Motorola Mobility Updates

[Sushubh]

motorola has been struggling for the last couple of years. google deal should give them the financial backing to launch their products internationally faster. i am just worried about the service support aspect. motorola and google both are not known for their support.

 

[dsneih]

then lets hope they improve on this in india .... is samsung worried as now a days tehy are doing good due to android only ..

 

[Sushubh]

samsung has nothing to worry about. they are probably the largest android maker in the world. the second largest mobile phone company in the world. and they have bada in case they get annoyed with any major policy change in android in the future. and of course they also make WP devices.

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also... the entire android ecosystem wins if google gains from the motorola patents. google is not going to sue samsung/htc/LG/Sony for android related patents. motorola had almost indicated that they might sue android makers if they are found to infringe on their patents.

 

[dsneih]

android is biggest reason for samsung gains .. and same for android so i don't think they will do anything to hurt other partner ... but good thing with samsung that they keep all option open .. they are in BADA .. Android and WP7 ... so who ever gains they also gain .. and they know how to make product affordable with good hardware specs ...

 

[Sushubh]

also... do not forget. samsung is one of the largest OEM provider in the smartphone market. around 20-25% of iPhone components are manufactured by Samsung for example.

 

[dsneih]

but after lawsuit .. Apple is planning for other vendor for new A6 chip which were till now manufactured by them till now .. but still they have good hold in screen market .. as LG is not able to provide good quality

 

[Sushubh]

the rumors are that TSMC is manufacturing Apple A6 processor for them. a minor loss for samsung.

 

[moindear]

12.5 Billion Dollars. Isnt that a big amount?Seems Google is scared after they screwed up the Nortel Patents and Oracle issue looming over!

 

[dsneih]

Motorola holds in the region of 17,000 mobile patents with thousands more pending.

Source -> BBC News - What Google wants from Motorola

 

[Sushubh]

it's high if we look at the valuation of motorola mobility (before the announcement, it was around 50% premium). but looking at it practically, it is not much. motorola has thousands of patents (i believe the number is around 17000 with another 8000 under process). so they gain access to as many as 25000 patents (most of which are related to telecommunications). and they gain access to the company's mobile manufacturing business that makes mobile phones, smartphones, set top boxes and lots more. motorola is one of the oldest mobile phone companies in the world with a massively rich history. it is good to see that they are now in safe hands. the company has been struggling over the last couple of years and probably would have struggled to survive. i bet it would have to sold itself to a rival phone maker in a couple of years anyways. they cannot even compete against samsung in the US market!