Lenovo owned Motorola in trouble

[Jithin91]

Motorola lays off half of their Chicago-based employees, Moto X5 is being cancelled

Motorola has confirmed the reports with the following statement:

n late 2017, Lenovo announced a worldwide resource action that would occur over the next several quarters, and impacting less than two percent of its global workforce. This week’s employment reductions are a continuation of that process. We are reducing our Motorola operations in Chicago however this did not impact half of our workforce there and our Moto Z family will continue.

X5 getting cancelled
Now a new report that says Motorola has shelved its plans to launch the successor to the Moto X4 due to the layoffs. The report says the Moto X5 - which has leaked at least a couple of times until now - has been canceled, and the company will now shift its complete focus to E, G, and Z series of phones.

Motorola lays off half of their Chicago-based employees
Reports say Motorola Moto X5 won't see light of day

 

[Bapun]

Partial update was posted here

Moto X5 reportedly getting cancelled