In May 2012,
Google’s CEO was proud to announce that the Mountain View-based giant closed
the deal to acquire Motorola Mobility. Almost two years later, Google agreed to
sell Motorola Mobility to Chinese company Lenovo for $2.91 billion.
Since the
Google acquisition, the folks at Motorola have announced some interesting
smartphones: the incredibly affordable Moto E, the popular Moto G mid-ranger,
and the highly-customizable Moto X. In 2014, Moto G and Moto X reached 2nd
generation and it looks that we will also get to see a 2nd gen Moto E soon.
Motorola has
recently announced they managed to sell 10 million smartphones in the fourth
quarter of the year. The figure is not surprising at all given the huge success
their budget-friendly Moto E had, especially on the emerging markets.
With 10
million smartphones sold in Q4 2014, Motorola has registered a growth of about
118% when compared to the same quarter of 2013. The press release also revealed
that the two mobile divisions of the Chinese giant combined (Lenovo – Motorola)
have registered a loss of $89 million in Q4 2014. Still, the Lenovo officials
remain optimistic with their predictions for the next 6 month, a time frame in
which they expect the Motorola smartphones to bring a big contribution to the
company’s income.
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