger, not even a back cover, but there's Gorilla Glass and good hardware. Well, except that the price isn't "value".
3. It's not really pretty, I'm going to need to find a case to even out the back. Moto G6 was a piece of art compared to it.
4. It didn't reboot of its own accord even once yet. Moto G6 rebooted at least daily.
5. You can call more than once. Moto G6 used to hang after a single call — you couldn't make or receive another one, and it drained the battery.
6. Location catches in a few seconds, compared to a few minutes of standing still with Moto G6, in good weather.
7. Data transfer was successful. It's much easier when you're doing it across phones, rather than from backups. Even Matrix and #GadgetBridge didn't cause any issues.
8. Restore in #FreeOTP doesn't work. Fortunately, during the last migration I've backed up all the secrets externally.
9. The fingerprint reader in the screen is usable, and I'm getting the hang of gesture navigation. However, the under-screen fingerprint reader + navigation in Moto G6 was just brilliant. I still couldn't find any convenient way of locking the screen.
10. Performance and RAM is much better. It just doesn't keep killing the apps I'm using.
11. I haven't tested the screen in the sunlight yet, but I suspect it's going to be better. G6 was pretty horrible, even compared to the value e(2).
12. The government mObywatel app is working. Just saying.
13. Multiling O keyboard sometimes shows under the bottom "keyboard control" bar, sometimes above it — very annoying.