Motorola Mobility Updates

[Deleted member 13033]

i don't do much twitter only get updates from u guys on IBF for such breaking news

 

[Sahyadri]

Google bought Motorola along with it's 7000 patents for $12.5 billion now selling it to Lenovo along with 2000 patents for $2.9 billion.
Motorola's 5000 patents valued at $10 billion

 

[bhojv74]

I've never liked Lenovo, so no Motonovo X/G for me, thank you.

 

[kreacher10]

If you go thru the fine print of details in the news media it jsut looks like a case of asset sttripping by Google.

 

[dsneih]

now no more moto g recommandation .. not sure if this will affect the moto g launch on 5th feb

 

[kreacher10]

Now Moto customer will have to join the rest of the customers of Lenovo/Gionee etc in the que outside the common service centers they use for their products. BTW they still have to get permissions form their respective governments.

 

[Navjot Singh]

Google bought Motorola along with it's 7000 patents for $12.5 billion now selling it to Lenovo along with 2000 patents for $2.9 billion.
Motorola's 5000 patents valued at $10 billion

Actually they are valued at around $7 billion as Google disposed off Motorola's STB segment for around $2.4 billion in 2012.

now no more moto g recommandation .. not sure if this will affect the moto g launch on 5th feb

It won't for now. This deal is yet to be approved in US and China which will take a long time.

 

[dextermorgan]

Also google is keeping Motorola's Advanced Technology Group (which includes Project Ara) as well as majority of the patents. Also tech people are saying this is not that much of an bad deal.

 

[chaibiskutbhai]

I think Google has offloaded the 'manufacturing' division.
We all knew that it acquired Moto not for its phones but for its patents. It must have secured all patents that involve Android or software and sold away the unnecessary ones.
It will still have a foot in the hardware market with Project Ara. Lenovo with its hardware know how will do a much better job than Google could with Moto. Plus it strengthens Lenovo's footprint in the USA, which was one market it was unable to break in properly. Lenovo is a smart player. It will do a good job. Though it remains to be seen if the Moto brand survives or not.
Personally, I feel its a win-win-win-win deal for everyone. Google-Moto-lenovo-Customer.

 

[dextermorgan]

Lenovo has already confirmed that Moto brand will live on along side lenovo. Already Moto has been working independently even though it has been part of google since 1 year and Larry was right that it would be good for Moto to be under an true hardware player rather than google.