Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.91 billion

[Speedygi]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

I'm thinking it's a necessary evil for Google, given the whole time they had with the financial loss running Motorola, and they just had to sell it. They really felt it was that necessary to sell it at such a difference from which they bought it, even with the patents they had left over

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[mynameis]

Re: Lenovo reportedly set to buy Motorola from Google for up to $3 billion

I really hope this doesn't ruin the quick updates for Moto devices...

Same here. Its kind of a bummer.

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[Ry]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

I'm thinking it's a necessary evil for Google, given the whole time they had with the financial loss running Motorola, and they just had to sell it. They really felt it was that necessary to sell it at such a difference from which they bought it, even with the patents they had left over

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Motorola may not have hurt Google's bottom line quite as badly as it seems | Android Central

 

[Old Stoneface]

Re: Say Goodbye to Moto X sales!

Do you buy the Ford built in Mexico or the Nissan built in Tennessee?

Neither. Nissan never attracted. Ford I never much liked. I like them even less, now that they're infected with Microsoft software. But that's beside the point. The point is I'm disappointed an American firm like Motorola has been sold to a Chinese firm. My future purchasing plans will reflect that disappointment.

Meanwhile: I'll redouble my efforts to get Google as much out of my life as I can reasonably do.

For the record: I was nearly as disappointed when Chrysler was Borg'd by Daimler. Reason it was "nearly" was that I owned no Chrysler product, nor had any near-term intentions of changing that. I was also disappointed when SoftBank acquired Sprint, and that was part of the reason I dumped them. (Tho mainly because their performance is unacceptable.)

 

[Ry]

Re: Say Goodbye to Moto X sales!

Neither. Nissan never attracted. Ford I never much liked. I like them even less, now that they're infected with Microsoft software. But that's beside the point. The point is I'm disappointed an American firm like Motorola has been sold to a Chinese firm. My future purchasing plans will reflect that disappointment.

Meanwhile: I'll redouble my efforts to get Google as much out of my life as I can reasonably do.

For the record: I was nearly as disappointed when Chrysler was Borg'd by Daimler. Reason it was "nearly" was that I owned no Chrysler product, nor had any near-term intentions of changing that. I was also disappointed when SoftBank acquired Sprint, and that was part of the reason I dumped them. (Tho mainly because their performance is unacceptable.)

Looks like Apple is your future.

 

[shoii]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

Hey. There's nothing wrong with the quality of cars built in different countries.

However, I believe that cheap labor in other countries, like Mexico, is often blamed for the loss of American jobs.

iDK if that's true, because that's what I heard about NAFTA.

Lol no **** its called outsourcing.

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[Speedygi]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

Motorola may not have hurt Google's bottom line quite as badly as it seems | Android Central

Yes, but it is still a huge deficit to have taken, with the operating losses and the price for buying Motorola in the first place. That is a huge sum of money, and there is no kidding how much of a price that is to pay, which they could have avoided in the first place.

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[Old Stoneface]

Re: Say Goodbye to Moto X sales!

Looks like Apple is your future.

Nope. As I said, originally: "If it weren't for the fact that the alternatives suck even more..."

Holding out hope for Ubuntu, now.

 

[Cozume]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

and there is no kidding how much of a price that is to pay, which they could have avoided in the first place.

no, they couldn't have avoided it. They needed the patents to get cross licensing agreements. The value of the patents for cross licensing leverage exceeds the value put on them in the sale.

 

[JoeNM84]

Re: Lenovo Support

I've never seen a Lenovo phone here in the US. Are they even sold here other than unlocked global versions online? I think Lenovo will use this to seriously enter the phone space on this side of the world. Hopefully they don't change much with the Motorola products and business, but take some of what Motorola has going for it and implement it into their other phones. I would hate to see a future Moto X update add a bunch of Lenovo bloat assuming they have some on their current phones.

 

[Speedygi]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

no, they couldn't have avoided it. They needed the patents to get cross licensing agreements. The value of the patents for cross licensing leverage exceeds the value put on them in the sale.

If you read Andrew 's blog article, you would see that the value of the patents still fall short of what they paid for Motorola Mobility in the first place.

They didn't need to buy Motorola Mobility, even for reasons of competition. Google makes money off their data mining services primarily. They didn't need to compete on the level of patents.

Motorola Mobility was an experiment for Google, whether anyone liked it or not, and I don't think selling it is really a bad thing, but now that Lenovo has the company, what makes them any more viable to bring Motorola to profitability (if that's the main ultimate goal), if Google can't, given a stronger brand equity attached to Motorola when Google had it?

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[Ry]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

Yes, but it is still a huge deficit to have taken, with the operating losses and the price for buying Motorola in the first place. That is a huge sum of money, and there is no kidding how much of a price that is to pay, which they could have avoided in the first place.

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Drop in the bucket for Google.

 

[JoeNM84]

Re: The Sale is Official.... Now What?

It is worrisome. Makes me nervous about Google's commitment to the Nexus line as well.

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I wouldn't worry about the Nexus line because of this. The fact there are GPE phones from multiple manufacturers would be more worrisome than this when thinking of the death of Nexus. As long as Google can find a partner to make a Nexus phone there will be a Nexus phone.
And from what I have read Lenovo also has a licensing agreement with Google to go along with the sale of Motorola so they probably won't lose access to any features or technology involved in the Moto phones. With that said, I'm still nervous and anxious to see where this will go.

 

[Cozume]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

If you read Andrew 's blog article, you would see that the value of the patents still fall short of what they paid for Motorola Mobility in the first place.

And if you read my comment you would see that the value of the patents for cross licensing purposes exceeds their value for sale. This is an area I work in so I am very knowledgeable about it.

What you could get if you sold a patent portfolio does not necessarily equal what the patents are worth to you for cross licensing purposes. I am certain Andrew is not as knowledgeable about this as I am.

This purchase was vital to Google's core businesses for the patents' cross licensing value. Period.

 

[Speedygi]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

And if you read my comment you would see that the value of the patents for cross licensing purposes exceeds their value for sale. This is an area I work in so I am very knowledgeable about it.

What you could get if you sold a patent portfolio does not necessarily equal what the patents are worth to you for cross licensing purposes. I am certain Andrew is not as knowledgeable about this as I am.

This purchase was vital to Google's core businesses for the patents' cross licensing value. Period.

Okay, then why did Google even bother making devices in the first place and take operating losses as a result?

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[Cozume]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

Okay, then why did Google even bother making devices in the first place and take operating losses as a result?

Motorola refused to sell them the patents alone. Google tried to buy only the patents and not the rest of the business, but Motorola wouldn't sell just the patents.

That's how valuable these patents were to Google for cross licensing purposes.

 

[A895]

Re: The Sale is Official.... Now What?

In terms of smart phones in the US - LG, really?

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LG has metric ton of prepaid phones on various carriers. LG Motion 4G in particular was very popular with teens in ATL.

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[Speedygi]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

Motorola refused to sell them the patents alone. Google tried to buy only the patents and not the rest of the business, but Motorola wouldn't sell just the patents.

So why didn't Google buy Motorola then immediately sold everything other than the Patents? They went on to make devices, which is interesting, given the intent.

That is why I think there's more to it.

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[Ry]

Re: The Sale is Official.... Now What?

LG has metric ton of prepaid phones on various carriers. LG Motion 4G in particular was very popular with teens in ATL.

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[Ry]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

Apparently Lenovo wanted to own Motorola (for the device business) all along: Second Time’s The Charm For Lenovo’s Motorola Deal | TechCrunch