

Beyond the Alphabet is a weekly column that focuses on the tech world both inside and out of the confines of Mountain View.
Once upon a time, I was a Motorola fanboy. This was back in the day when basically everyone was, as it was in the company's hayday. We had the Moto X and Moto Maker, the Motorola-made Nexus 6 was ahead of its time, at least in screen size, and then all of the fun just went away. For me, Motorola had a brief resurgence with its Moto Z devices, even if the idea of magnetic accessories didn't catch on until Apple did it with MagSafe.