Just a quick update. My particular phone got to the point that it was nearly unusable. Others in our fleet were the same, and when I asked our IT guy about it, he said, "Yeah, those are junk and always do that" like everyone on Earth knew it but me. LOL... I'll admit I was miffed at first, but I'm simply not as invested in this stuff as some like our tech guys.
So... We went in at the beginning of the year and negotiated to get all new phones. It ended up being 88 phones in total. We decided to split the order. 40 were Samsung 8s and 48 were Google Pixel 2s. I asked my tech guy to just give me the one that would irritate me the least and he handed me the Google Pixel 2. I've been using it for a few months now and no complaints. The folks on the Samsung 8 are pleased too.
We had long since paid for all the Motorola Turbo 2s, so there's a 80something of them sitting in a box. I asked our IT guy to wipe them and drop them off at the local battered women's shelter, etc. I think he's doing that next week. He said most, not all, have short battery service in some capacity, so I asked him to note the worst of them and label them accordingly so the shelter can just recycle them if they're worried about not doing the job for their purposes.
My hope is the two phones choices we made will be good for us. As a long time Motorola fan, stemming from back when I was a kid using two-way radios, I'm done with them. I worked diligently and Lenovo does not support the product they enjoy the profits from. I would caution anyone who decides to spend money with them in the future.
As an aside, my tech guy (he's a different guy than the IT guy, lol) told me the battery replacement trick that many people try in the Turbo 2 may or may not work based on some little 'regulator' part that controls charge rates, etc. as that part can often go bad as well. So he basically said, "Yeah, if the battery replacement including parts and labor is like $70 or less, it's worth a try, but if you're spending more than that for a two year old phone, I'd skip it..." Hope this information may help.
Best of luck guys. Sorry Lenovo/Motorola won't exercise ethical business practices, but the options I shared above are all I ended up with trying for months to work with them.
-Michael
