Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.91 billion

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Re: Keep or Return for Nexus 5: What's the future?

The iPhone cameras (4s and up) aren't necessarily the absolute best, but they perform consistently. And they're sharp enough to look good on a 3.5"/4" screen ��

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I think that's the key... consistency.
You open a camera, take a picture and you always know it's the best picture you could have gotten. 5S camera is basically a benchmark at this moment.

 

[tr-1]

Re: Keep or Return for Nexus 5: What's the future?

No phone takes pictures that look good when printed out large scale. Maybe the Lumia line because of the high MP count, but even my S4 had shots starting to blur on my pc screen

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GS4 camera is really good (I had GS4 before X) and if you took time to take a good picture, they would look awesome even on the 24" monitor. I'd say it's the closest camera to iPhone 5 but now that 5S is here, I think it took it a notch higher

 

[vzwuser76]

Re: Keep or Return for Nexus 5: What's the future?

But the situation is different now. By Moto not going for all carriers at once with the X, they run the risk (and a big one at that) about potential buyers not waiting around for their phone. And with the tighter competition, and the phones on a more level playing field than when the iPhone first came out, exclusivity means you're effectively losing sales to your competition. You don't have to necessarily switch carriers to get what you want anymore.

When the iPhone debuted, there wasn't really anything like it for sale, so if you wanted it you had to go to AT&T. Those who couldn't switch carriers due to coverage or whatever had to wait. Many of them probably ended up with Android phones, and because of that Apple may have lost those sales for good.

If anything, Android might owe its rise to Apple's exclusivity deal. You have AT&T with the iPhone, and three major carriers and a handful of regional carriers without it. Android offered an alternative, with phones available on every carrier that give you a similar experience to the iPhone (by that I mean a touchscreen smartphone more targeted at the general consumer than the business class).

 

[UJ95x]

Re: Keep or Return for Nexus 5: What's the future?

GS4 camera is really good (I had GS4 before X) and if you took time to take a good picture, they would look awesome even on the 24" monitor. I'd say it's the closest camera to iPhone 5 but now that 5S is here, I think it took it a notch higher

I disagree. The iPhone takes better pics in low light, but in good or even decent lighting the S4 does better and more MP makes for better resolution when blowing them up. HDR on the S4 is a lot better than on the iPhone too, and I shoot in HDR for most shots

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[xoomer1]

google is selling Motorola to china...

google is selling Motorola to china...
as this happens I will by another moto phone again

 

[bigcatman]

Re: google is selling Motorola to china...

Kids, don't do drugs.

 

[GadgetGator]

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

But if stock phones are so enjoyable, why do they do poorly with average consumers?

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Two reasons. Advertising and availability.

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[TeknoBug]

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

Lenovo is a decent company and did well taking over IBM's laptop lines (I used to use and praise IBM Thinkpads for years), but I don't particularly like the idea of giving a mobile branch to such a Chinese company (putting such devices capable of capturing sensitive data into the hands of the company).

 

[A895]

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

Two reasons. Advertising and availability.

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The main one being availability. While people praise being off contract all the time. The majority of smartphone owners in the states buy their phones on contract. Plus, only one nexus was available on Verizon ever, the biggest carrier.

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[Puzzlegal]

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

Like I said in an earlier post, some things can't be sourced in the US, like rare earth materials. I remember reading an article a few years ago talking about how Asia was one of the last places that had any usable amount of them....

Nitpick: there are rare earth deposits in the US, there just isn't much active mining because it's so much cheaper to buy it from China, where wages are low and environmental protections are minimal.

When China started to restrict the international supply of some of those materials, mining companies in Arizona or something started to develop their resources.

 

[Puzzlegal]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

I was about to buy a Moto X,but now Im unsure of this Motorola/Lenovo deal..

I think I can live with delayed updates.Im more worried about bloat ware than anything..

The phone you buy today will be the same as the phone that was available yesterday. Lenovo might load up future "Motorola" phones with bloatware, but the X is still what it is. If that is your primary concern, I think you have nothing to worry about.

 

[anon(464338)]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

Using the moto X has completely changed my thinking on the way a phone should look and feel. The way it's optimized, the comfort and ease of use with user friendly features make this phone unlike other Android phones on the market right now. It actually sorta like well, an iPhone. The thing just runs smooth. I get what Motorola was trying to do with the X as really what Apple has been doing for years and what was said earlier. Making a phone for the masses. Now Apple is the king of marketing and this is huge if you want your product out there. What If the scenario existed where Levono and Motorola put their heads together where Motorola stayed with this philosophy, cause let's admit it, this phone just works,..
and works well! While Levono worked on marketing this phone AND add a premium construction that people crave? They already have wood backs. Maybe add aluminum. We haven't seen it but would a premium wood backed phone sitting nicely on a display not catch your eye? I don't think stooping to follow the leader with other Android phones is the answer at all. Rather keep the philosophy you know works well and get your message out to the world.

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[JoseGui]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

I was about to buy a Moto X,but now Im unsure of this Motorola/Lenovo deal..

I'm in the same position as the OP, since my contract comes up later this month, and I was set on buying a Moto X. The deal gives me pause, but we shouldn't rush to assume Lenovo will squander all the advantages Moto has that make it an attractive target in the first place. I'm sure there's a lot of smart people on the Lenovo side and the Moto side. That said, lots of mergers and acquisitions go bad regardless of smarts, so I agree with the "wait and see" sentiment.

I will probably still go for an X. I was already planning to buy off-contract because I may ditch Verizon, which would also let me bail if something really goes sour with Moto. But I prefer to be optimistic.

 

[davidnc]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBXTLLFgDeo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

sent from my Moto X

 

[DCSholtis]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

Yes I'll still buy in fact I have. Waiting on my non contract GSM

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[benhmadison]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

Motorola promised 2 years of updates with the x. I wouldn't count on that happening now. The x is a great phone and I was considering picking one up again to go with my n5 but without Google behind it, it's lost it's appeal to me.

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[Cozume]

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

only one nexus was available on Verizon ever, the biggest carrier.

And many of us Verizonites would buy them up if they did offer them!

I hope that Motorola sticks with the stock android+ approach AND offers Dev Eds at a reasonable price for Verizon customers. Samsung has a Dev Ed GNote3 on its site but it has never been in stock and it is $700.

 

[Cozume]

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

but I don't particularly like the idea of giving a mobile branch to such a Chinese company (putting such devices capable of capturing sensitive data into the hands of the company).

I don't like it either. I suppose that is most of my problem with this sale. I really wanted to remain a loyal Motorola customer, but I hate the idea of being loyal to a Chinese company.

 

[anon(464338)]

Motorola will go on as usual imo. Enjoying the hell out of my Moto X and looking forward to the X 2 as I was before.

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[tdizzel]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

I definitely wouldn't get an X now. I heard that once the sale goes through Lenovo will be sending employees to the homes of everyone with an X and taking their phones and replacing them with a 3.7 inch phone with a WVGA resolution and Froyo...or at least that's what I figure is gonna happen based on some of these comments.