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http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4...ures-disastrous-first-and-production-problems
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It will be sad to see them go, downsizing is never pretty. I really hope we'll see a phone running sense in the future generations.. I think the one should have been much more popular than it is.
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Its overdue!!
When a company goes down that fast, major changes are a must!!
Just sack the CEO and let someone else bought the company.
This is very very sad news, also the launch of the One in my country is a disaster.... Not enough unit to sale, only units for pre-ordered customers, delayed 3-4 times. I really hope the doubled manufacture rate of the One will help them get out of this situation...
Google - please buy HTC!!
yes but consider this
if the US staff if being changed or they are leaving on their own, the motherbase is still in Taiwan, if anything those leaving are those who failed HTC so far
Let's not forget the One X main failure was the US market
Slashgear's take on the news
HTC sees more top execs disappear as Facebook fouls First launch
and little less drama
Nonetheless, HTC’s future is about more than just a few high-profile staff looking elsewhere for their next challenge. The company has apparently pushed through its HTC One production issues, with output said to double this month alone, and the unaudited sales figures from April indicated that demand for the flagship was certainly there. HTC has been pushing ahead with cost-cutting, too, axing little-used services like HTC Watch in less popular locations.
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and did the press consider that Eirc is just a guy who left his job and bad mouthing the place
Leigh @jetleigh 9h
Proud to say I work for @HTC. #hatersgonnahate
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https://twitter.com/jetleigh/status/337036907546570752
Leigh @jetleigh 8h
@verge you guys are missing a big piece to this, creates a misleading story. *sigh.*
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Executive hemorrhage continues : http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/22/4355290/htc-asia-ceo-lennard-hoornik-leaves-company
i dont think this will affect anything at all..they are always people who can do a better job than those who have left
They just might bring in new people that can get HTC out of this disaster, you never know, HTC might be better off without them.
Ps. Can somebody rename this thread? There are threads created every minute about the same topic.
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For everyone worried that HTC will no longer exist, just remember that Nokia, Yahoo, AOL, MySpace, and many others still exist even though they have not been relevant for a whole lot longer
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This from that article would be an absolute disaster.
A reshuffle in how HTC makes its strategy decisions could be part of the reason behind the shake-up, it’s suggested, with the company shifting product planning to the Taipei HQ and potentially leaving the Seattle office out of the loop.Asian companies don't know how to market toward Western audiences and HTC's been historically bad. Controlling it all out of Taiwan would just make things worse. And if you look at where the people went most are in better jobs with bigger and growing companies so "house cleaning" doesn't seem like what's behind their departure. People on the inside have a more accurate view of the present and future and mass exodus is never a good sign.
Here's what Forbes said...
Once an undeniable power in the U.S. smartphone market (second only to Apple ’s iPhone in 2011), the Taiwan-based HTC Corp. is suffering the latest bump in what has been a slow, drawn-out stumble.
The company’s chief product officer, Kouji Kodera, has left the company, according to a report by The Verge. Kodera’s departure is one of a number of recent HTC fence-jumpers, which includes vice president of global communications Jason Gordon, global retail marketing manager Rebecca Rowland, director of digital marketing John Starkweather, and product strategy manager Eric Lin, according to the report. HTC Asia’s CEO Lennard Hoornik has also chosen to leave the company following two months of leave time.
This exodus of talent only worsens a grim outlook for the company in 2013. The HTC One – the company’s latest iPhone-esque smartphone – has not been the game-changer the company needed to bounce back from poor sales in 2012. Investors have taken notice, as they tend to do (eventually) and HTC’s share prices have fallen to $288 from $432 [the One X/S/V launch] this time last year on the Taiwan exchange.http://www.forbes.com/sites/karsten...retreating-in-the-face-of-iphone-and-samsung/
The thing with Eric Lin is that even when he first "introduced" himself to the community at large for I believe it was pocketnow he came off as a very abrasive and quite negative representative for HTC (and that was in 2009). In terms of PR he was a bad move by the company...In that it doesn't shock me in the least that he is a very outspoken critic of HTC America.
Even speaking with him at some of the live events he's still extremely abrasive...he's a really bad spokesperson for even a company performing well
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They just might bring in new people that can get HTC out of this disaster, you never know, HTC might be better off without them.
Ps. Can somebody rename this thread? There are threads created every minute about the same topic.
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he came off as a very abrasive and quite negative representative for HTC (and that was in 2009).
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So either he was really good at his job and HTC decided to overlook his personality traits or, since he was at HTC for four years, HTC's incompetent for allowing such a key position to be filled with someone not up to the task.
Forbes iPhone esk quote is ridiculous as well as measuring the one success so pre maturely
I give up with American media
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Forbes iPhone esk quote is ridiculous as well as measuring the one success so pre maturely
I give up with American media
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Their basing their conclusion on HTC's guidance for Q2 2013 which is below (by 21%) what they actually achieved in Q2 2012 with the X/S/V and that at this point last year their stock price is 33% lower with the One on the market than when the X/S/V were on the market for the same amount of time. I was hoping for HTC's sake that today's big Verizon announcment was that they'd be carrying the One. It turned out to be a partnership with Jennifer Lopez aimed at the U.S. Latin market.
Here's HTC projected performance along with their historical performance (as provided by them).
Off to enjoy my HTC One
Enjoy the stock exchange Barry I share no interest
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By the way, isn't it odd that you only contribute to death stories around this specific forum and nothing to do with the device it self?
At least Baron took a bold step
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2157153&page=612
You really don't like HTC at all Barry, do you? Never see you saying anything good about them and always praising Samsung like they have no faults at all and any problems that they do have, you seem to brush them under the carpet like they are non-issues i.e. the screen issues yet when it comes to HTC and a minor problem, it is just an outrage and that this will severely hurt the company according to you......
Regarding this "shake up", just because people have left the company doesn't neccasrily mean that the company is going down, as posted by one of them and an article, it sounds like they weren't happy working at HTC....... how that relates to "the end of HTC", please explain......... besides, it might be a good thing as posted, their marketing is crap (much better this year but still not good enough to match Samsung) and this is one of the most important areas as to if a product will do well combined with sales commissions, Samsung know fine well how it important it is, otherwise they wouldn't be throwing such a stupid amount of money at that department let alone increasing it substantially each year, that is largely why they are so popular and sell so many units as has been proven even if a product gets better reviews and is better overall and is preferred by the majority of users across forums/polls etc. Looking at both devices the other day, HTC one shoved with all the other devices where as the galaxy s4 has its very own stand and the device isn't clamped down anywhere as much and you even have a wee display notice beside the phone saying something like "call for assistance to demonstrate the features" and everywhere you look, you just see GS 4 posters.... this is where HTC and other companies fail big time and is what cost them their sales, X company could have the very best product by miles, however, what is the point if you have Y company that has a device, which isn't as good but are paying/bribing the shops more in order (more than other companies) to push their devices onto the customers?? In that situation, what do you think is going to appeal to the average joe customer more....
Plus HTC need to branch out to more market areas in order to create more brand presence as at the minute, average joes probably view HTC like what we view ZTE etc.
The GS 4 is not the best selling phone purely because of the SD slot and/or removable battery and/or its software gimmicks/features (maybe it is for the likes of most of the people on this forum but not for the mass consumer i.e. average joes and you can quite clearly see this isn't the case as apple aren't having problems with their iphones and sales.....) or/and because it is free of faults (how many note II and GS 3 devices died last year from the sudden death issue?? Surely that would leave a bad taste??? Not to mention when it took Samsung so long to admit that there was a problem let alone fix it.....EDIT: Oh and their awful repair service too! Blaming it on water damage......), GS 4 has more serious issues compared to the one currently i.e. over heating, poor performance in real world usage, screen issues (be it pink/purple tint, red pixels, screen glass or/and AMOLED breaking/cracking with slight pressure), audio issues etc. The one's issues are mainly cosmetic and some aren't even "issues" i.e. that tiny tiny gap at the top/bottom which doesn't even measure in at 1mm can hardly be consider an issue since it normal as the speaker covers aren't part of the zero gap body, if that is consider an issue then every single phone has that issue especially the GS 4, check the camera lens area and back cover parts:
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Heck Samsung could have just released the exact same phone as the GS 3 but with that 1080P screen and they would have still have sold the same amount as what they currently have with the GS 4.
It is just like everything these days especially the game and film industry, you hype and market the **** out of the stuff, they sell millions, however, be bloody awful, you then have your GOTY and film of the year that doesn't sell as well due to the lack of marketing.
/rant
Anyway, back on topic, as I was saying, this could be a good thing, getting new and better people in to carry out those jobs and get some fresh ideas.
Sounds like the CEO needs to go as well......
Dennis Woodside , a Man with a Mission sent in by google to change the destiny of motorola Resigns from his position to work as COO of Dropbox ahead of the Lenovo deal
Mr Woodside was known to be quite down to earth and he even shifted his office from Adminstration floor to a desk in basement where the engineering team worked
A sad news indeed for Moto Lovers
This is not good
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This is not good
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As the Ceo leaves many of his trusted minions in top positions would start leaving too And other companies would start poaching good engineer thus driving away the talent pool of Moto....this might be the end of moto
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As the Ceo leaves many of his trusted minions in top positions would start leaving too And other companies would start poaching good engineer thus driving away the talent pool of Moto....this might be the end of moto
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Mr Woodside is a very nice and ambitious guy. try watching his presentations in youtube. he is the brains behind our great moto G. If he is leaving the company means there must be some thing between lenovo management and him. its mostly likely to be incompatibility of ideologies of lenovo and woodside. I think this is doom for motorola. :crying:
Yes he was a awesome ceo.....but I think its becoming a trend for Big Ceo's to leave companies for smaller ones
Maybe Next think we hear Tim Cook (apple guy) leaving it to become CEO of flappy Birds
ok, lets be objective about this. In two years the 'apparent' profitability of Motorola has fallen through the floor. Google has gouged the relevant patents and then sold on the bones to Lenovo at a massive cut price.
Either the CEO's job was the present the façade of a successful company ready for resale while it was looted, or he kinda failed if he was 'really' trying to bring moto mobile back to its former glory. It doesn't surprise me he is leaving.
The MOTO G and the MOTO X, imo are great phones, however they do not mean Motorola is a success. If it really was, google would have kept it, or sold as a profit, not a massssssive loss.
Lenovo were buying the brand, nothing more. It is totally expected that half the leadership team would leave...
I'm sure someone will come forward stating that Google actually made a profit, or mitigated their losses through acquiring patents etc. This is my point exactly. Either the CEO was just giving the appearance of success while asset stripping, OR there was still more value in Motorola and google should have kept it. Google made a loss in the hundreds of millions, if not billions even taking into account the patents etc with motorola. These may net out in the future because of additional asset streams from the patents, but this is speculation. In addition, Google press release on the sale is of course extremely well loaded with positive spin. This is no different from any other companies actions. They will always promote the upside to ensure share price growth/stability. What company in their right mind would make noise about increased liabilities from an acquisition, or suggest a business arm was failing just before it is sold!
Imagine I was about to sell a car, you think I would tell everyone I was stripping out all the best bits and selling on the crap BEFORE the sale.
Imagine I was buying a factory, you think I would tell my investors it was a big risk and might be overpriced, or you think I would tell them it's a great deal.... think about it...
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ok, lets be objective about this. In two years the 'apparent' profitability of Motorola has fallen through the floor. Google has gouged the relevant patents and then sold on the bones to Lenovo at a massive cut price.
Either the CEO's job was the present the façade of a successful company ready for resale while it was looted, or he kinda failed if he was 'really' trying to bring moto mobile back to its former glory. It doesn't surprise me he is leaving.
The MOTO G and the MOTO X, imo are great phones, however they do not mean Motorola is a success. If it really was, google would have kept it, or sold as a profit, not a massssssive loss.
Lenovo were buying the brand, nothing more. It is totally expected that half the leadership team would leave...
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There are some statistics available around the internet which shows that Google's loss wasn't as massve as you may think..Anyway we will wait for the google quarter's report
And Dennis ofcourse did not slingshot the company back in profit....you can't do that in such a short time but he made the brand value 'sellable' again
Moto x can be called the best phone of 2013 for some!
and some of Moto X's r & d made its way to Moto G which is Definately the best middle range/budget phone of 2013
I would call that a success!!
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There are some statistics available around the internet which shows that Google's loss wasn't as massve as you may think..Anyway we will wait for the google quarter's report
And Dennis ofcourse did not slingshot the company back in profit....you can't do that in such a short time but he made the brand value 'sellable' again
Moto x can be called the best phone of 2013 for some!
and some of Moto X's r & d made its way to Moto G which is Definately the best middle range/budget phone of 2013
I would call that a success!!
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Any half decent company can make the top phone if they are willing to make it for a loss.
In the world of investment and corporate take overs, any loss is a failure....
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Any half decent company can make the top phone if they are willing to make it for a loss.
In the world of investment and corporate take overs, any loss is a failure....
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No ofcourse its Not!
Even apple had seen some huge losses.......you will keep failing until you succeed...that's the mantra
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The MOTO G and the MOTO X, imo are great phones, however they do not mean Motorola is a success. If it really was, google would have kept it, or sold as a profit, not a massssssive loss.
Lenovo were buying the brand, nothing more. It is totally expected that half the leadership team would leave...
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And what of Google’s supposed $10bn loss? It’s a misreported myth calculated by subtracting Motorola’s $2.91bn sale price from its $12.5bn purchase. What it misses are the $3.2bn Motorola had in cash, $2.4bn saved in deferred tax assets and two separate Motorola unit sales totalling $2.5bn in 2013. Factor in Lenovo’s purchase against roughly $2bn of Motorola losses during Google’s ownership and Google has still only paid $3bn for what it retained: $5.5bn worth of Motorola patents and the company’s cutting edge research lab.
Google aren't fools you know.
Let's stick to the topic here and avoid petty bickering and quote altering thanks guys... Thread cleaned.
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And what of Google’s supposed $10bn loss? It’s a misreported myth calculated by subtracting Motorola’s $2.91bn sale price from its $12.5bn purchase. What it misses are the $3.2bn Motorola had in cash, $2.4bn saved in deferred tax assets and two separate Motorola unit sales totalling $2.5bn in 2013. Factor in Lenovo’s purchase against roughly $2bn of Motorola losses during Google’s ownership and Google has still only paid $3bn for what it retained: $5.5bn worth of Motorola patents and the company’s cutting edge research lab.
Google aren't fools you know.
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I think if you reread my original post you will see I already addressed this point. We agree. My discussion was with regards to the action of the CEO. Your figures further support my point. Thank you.
It seems the successor to our wonderful Moto X will be out by the end of the summer!
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/motorola-smartwatch-moto-x-reveal/
Steve-x said:
It seems the successor to our wonderful Moto X will be out by the end of the summer!
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/motorola-smartwatch-moto-x-reveal/
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Whatever price it launches for I'll wait 90 days for the huge sales and price cuts to begin.
I hope it stays this size.
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Restola said:
Whatever price it launches for I'll wait 90 days for the huge sales and price cuts to begin.
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Me too, still is enjoying the current Moto X very much.
Yep, make it better but don't ruin it!
So excited... its coming!
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Whatever price it launches for I'll wait 90 days for the huge sales and price cuts to begin.
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This. If pricing is anything like the original X, waiting a little while to buy will pay huge dividends.
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I hope they take a bite of Samsungs pie!
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As long as they aren't like Thinkpad division where the laptop build quality keeps getting cheaper every year, I'll be interested.
I wholeheartedly agree that they must keep the phone the same size. The size of the Moto X is truly one of its best features. I don't understand why each manufacturers mainstream models keep getting bigger and bigger as if the human hand is growing in size each year. After all you can just make a larger phone or more accurately phablet phone for those that want something larger.
Every year usually these kinds of threads are the one that makes me go "DARN IT i just bought my phone..."
But strangely, not this time.
I guess I'm that happy with this phone.
If anything though, I'd like to see a bigger battery.
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I know; I can't stand how cheap the Thinkpad's cases have become.
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I like this phone as my daily driver but I would like to see a Moto X phablet, too. And if there were any way to reduce the size of the bezel on the Moto X, that would be great, too. It's pretty small now, not complaining, but if it could be even smaller, all the better.
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Maybe vertically, but not the sides, which are already too thin that my palm rest on the screen by accident and cancel out my regular touches. (And I guess Apple already have some patent on that.)
Although this is good news, I'd still be concerned about the timeliness of updates for future devices once Lenovo takes the helm.
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I wholeheartedly agree that they must keep the phone the same size. The size of the Moto X is truly one of its best features. I don't understand why each manufacturers mainstream models keep getting bigger and bigger as if the human hand is growing in size each year. After all you can just make a larger phone or more accurately phablet phone for those that want something larger.
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I honestly wouldn't mind making the screen a little bit bigger 5.0 doesn't bother. Or if they had a 5.1 version and 4.8 or whatever it is Noe but I do enjoy the size just wish the screen was a bit bigger/1080 haha
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Instead of releasing a new phone, they should keep supporting the current Moto X. We know the S4 chip is still plenty potent and I'd gladly pay a good price for a camera module I can install for increased quality. It's really the only black mark on the Moto X.
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Although this is good news, I'd still be concerned about the timeliness of updates for future devices once Lenovo takes the helm.
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That's a concern for anything but a Nexus though.
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I have zero gripes with my Moto X. This is the first smartphone that I've had nothing to complain about. I don't even see why people hate on the camera. It's at least better than everything I've had before.
I am in no rush to upgrade. I can't see anything a new phone is going to offer me unless it has some revolutionary software on it. I'm not even using all the features on the current one to their fullest.
I would like a bit bigger screen, not huge. The 4.7" seems comprable with the M7 HTC One, but of course the M7's 4.7" doesn't count buttons. I think the Moto X could add just a touch more real estate and still remain small.
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They will keep supporting it via software for another year. But this is the industry standard - release a new model each year - and Motorola is sticking to it.
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This is the part I don't get. That's probably because I don't see their money sense.
You invest new hardware and current-market pricing to release new phones and get people to buy new. You make a moderate profit. Or take this theory. You buy into hardware that's good enough, and continue to support it for say...3-5 years. You add new features, you fix bugs, you optimize the phone to its maximum potential. Throughout this time the people who like your phone and are completely satisfied with it will continue to keep their phones and not sell it back. Word of mouth sales will drive more sales knowing this phone won't go away in 1-2 years because everyone likes a good, long investment with long return-of-interest. As the tech matures, the price of fabrication for that chip goes down, and manufacturing prices go down such that you will make more profit over time while still maintain high level of demand and satisfaction. A long term investment basically.
The problem with my theory is that phones don't age well and new features like fingerprint scanners are becoming popular. Well, that's where the Moto X is different. It has the language and contextual processors, as well as the motion sensor for the camera. It has the Krait-300 based S4 processor. Best of all, computing requirements has hit a plateau such that a Snapdragon 400 will perform close to a Snapdragon 600 and 800 in real-world usage. The Moto X has the potential to be a long-lasting device because it has diversified tech that will stand out for years to come, versus being caught in the R&D Race for the never-ending spec wars. Do what Apple does with the iPhone 4, but do it better than them.
The only ONLY black mark against the Moto X is the camera quality. If there's a way to resolve that, as well as consistently bringing down price through long-term investments/support and maintaining their market presence through advertising and good-faith consumers: there won't be a need to rush out for another Motorola device any near future because demand for the current device (soon to be past device) will show there's no need to reinvent the wheel when the current one is a huge cash cow.
One important thing to remember about the updates lifespan is that 99.5 percent of customers know nothing of rooting and stuff, don't know or care what android version their phone is, don't even know what kit kat or jelly bean mean as far as their phone goes and don't care about updates or when the next is.........if the phone works they're happy.
So us here looking at it from our point of view does not reflect the massive majority of their customers.
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[At] Motorola's MWC press dinner. Motorola senior vice president of product management Rick Osterloh had this to say while talking about Motorola's commitment to Android, the upcoming merger, and Motorola's future:
The Moto G has been the most successful, highest-selling smartphone in Motorola's history.
He went on to mention that Motorola is making a profit on every sale, and that they will make even more after the Lenovo purchase is complete.
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And let's hope Lenovo don't spoil things by charging too much for the next instalment of the Moto G.
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It's a win/win for everyone!
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And let's hope Lenovo don't spoil things by charging too much for the next instalment of the Moto G.
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I'm more worried about bloatware and their ability/willingness to provide timely system updates. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that would really make a significant improvement is a better camera.
With such a user base you would expect regular software updates, it's one of the reasons why the success. That model should carry through regardless of the the parent company. It would be foolish to do otherwise this early. Motorola has quite a status in its own right, that's something it was purchased for, it would make little sense to strip it of what has made it iconic. The same goes for its' version of Android.
Google wins too through patent licencing into some markets where it hasn't faired as well as it expected to. Lenova gets Google in-the-door. Motorola gets backing for more R&D, manufacturing, etc. Us consumers should get the benefits of that, so the campaign worked and we should hold them to that.
It's a great handset after all. As said before, the camera could be better, but it could be improved by better software. The white balance is woeful, lol. Some presets would be nice or some manual control. Skin tones aren't top notch and can be improved since it's for an international market, but that could be done through software.
The specifications are good, one of the few penta-band phones out there, that can go anywhere.
IMO, if they keep the less-is-more idea, in terms of android, they'll do even better. Now if you could tell that to Google...
Yeah, its general chit-chat thread for the Moto X. there are some talks, question which don't' deserve dedicated threads so decided to put a common thread for such talks.
Here is fist query from my side:
Here is promotional video of the MotoX. I want to know which audio track is this? Maybe this is Motorola's own track which may not be available as commercial but I am in love with the track, especially the track gets interesting at the ending. Want to know what genre is this or any other closest audio track which resembles with this. Here is the video, please listen:
thank you
http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/11/moto-x-review-2014/
Great great review!
10/10 will buy just need release already
Seems like the 17th is the rumor
Can we expect this kind of durability form the new Moto X ?? I don't think so. Bigger the phone grows, more fragile it. And the new model seems like has turned into more delicate device after adding that bigger display and thing metallic bezel.
I also seen similar tests for Samsung Galazy (S5 or similar) and LG G3 and all of them failed the tests.
What do you all think will happen with Moto since Punit Soni resigned? If someone is knowledgeable in business matters, with the company still do what they've been doing without the VP of product management?
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What do you all think will happen with Moto since Punit Soni resigned? If someone is knowledgeable in business matters, with the company still do what they've been doing without the VP of product management?
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No doubt he have had important role during Motorola's recovery days so this is definitely a loss. But here is another important thing that Motorola could fight back because of one magic combination : Google+Motorola.
Now Google doesn't seem to be interested in manufacturing thus they sold Motorola to Lenovo after doing bit of successful experiments and keeping few Motorola patents with them. We have seen how good the three models launched by Motorola under Google's ownership have turned out.
Future success and reputation of Motorola will depend on how Lenovo operates the company. They bought ThinkPad unit from IBM and carried the character of those laptops. But they didn't buy the whole brand so obviously they didn't use the IBM brand name with those laptops. Here they have bought the whole company along with brand name so I just hope that they let the Motorola keep going in it's own way, they don't mix Moto phones with their own phones and sell the mobile phones with Motorola brand name. Motorola has got it's own fan following which has just increased in the past one year because of distinct image their phones .have built up in recent time. Lenovo should respect expectations of those fans.
I am hoping for good but smelling mixed kind of probabilities.
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No doubt he have had important role during Motorola's recovery days so this is definitely a loss. But here is another important thing that Motorola could fight back because of one magic combination : Google+Motorola.
Now Google doesn't seem to be interested in manufacturing thus they sold Motorola to Lenovo after doing bit of successful experiments and keeping few Motorola patents with them. We have seen how good the three models launched by Motorola under Google's ownership have turned out.
Future success and reputation of Motorola will depend on how Lenovo operates the company. They bought ThinkPad unit from IBM and carried the character of those laptops. But they didn't buy the whole brand so obviously they didn't use the IBM brand name with those laptops. Here they have bought the whole company along with brand name so I just hope that they let the Motorola keep going in it's own way, they don't mix Moto phones with their own phones and sell the mobile phones with Motorola brand name. Motorola has got it's own fan following which has just increased in the past one year because of distinct image their phones .have built up in recent time. Lenovo should respect expectations of those fans.
I am hoping for good but smelling mixed kind of probabilities.
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I am loving the detailed post. Hopefully good things are to come, despite a loss
Sent from my Nexus 4
I panicked a little when I went to log into XDA today, I thought I was forced to use Google+ to log in which would not be good.
Jack Sparrow xda said:
Future success and reputation of Motorola will depend on how Lenovo operates the company. They bought ThinkPad unit from IBM and carried the character of those laptops. But they didn't buy the whole brand so obviously they didn't use the IBM brand name with those laptops. Here they have bought the whole company along with brand name so I just hope that they let the Motorola keep going in it's own way, they don't mix Moto phones with their own phones and sell the mobile phones with Motorola brand name. Motorola has got it's own fan following which has just increased in the past one year because of distinct image their phones .have built up in recent time. Lenovo should respect expectations of those fans.
I am hoping for good but smelling mixed kind of probabilities.
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Based on the way they treated the thinkpad branding, I think there is a good chance they will make Motorola/Moto a line of the Lenovo brand. Lenovo are very good at driving down supply-chain cost. I think Motorola actually has a chance to increase global market share with them as a lower-price alternative to Samsung built with decent product design and quality. I'm not sure that is what I would want, but it would keep Motorola relevant.
Note10.1Dude said:
Based on the way they treated the thinkpad branding, I think there is a good chance they will make Motorola/Moto a line of the Lenovo brand. Lenovo are very good at driving down supply-chain cost. I think Motorola actually has a chance to increase global market share with them as a lower-price alternative to Samsung built with decent product design and quality. I'm not sure that is what I would want, but it would keep Motorola relevant.
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Lenovo shouldn't touch Motorola's product design and stuff. The only thing they should touch is the marketing side of it all. Maybe some of the camera stuff and battery also, but Moto is onto something with their Moto X lineup, and it'll only get better
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i have the phone in my hands. so far, MUCH better than my Nexus 4. the speed is there. the audio for the music is a tad bit better. the back of the phone is nice, it feels smooth but not slippery. i need to test battery now, so i will post that in the other thread
Been using an iPhone 5s for 4 months. Oh boy how much I miss android . using art as well
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i have the phone in my hands. so far, MUCH better than my Nexus 4. the speed is there. the audio for the music is a tad bit better. the back of the phone is nice, it feels smooth but not slippery. i need to test battery now, so i will post that in the other thread
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Cool. I'm upgrading from nexus 4 as well. Mines coming in tomorrow! My nexus 4 was still perfectly smooth though.
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Cool. I'm upgrading from nexus 4 as well. Mines coming in tomorrow! My nexus 4 was still perfectly smooth though.
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My Nexus 4 was dying in the battery department and it would always heat up. Moto X seems like the best mix of a Nexus and a consumer focused phone. I say consumer focused because Nexus phones have been targeted toward devs
sent from my Moto X (2014)
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My Nexus 4 was dying in the battery department and it would always heat up. Moto X seems like the best mix of a Nexus and a consumer focused phone. I say consumer focused because Nexus phones have been targeted toward devs
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Agreed
Android L Coming this month to Moto Lineup???
Look at here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/android-l-month-t2878580
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i have the phone in my hands. so far, MUCH better than my Nexus 4. the speed is there. the audio for the music is a tad bit better. the back of the phone is nice, it feels smooth but not slippery. i need to test battery now, so i will post that in the other thread
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Many Congratulations
And you promised about review on plastic back cover, whever you get enough time And please some photos
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Android L Coming this month to Moto Lineup???
Look at here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/android-l-month-t2878580
Many Congratulations
And you promised about review on plastic back cover, whever you get enough time And please some photos
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I did say what the back of the phone is like earlier. What else do you want to know about the plastic? It's smooth but not too slippery. I don't think it's soft touch
sent from my Moto X (2014)
On the fence..
I cant decide if I want to get this. I loved the original Moto X but now I have the M8, which is great - no complaints, but I must confess I'm a phone junky (aren't we all?). I've looked at so many reviews and the only thing that still bothers me is the camera, and battery life compared to the M8. But then there's the next to pure android experience and motomaker....so tough.