griffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoMotorola Outsources 90% of Its Phones, Xiaomi 78%, Vivo 52%, While Apple Outsources Nonewww.gizmochina.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down132
arrow-up1-15arrow-down1external-linkMotorola Outsources 90% of Its Phones, Xiaomi 78%, Vivo 52%, While Apple Outsources Nonewww.gizmochina.comgriffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·12 days agoMotorola doesn’t make cell phones at all. Lenovo makes cell phones under the Moto brand they purchased when Motorola left that part of the industry.
minus-squarestealth_cookieslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·12 days agoYup, Motorola sold the mobility division to Google who rustled through their pockets for spare patents before selling the remainder of the brand to Lenovo.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoI forgot about that brief interlude. I remember it being sad when Google gutted them and sold the brand.
Motorola doesn’t make cell phones at all. Lenovo makes cell phones under the Moto brand they purchased when Motorola left that part of the industry.
Yup, Motorola sold the mobility division to Google who rustled through their pockets for spare patents before selling the remainder of the brand to Lenovo.
I forgot about that brief interlude. I remember it being sad when Google gutted them and sold the brand.