Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.91 billion

[someguy01234]

Re: Why Does Motorola being Bought by Lenovo matter?

rule 1. avoid Verge like a plague

People are concerned because:
-Will Lenovo continue to push Motorola forward and make great devices that are more about values and features to suit user needs rather than playing the spec race and make generic high spec phones, but lacking uniqueness. What will happen to the value of the brand?
-Will the Moto G and Moto X continue to get fast Nexus-like-speed updates. Fast updates might not be a privilege enjoyed Verizon users (yes I know Verizon Moto X did get fast updates), but its a big deal for other.
-What will happen to their warranty, especially extended warranty.
-How good will Lenovo support be?

Overall I'm reserving judgement, but not too concerned knowing Lenovo make good products. The last 3 laptops I bought were Lenovo and 2 for friends as well, but in term of support I don't think its that great.

 

[Ry]

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

This.

(looks at the Lenovo T530 on my desk and the two ThinkVision monitors, suddenly remembers that they aren't IBM)

Lenovo is a very savvy company. If the Moto X is selling like hotcakes, and part of the reason is that software updates are coming out regularly, they're going to keep that going. They're not stupid.

And the Moto X2 or whatever it ends up getting called is already well into the pipeline. That phone will come, and will probably get updates.

And let's all remember that it wasn't Lenovo that outsourced ThinkPad manufacture offshore - IBM did that. There's a very good chance Lenovo will keep the assembly plant in the US.

They kept key people from IBM in place and it's paying off. Even with the Project Ara team, I expect key people from Motorola to remain in place after this deal is approved.

 

[ultravisitor]

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

I still stand by my earlier thoughts. If Punit Soni and team remain, Motorola will be just fine under Lenovo.

I agree.

 

[SeigaGen]

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

I still stand by my earlier thoughts. If Punit Soni and team remain, Motorola will be just fine under Lenovo.

Looks like business as usual for Punit Soni and team. 4.4.2 rollout just began for Canada Moto X. He's flying out to India for the Moto G launch.
https://plus.google.com/111499908439497508351/posts/6rc4BLp7G5n

 

[Cozume]

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

4.4.2 rollout just began for Canada Moto X.

Did they get it first last update?

 

[SeigaGen]

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

Did they get it first last update?

4.4? Not sure. But what I got out of this is that the Moto team is still working on updating the devices according to Punit's post. Something tells me that all moto devices including 2013 droids are getting updated by next month.

 

[JRDroid]

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

This.

(looks at the Lenovo T530 on my desk and the two ThinkVision monitors, suddenly remembers that they aren't IBM)

Lenovo is a very savvy company. If the Moto X is selling like hotcakes, and part of the reason is that software updates are coming out regularly, they're going to keep that going. They're not stupid.

And the Moto X2 or whatever it ends up getting called is already well into the pipeline. That phone will come, and will probably get updates.

And let's all remember that it wasn't Lenovo that outsourced ThinkPad manufacture offshore - IBM did that. There's a very good chance Lenovo will keep the assembly plant in the US.

I would have liked Google to keep Motorola, but if anyone was going to buy it, I'm glad it was Lenovo. I have more faith in them keeping the good things of Motorola than I would in any other company that could have bought them. Plust Lenovo is one of the few companies that could put up a Samsung like marketing budget for future Motonovo porducts.

 

[natehoy]

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

I would have liked Google to keep Motorola, but if anyone was going to buy it, I'm glad it was Lenovo. I have more faith in them keeping the good things of Motorola than I would in any other company that could have bought them. Plust Lenovo is one of the few companies that could put up a Samsung like marketing budget for future Motonovo porducts.

Google is very good at inventing. They aren't so good at doing.

Lenovo is very good at doing. They aren't so good at inventing.

I think Motorola + Lenovo is going to be similar to Thinkpad + Lenovo. Take a recipe for success, add some hard work, a few refinements, don't screw with it too much, and milk ol' Bessy the Cash Cow until she moos her last.

 

[Ry]

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

I'm still sort of fuzzy on how that would work exactly. Would it be a Lenovo Moto X in China and a Motorola Moto X in the US and Canada, or would the Chinese Moto X just be called something different entirely.

Depends if they have the same models.

 

[Ry]

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

Looks like business as usual for Punit Soni and team. 4.4.2 rollout just began for Canada Moto X. He's flying out to India for the Moto G launch.
https://plus.google.com/111499908439497508351/posts/6rc4BLp7G5n

This is great news.

 

[davidnc]

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

I agree with alot of the others in this thread . I was just starting to like Motorola again. I wont buy a phone from a company which I know little about when it comes to cell phones. Also I agree Lenovo will probably skin it and load up its crap bloatware. I hated Motorola phones when Motoblur was around thats why I never purchased moto phones after the DX.until Moto X.
I probably wont be buying phones from Lenovo owned Motorola Mobility. I dont like LG phones.I had Samsung phones for my previous 2 phones left Samsung for the Moto X , dont really want to go back to Samsung to much bloatware/gimmicks on their phones I dont use( thats why I rooted and Romed them).I forsure wont get an iphone.
Oh well so be it I will wait to see how it unfolds but those or my thoughts at this point in time. I wasnt looking for a phone til maybe the fall of year now I dont know what I will do. .Its posible this could push me away from android phones altogether .

 

[benhmadison]

Re: Why Does Motorola being Bought by Lenovo matter?

I'm serious, between here and The Verge people are mad and sad. I don't understand why. Business deals happen that are outside of our control all the time yet this was the one that broke the tech community. Regardless ether Lenovo bought Motorola or not, that Moto X and Moto G will still work as advertised. Someone had the audacity to get mad because they bought a Moto X a month ago and now is venting in the forums about it. Your Moto X will still be able to tweet, and Facebook and play Candy Crush just as it did before this became official. I think we android tech fans collectively need to understand these are phones and devices that are a means to a end. The world won't stop spinning because Motorola got bought from Google, be happy and love your device for what its is now and not what could be or what it could have been. I love my Moto X and still have no regrets regardless of what happens from here on out, I'm on KitKat, I got no complaints.

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It's the only thing that matters. Many former Nexus users decided to go with the Moto X because it was backed by Google. Once the X got kit kat in a timely manor, even more Nexus users (many of whom I know that ditched their new Nexus 5's in favor of the X) switched to the X confidently believing it would continue to receive updates for the life of the phone and that the new Moto devices had a bright future with Google at the helm.

Now we know nothing. Will the Moto X/Moto G receive updates 6 or 12 months from now? Will the next generation of these devices(provided there is one) be skinned differently with bloatware that delays the update process? Will build quality go to hell? Many questions and as of now we obviously have no idea what the answers will be.

I had the Moto X for a while and it was a great device but in the end I sold it and got a Nexus 5. So yes, if I had held onto the X I would be highly pissed right about now as the whole reason I tried it was because it was backed by Google.

 

[RockoB8]

Re: Why Does Motorola being Bought by Lenovo matter?

This is the first time I heard that Motorola was bought out by Lenovo. To be honest, I am interested to see what they're going to do with the Motorola brand overall. Here's hoping they do good.

 

[ultravisitor]

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

Also interesting:

What Lenovo's Motorola deal could mean for American manufacturing

On that very same call, when asked what the purchase meant for those workers, Lenovo danced around the question, saying only that it would do whatever was necessary to "grow the brand." It was a rather ominous statement that seemed to imply the relationship with that particular Flextronics manufacturing plant would not last. But, after the Lenovo call ended and journalists rushed to update their articles, the story continued to evolve. Flextronics held its quarterly earnings call shortly afterward and said it anticipated no immediate changes at its Fort Worth facility. In fact, the company's CEO Mike McNamara took time to brag about its "fabulous relationship" with Lenovo, which it hopes to grow on the heels of the Motorola deal. The Chinese manufacturer later issued a statement saying that "there are now no plans to change Motorola's approach to manufacturing."

 

[ultravisitor]

Re: Why Does Motorola being Bought by Lenovo matter?

Once the X got kit kat in a timely manor, even more Nexus users (many of whom I know that ditched their new Nexus 5's in favor of the X) switched to the X confidently believing it would continue to receive updates for the life of the phone and that the new Moto devices had a bright future with Google at the helm.

This is funny. I remember many of the Moto X naysayers saying that no one could ever be sure if the Moto X would continue to receive timely updates because it's not a Nexus.

And now with Lenovo buying Motorola? People are saying that no one can be sure if the Moto X will continue to receive timely updates.

Good grief, people.

 

[PeltFrelken]

Lenovo fallout

What are the chances that Lenovo will continue assembling phones in the US? I'd be sad to see all those jobs in TX go away.

 

[JeffDenver]

Re: Why Does Motorola being Bought by Lenovo matter?

I'm serious, between here and The Verge people are mad and sad. I don't understand why. Business deals happen that are outside of our control all the time yet this was the one that broke the tech community.

Lenovo doesn't seem like that bad of a company to me. Their hardware is actually pretty decent. I am starting to take them seriously as a desktop/laptop PC maker.

Regardless ether Lenovo bought Motorola or not, that Moto X and Moto G will still work as advertised.

But will they still be supported the same? All the people who said "OMG the Moto X is basically a Nexus already and will get really fast updates" might end up eating their words. Because that was only true when Google themselves owned the company. Lenovo might not be all that concerned with fast updates or long term support.

I have no idea whether they will or won't. But at this is still an unknown at this point and would make me nervous if I had just bought a Moto X. I don't know if I would be "Mad", but I would certainly be concerned and maybe a little annoyed.

My Opinion: Other than possible future update issues, I don't foresee any significant changes for the Moto X or G. Likely any changes to the way Moto works won't be felt until the following generation after the Moto X. And who knows...maybe Lenovo is smart enough to become more like Moto, instead of Moto becoming more like Lenovo.

 

[davidnc]

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

Also interesting:

What Lenovo's Motorola deal could mean for American manufacturing

I dont have alot of confidence in that article as some of the others who commeted to it .I guess time will tell what really happens, still sad day to hear about Google selling Motorola Mobility I think.

 

[ultravisitor]

Re: Lenovo fallout

No one knows. Remember that Lenovo has a manufacturing plant in the States already. Also...

What Lenovo's Motorola deal could mean for American manufacturing

On that very same call, when asked what the purchase meant for those workers, Lenovo danced around the question, saying only that it would do whatever was necessary to "grow the brand." It was a rather ominous statement that seemed to imply the relationship with that particular Flextronics manufacturing plant would not last. But, after the Lenovo call ended and journalists rushed to update their articles, the story continued to evolve. Flextronics held its quarterly earnings call shortly afterward and said it anticipated no immediate changes at its Fort Worth facility. In fact, the company's CEO Mike McNamara took time to brag about its "fabulous relationship" with Lenovo, which it hopes to grow on the heels of the Motorola deal. The Chinese manufacturer later issued a statement saying that "there are now no plans to change Motorola's approach to manufacturing."

 

[ultravisitor]

Re: Why Does Motorola being Bought by Lenovo matter?

Likely any changes to the way Moto works won't be felt until the following generation after the Moto X.

I think it'll likely be 2015 before any significant changes will take place, if any.