Weekly poll results: GrapheneOS support was a great move for the Motorola Signature 27

The Motorola Signature 27 is not a launch-day purchase for most people, but the inevitable discounts may turn this flagship into a sleeper hit. And some of the interest towards the phone is coming from an unexpected source.

First, let’s address the elephant in the room. The MSRP of $1,600 / €1,900 is indeed an elephant, a white one. Note that some regions have it at a lower price of €1,400, which is still far from cheap. We did get some good news earlier this week and it was that the phone will have a 7,000mAh battery everywhere rather than getting a cut-down 5,500mAh battery in Germany as initially reported. That makes us feel a tiny bit better about the price, but it’s not enough.

We have been tracking Motorola prices for a long while now and we’ve seen how quickly Razr foldables get discounts. Considering that nearly half of voters picked the “It's good, but the price is too high” option, we think that fans who like the hardware should arm themselves with patience and wait for a discount.

Nearly a third of voters are actually considering getting the Signature 27, even at its current high price. Interestingly, the majority of them plan on running GrapheneOS on the phone instead of Motorola’s usual Hello UI. We thought that custom ROMs are a thing of the past, but clearly this one is special and it is driving interest towards the phone. Maybe other makers should consider doing something similar – remember when OnePlus One launched with Cyanogen OS?

There are some issues with availability – notably, the phone isn’t available in North America yet, but that’s not the only region that is yet to receive the new Signature.

Mind you, the Signature 27 is only the first Motorola phone to support GrapheneOS. There should be others, but there is no info on that coming from either Motorola or the GrapheneOS team.