Lenovo on Tuesday announced its third
fiscal quarter report where the company
claimed a net profit of $253 million
(roughly Rs. 1,559 crores), a slight drop
from the year-ago quarter. The Chinese
giant also revealed that Motorola, now
acquired by Lenovo, sold more than 10
million smartphone, up 118 percent from
a year ago in the same quarter.
Additionally, Motorola has announced
that the Moto X (Gen 2) reached 1 millio
pre-orders in China since being
introduced last week.
Lenovo however did not reveal
breakdown of Motorola handsets sold in
last quarter. Considering that Motorola's
Moto E , Moto G , Moto X , Moto G (Gen 2
and Moto X (Gen 2) received tremendou
response in various markets, we can
expect these handsets played a major
role. Additionally, Google launched the
Motorola-made Nexus 6 that must have
been a part of the 10 million figures.
In addition, Lenovo also revealed the
combined shipments of both (Lenovo
and Motorola) resulted in company
reaching 6.6 percent global market shar
behind Samsung and Apple.
Commenting on Motorola's performance,
Yuanqing Yang, chairman and CEO of
Lenovo said, "Motorola is already a
global strength: for the first time it sold
more than 10 million units in the quarter
and it is now re-entering the China
market."
Last week, Motorola India announced
that it sold 3 million Moto devices in 10
months that include the Moto E, Moto G,
Moto X, Moto G (Gen 2), Moto X (Gen 2)
and the Moto 360 smartwatch. The
company also revealed plans to set up
exclusive customer experience zones in
few cities. To recall, Motorola India back
in November announced that it sold 2.5
million Moto smartphones in India.
In other news, Motorola China has
announced that the Moto X (Gen 2) that
was launched last week alongside the
Moto G (Gen 2) LTE and Moto X Pro ha
received 1 million pre-orders. The
company in its Weibo post claimed that
the figures were as of February 1.
The Moto X (Gen 2) will be available
early February at a starting price of CNY
3,299 (roughly Rs. 32,400) for the 16GB
variant, the Moto X Pro after Spring
Festival aka Chinese New Year (from
February 19-25) alongside the Moto G
(Gen 2) LTE.
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