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118-518: A Gorilla Glass faceplate. The phone was very successful through Verizon Wireless, and many color variants were released. In addition, a Maxx version of the Droid RAZR with an extended battery was released at CES 2012. The Droid RAZR MAXX won CTIA's "Best Smartphone" award. The company also announced new products by late 2011 and early 2012 such as the Xoom 2 tablets, the motoACTV fitness watch with Android, and

177-408: A "hands-off" approach in regards to Motorola Mobility's product development. Head designer Jim Wicks explained that "Google had very little influence and Lenovo has been the same." The company continued to engage in practices it adopted under Google, such as the use of nearly "stock" Android, undercutting competitor's pricing while offering superior hardware (as further encouraged by Lenovo), and placing

236-477: A "mass-market challenger brand". In November 2016, it was reported that Lenovo would be branding all its future smartphones under the brand "Moto by Lenovo". In March 2017, it was reported that Lenovo would continue to use the "Motorola" brand and logo, citing its recognition as a heritage cellphone brand. Furthermore, Aymar de Lencquesaing, Motorola Mobility's president at the time, stated that Lenovo planned to phase out its self-branded smartphones in favor of

295-719: A Lenovo executive that only high-end devices would be produced under the "Moto" name, with low-end devices being amalgamated into Lenovo's existing "Vibe" brand, Motorola Mobility clarified its plans and explained that it would continue to release low-end products under the Moto brand, including the popular Moto G and Moto E lines. Motorola Mobility stated that there would be overlap between the Vibe and Moto lines in some price points and territories, but that both brands would have different "identities" and experiences. Moto devices would be positioned as "innovative" and "trendsetting" products, and Vibe would be

354-547: A consistent interface. A month later, Motorola unveiled the Droid , Verizon Wireless 's first Android phone, which was released on November 8, 2009. Backed with a marketing campaign by Verizon, which promoted the device as a direct competitor to the iPhone with the slogan "iDon't," "Droid Does," the Droid was a significant success for Motorola and Verizon. Flurry estimated that at least 250,000 Droid smartphones had been sold in its first week of availability. PC World considered

413-412: A fifth straight quarter of losses. Google planned to operate Motorola Mobility as an independent company. In a post on the company's blog, Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page revealed that Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility was a strategic move to strengthen Google's patent portfolio. At the time, the company had 17,000 patents, with 7,500 patents pending. The expanded portfolio was to defend

472-508: A larger focus on direct-to-consumer selling of unlocked phones in the US market (as opposed to carrier subsidized versions). On July 28, 2015, Motorola Mobility unveiled three new devices, and its first under Lenovo ownership—the third-generation Moto G , Moto X Play , and Moto X Style —in three separate events. In August 2015, Lenovo announced that it would merge its existing smartphone division, including design, development, and manufacturing, into

531-890: A new 5.2-inch (13 cm) 1080p super AMOLED pentile display, a faster 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, and an improved 13-megapixel rear camera capable of recording 4k resolution video with a dual LED flash . The device also came with new software features along with new infrared proximity sensors. The Moto X Play and Moto X Style smartphones were announced in July 2015, and were released in September 2015. Many customers who have ordered customized Moto X Pure Editions via Motorola Mobility's website have experienced delays receiving their devices. These delays have been attributed to issues including manufacturing issues, lack of parts needed to complete assembly of custom phones (black fronts, Verizon SIM cards and 64 GB versions),

590-457: A possible redesign due to initial phones having a defect that causes one of the front facing speakers to rattle at high volume and multiple day delays clearing US customs at FedEx's Memphis, Tennessee hub due to issues related to the import paperwork. The Moto X Force was launched on October 27, 2015. in the US, it was branded as the Droid Turbo 2, and was Motorola Mobility's flagship device of

649-459: A shift to the recently introduced Android operating system as its sole smartphone platform, replacing both Symbian and Windows Mobile . In August 2009, Motorola introduced the Cliq , its first Android device, for T-Mobile USA . The device also featured a user interface known as Motoblur , which aimed to aggregate information from various sources, such as e-mail and social networking services , into

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708-495: A standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, interchangeable battery, 3.7 inch 854×480 px multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display. It also includes microSDHC support with bundled 8 GB card. It features the Gorilla Glass resistant coating. It includes an ambient light sensor, a proximity sensor , a microphone, a magnetometer ( Compass ), a 3-axis accelerometer , and an aGPS . The phone's "slide-to-unlock" feature

767-705: A stock version of Android 4.4 "KitKat" . Motorola Milestone XT720 Quad band : The Motorola Milestone XT720 (known simply as "Motorola XT720") is an Android -based smartphone manufactured by Motorola Mobility , originally released in July 2010. Announced in June of that year, it was the first Motorola Android phone with xenon flash . Features of the phone include a TI OMAP 3440 ARM Cortex A8 720 MHz CPU, 256 MB RAM , Wi-Fi 802.11b/g networking, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR , micro- HDMI 1.4 (type D) port, with 720p video output, micro- USB 2.0. It also features an 8 megapixel digital camera with xenon flash,

826-461: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Motorola Mobility Motorola Mobility was formed on January 4, 2011, after a split of the original Motorola into two separate companies, with Motorola Mobility assuming the company's consumer-oriented product lines, including its mobile phone business, as well as its cable modems and pay television set-top boxes . In May 2012, Google acquired Motorola Mobility for US$ 12.5 billion;

885-494: The European Union on February 13, 2012. The deal received subsequent approval from Chinese authorities and was completed on May 22, 2012. Alongside the completion of the acquisition, Motorola Mobility's CEO Sanjay Jha was replaced by Dennis Woodside , a former senior vice president at Google. On August 13, 2012, Google announced that it would cut 4,000 employees and close one third of the company's locations, mostly outside

944-556: The Moto X Style , with Verizon software on board. Unlike its Moto X counterpart, Droid Maxx 2 did not support Moto Maker for customization. On November 13, 2013, Motorola Mobility unveiled the first generation Moto G , a relatively low-cost smartphone. The Moto G had been launched in several markets, including the UK, United States, France, Germany, India and parts of Latin America and Asia. The Moto G

1003-538: The Razr V3 in the third quarter of 2004. Because of its striking appearance and thin profile, it was initially marketed as an exclusive fashion phone, but within a year, its price was lowered and it was wildly successful, selling over 50 million units by July 2006. Over the Razr four-year run, Motorola sold more than 130 million units, becoming the bestselling clamshell phone in the world. Motorola released other phones based on

1062-449: The first-generation Moto X smartphone. It was released on August 23, 2013, in the US and Canada. On September 5, 2014, Motorola Mobility released the second-generation Moto X . This continued the trend of the company letting consumers customize their devices through their Moto Maker website, and added new customization options like additional real wood choices and new leather options. The device also got many increases in specs. With

1121-509: The "Moto" brand. Motorola Mobility later clarified that the "Motorola" brand will continue to be used in product packaging and through its brand licensees. The company said that "the Motorola legacy is near and dear to us as product designers, engineers and Motorola [Mobility] employees, and clearly it's important to many of you who have had long relationships with us. We plan to continue it under our parent company, Lenovo." In response to claims by

1180-713: The Advanced Technologies & Projects unit (which was integrated into the main Android team), and all but 2000 of the company's patents. Lenovo had prominently disclosed its intent to enter the U.S. smartphone market, and had previously expressed interest in acquiring BlackBerry , but was reportedly blocked by the Canadian government due to national security concerns. The acquisition was completed on October 30, 2014. The company remained headquartered in Chicago , and continued to use

1239-455: The Android 2.2 operating system on the XT720. Such upgrades are not certified by Motorola and involve the rooting of the smartphone. Cincinnati Bell certified a 2.2 software upgrade that can be installed by anyone who owns this phone or by the service provider's store representatives for their customers. It has slight differences compared to an earlier update provided by Hellmonger Hellmonger,

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1298-564: The Atrix 4G and the Droid Bionic were headed to AT&T and Verizon, respectively, with expected release dates in Q1 of 2011. The Atrix was released on February 22 as the world's first phone with both a Dual-Core Processor and 1 GB of RAM. The phone also had optional peripherals such as a Multimedia Dock and a Laptop Dock which launched a Webtop UI. On February 24, two days after the release of Atrix,

1357-837: The D11 conference in Palos Verdes , California, in May 2013, Motorola Mobility CEO Dennis Woodside announced that a new mobile device would be built by his company at a 500,000 square-feet facility near Fort Worth , Texas, formerly used by Nokia. The facility will employ 2,000 people by August 2013 and the new phone, to be named " Moto X ", will be available to the public in October 2013. The Moto X featured Google Now software, and an array of sensors and two microprocessors that will mean that users can “interact with [the phone] in very different ways than you can with other devices”. Media reports suggested that

1416-443: The Droid 4 with 4G LTE for Verizon Wireless. Though Jha managed to restore some of the lost luster to Motorola Mobility, it struggled against Samsung and Apple . Even among Android manufacturers, Motorola Mobility had dropped behind Samsung, HTC, and LG in market share by the second quarter of 2011. This may have been due to the delay in releasing 4G LTE-capable devices, as well as setting the prices of its new products too high. Jha

1475-540: The Moto G lineup, the Moto G and Moto G Plus , on August 1. In May 2018, Motorola Mobility released the sixth generation of the Moto G lineup in three variants, the G6, G6 Plus and the G6 Play . The G6 and G6 Plus have two rear cameras, and a larger screen with an aspect ratio of 18:9. The G6 Plus is capable of taking 4K video. The specification ranges from 3/32 GB to 6/128 GB. In February 2019, Motorola Mobility launched

1534-570: The Moto G7 with 3 extra variants, the Moto G7 Play, Moto G7 Power and the Moto G7 Plus. The Moto E (1st generation) was announced and launched on May 13, 2014. It was an entry-level device intended to compete against feature phones by providing a durable, low-cost device for first-time smartphone owners or budget-minded consumers, with a particular emphasis on emerging markets. The Moto E shipped with

1593-637: The Moto X4 did not offer some older Moto X exclusive features such as the Moto Maker. The phone came with Android Nougat 7.1.1 and Moto features, with support of 'A/B Partitions' and 'seamless update'. It was updated to Android Oreo in late 2017 and Android Pie in 2018. It was succeeded by the Motorola One lineup since 2018. Droid Mini, Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx were announced in a Verizon press conference on July 23, 2013. These phones share similar design with

1652-460: The Motorola Mobility unit. The announcement came in addition to a cut of 3,200 jobs across the entire company. As a result of the change, Motorola Mobility will be responsible for the development and production of its own "Moto" product line, as well as Lenovo's own "Vibe" range. In January 2016, Lenovo announced that the "Motorola" name would be further downplayed in public usage in favor of

1711-533: The Motorola brand, while Liu Jun ( 刘军 ) — president of Lenovo's mobile device business, became the company's chairman. On January 26, 2015, owing to its new ownership, Motorola Mobility re-launched its product line in China with the local release of the second-generation Moto X , and an upcoming release of the Moto G LTE and Moto X Pro (a re-branded Nexus 6 ) in time for the Chinese New Year . Lenovo maintained

1770-593: The Motorola brand. Under Lenovo, Motorola Mobility has faced criticism for having an increasingly poor commitment to maintaining Android software updates for its devices, exemplified by negative responses to a 2019 announcement that Android 9.0 "Pie" updates to the Moto Z2 Force in the United States would only be available to the Verizon Wireless model. Motorola Mobility's predecessor Motorola, Inc. released

1829-535: The Razr and its derivatives and was slow to develop new products in the growing market for feature-rich touchscreen and 3G phones, the Razr appeal declined while rival offerings like the LG Chocolate , BlackBerry , and iPhone captured, leading Motorola to eventually drop behind Samsung and LG in market share for mobile phones. Motorola's strategy of grabbing market share by selling tens of millions of low-cost Razrs cut into margins and resulted in heavy losses in

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1888-504: The Razr design as part of the 4LTR line. These include the Pebl U6 , Slvr L6 , Slvr L7 (more expensive variant of Slvr L6), Razr V3c ( CDMA ), Razr V3i (with upgraded camera and appearance and iTunes syncing for 100 songs), V3x (supports 3G technology and has a 2-megapixel camera), Razr V3xx (supports 3.5G technology) and Razr maxx V6 (supports 3.5G technology and has a 2-megapixel camera) announced in July 2006. The Razr series

1947-464: The US. On December 19, 2012, it was announced that Arris Group would purchase Motorola Mobility's cable modem and set-top box business for $ 2.35 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction. In May 2013, Motorola Mobility opened a factory in Fort Worth , Texas , with the intent to assemble customized smartphones in the US. At its peak, the factory employed 3,800 workers. On April 9, 2014, following

2006-515: The United Kingdom—where the company accounted for 6% of smartphone sales sold in the quarter, up from nearly zero. These goals were compounded further by the May 2014 introduction of the Moto E —a low-end device aimed at first-time smartphone owners in emerging markets. In May 2014, Motorola Mobility announced that it would close its Fort Worth factory by the end of the year, citing the high costs of domestic manufacturing in combination with

2065-422: The cellular division. Motorola capitalized on the Razr too long and it was also slow adopting 3G. While Nokia managed to retain its lead of the worldwide cellular market, Motorola was surpassed first by Samsung and then LG Electronics . By 2007, without new cellphones that carriers wanted to offer, Motorola sold tens of millions of Razrs and their offshoots by slashing prices, causing margins to collapse in

2124-466: The company released Motorola Xoom , the world's first Android 3.0 tablet, and followed it up shortly afterwards with an update to make it the world's first Android 3.1 tablet. In the fourth quarter of 2011, Motorola Mobility unveiled the Droid RAZR , the world's thinnest 4G LTE smartphone at that time at just 7.1 mm. The Droid Razr featured Kevlar backing, the same used in bulletproof vests , and

2183-485: The company. While Motorola's other businesses were thriving, the poor results from the Mobile Devices Unit as well as the 2008 financial crisis delayed the company plans to spin off the mobile division. In 2008, Sanjay Jha took over as co-chief executive officer of Motorola's mobile device division; under Jha's control, significant changes were made to Motorola's mobile phone business, including most prominently,

2242-444: The departure of Woodside, lead product developer Rick Osterloh was named the new president of Motorola Mobility. Under Google ownership, Motorola Mobility's market share would be boosted by a focus on high-quality entry-level smartphones, aimed primarily at emerging markets ; in the first quarter of 2014, Motorola Mobility sold 6.5 million phones—led by strong sales of its low-end Moto G , especially in markets such as India, and in

2301-556: The display is designed to be user-replaceable. The screen and case also have a water repellent nanocoating to protect the device from liquids that could damage internal components. The Moto X4 was introduced in August 2017. It featured a 5.2-inch 1080p IPS display compared to Moto X 2014, and 3, 4, or 6 GB of RAM depending on versions. There were three iterations: a retail one from Motorola Mobility, an Android One version from Google, and an Amazon Prime edition. Unlike its predecessors,

2360-459: The lower end RAZR D1 and D3 devices for Latin America. In an August 2013 interview, Motorola Mobility's vice president of product management Lior Ron explained that the company will focus on the production of fewer products to focus on quality rather than quantity. Ron stated, "Our mandate from Google, from Larry, is really to innovate and take long-term bets. When you have that sort of mentality, it's about quality and not quantity". Speaking at

2419-549: The main intent of the purchase was to gain Motorola Mobility's patent portfolio, in order to protect other Android vendors from litigation. Shortly after the purchase, Google sold Motorola Mobility's cable modem and set-top box business to Arris Group , and products increasingly focused on entry-level smartphones. Under the ATAP division, Google also began development on Project Ara . In October 2014, Google sold Motorola Mobility for $ 2.91 billion to Lenovo, which excluded ATAP and most of

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2478-553: The patents. Lenovo's existing smartphone division was subsumed by Motorola Mobility. The company currently sell a range of smartphones, mainly consisting of the high-end Edge series, the Razr series of foldables, the Moto G series, and the budget Moto E series, as well as a number of other series and products depending on region. As of 2024, its current flagship device is the Motorola Edge 50. On January 4, 2011, Motorola, Inc.

2537-400: The phone will be able to activate functions preemptively based on an "awareness" of what the user is doing at any given moment. On July 3, 2013, Motorola Mobility released a full-page color advertisement in many prominent newspapers across the US. It claimed that Motorola Mobility's next flagship phone will be "the first smartphone designed, engineered, and assembled in the United States". On

2596-425: The predecessing Droid Razr HD lines in different screen and battery sizes, while all featuring the same Motorola X8 Mobile Computing System as the first-generation Moto X, with exclusive features like Motorola Active Notifications and 'OK Google' on device neural-based voice recognition system. In September 2015, Droid Maxx 2 were launched as Verizon exclusives in the US market, which share the same overall design as

2655-561: The process. CEO of Motorola Ed Zander departed for Dell , while his successor failed to turn around the struggling mobile handset division. Motorola continued to experience severe problems with its cellphone/handset division in the latter-2000s, recording a record $ 1.2 billion loss in Q4 2007. Its global competitiveness continued to decline: from 18.4% market share in 2007, to 9.7% by 2008. By 2010 Motorola's global market share had dropped to seventh place, leading to speculation of bankruptcy of

2714-614: The sales figures to be an indicator of mainstream growth for the Android platform as a whole. The Droid was also named "Gadget of the Year" for 2009 by Time . Other Droid -branded devices would be released by Verizon, although not all of them were manufactured by Motorola. In 2010, Motorola released the Droid X along with other devices such as the Charm , Flipout , and i1 . In July 2010, Motorola reported that it had sold 2.7 million smartphones during

2773-565: The same day that the advertisement was published, ABC News reported that customers will be able to choose the color of the phone, as well as add custom engravings and wallpaper at the time of purchase. In early July 2013, the Wall Street Journal reported that Motorola Mobility would spend nearly US$ 500 million on global advertising and marketing for the device. The amount is equivalent to half of Apple's total advertising budget for 2012. On August 1, 2013, Motorola Mobility unveiled

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2891-404: The second quarter of 2010, an increase of 400,000 units over the first quarter. Jha stated that the company was in "a strong position to continue improving our share in the rapidly growing smartphone market and improve our operating performance." In its third quarter earnings report, Jha reaffirmed that the Droid X was selling "extremely well." On January 5, 2011, Motorola Mobility announced that

2950-405: The split was structured so that Motorola Inc. changed its name to Motorola Solutions and spun off Motorola Mobility as a new publicly traded company. On August 15, 2011, American technology company Google announced that it would acquire Motorola Mobility for $ 12.5 billion, pending regulatory approval. Critics viewed Google as being a white knight , since Motorola Mobility had recently had

3009-849: The third generation of the Moto G series, called the Moto G (3rd generation) , in a worldwide press conference in New Delhi, India. It retained the same screen as before but upgraded the processor and RAM. Furthermore, it has an IPx7 water-resistance certification and comes into two variants – one with 1 GB of memory and 8 GB of storage, and the other with 2 GB of memory and 16 GB of storage. The device launched with Android version 5.1.1. In May 2016, Motorola Mobility released three fourth generation Moto G smartphones: Moto G⁴ , Moto G⁴ Plus, and Moto G⁴ Play. On February 26, 2017, Motorola Mobility released two fifth generation Moto G smartphones during Mobile World Congress : Moto G and Moto G Plus. The company added two 'special edition' models to

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3068-509: The viability of its Android operating system, which had been the subject of numerous patent infringement lawsuits between device vendors and other companies such as Apple , Microsoft and Oracle . On November 17, 2011, Motorola Mobility announced that its shareholders voted in favor of the company's acquisition by Google for $ 12.5 billion. The deal received regulatory approval from the United States Department of Justice and

3127-526: The weak sales of the Moto X (which was customized and assembled at the plant) and the company's increased emphasis on low-end devices and emerging markets. On January 29, 2014, Google announced it would, pending regulatory approval, sell Motorola Mobility to the Chinese technology company Lenovo for US$ 2.91 billion in a cash-and-stock deal, seeing the sale of $ 750 million in Lenovo shares to Google. Google retained

3186-470: The year, offering Snapdragon 810 processor and 3 GB of memory. Like other Moto X devices, it was customizable through Moto Maker. This was Motorola Mobility's first smartphone that featured the company's "ShatterShield" technology, which consists of two touchscreen elements, reinforced by an internal aluminum frame to make it resistant to bending and cracking, although this does not protect against scratches or other superficial screen damage. The top layer of

3245-581: Was available in the United States, unlocked, for a starting price of US$ 179. The device is geared toward global markets and some US models support 4G LTE . Unlike the Moto ;X, the Moto G was not manufactured in the United States. On September 5, 2014, Motorola Mobility released its successor to the 2013 version of the Moto G, called the Moto G (2nd generation) . It came with a larger screen, higher resolution camera, along with dual front-facing stereo speakers. On July 28, 2015, Motorola Mobility released

3304-601: Was marketed until July 2007, when the succeeding Motorola Razr2 series was released. Marketed as a more sleek and more stable design of the Razr, the Razr2 included more features, improved telephone audio quality, and a touch-sensitive external screen. The new models were the V8, the V9, and the V9m. However, Razr2 sales were only half of the original in the same period. Because Motorola relied so long upon

3363-602: Was part of Apple Inc. 's German copyright infringement lawsuits against Motorola Mobility, which Apple won in two separate judgments in 2012. If supports the following media formats: The following carriers sold the Motorola Milestone XT720: Motorola is unwilling to upgrade the Android 2.1 operating system preloaded on the Milestone XT720. Nevertheless, wireless operator Cincinnati Bell as well as third-party developers have provided means to install

3422-504: Was replaced by Dennis Woodside as CEO by May 2012, when the Google acquisition was complete. Motorola Mobility released the Droid RAZR HD (and Droid RAZR MAXX HD) as its 2012 flagship devices, featuring improvements over 2011's RAZR. A lower end RAZR M was released, along with an Intel powered RAZR i. Through late 2012 until 2013's third quarter, no further devices were released, except for

3481-481: Was split into two publicly traded companies; Motorola Solutions took on the company's enterprise-oriented business units, while the remaining consumer division was taken on by Motorola Mobility. Motorola Mobility originally consisted of the mobile devices business, which produced smartphones , mobile accessories including Bluetooth headphones, and the home business, which produced set-top boxes , end-to-end video solutions, cordless phones, and cable modems . Legally,

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