>Lenovo intends to keep Motorola’s distinct brand identity--just as they did when they acquired ThinkPad from IBM in 2005.
Are you fucking kidding me, Google? I don't know if you guys noticed but Lenovo completely ruined the ThinkPad brand into some average consumerist brand for their own good. They even went full-house when their Edge series lifted on the successful ThinkPad brand but was nothing more than that, a laptop with a name it couldn't live up to.
I fear the same to happen with Motorola Mobility. With the Moto G the entire smartphone market was completely disrupted because Google showed pathetic Android consumerist brands how good a low-budget phone can be; sometimes it performed even better than the more expensive "high-end" varieties. If the rumors are true and Google will also abandon the hand-tailored Nexus line-up in favor of bidding-wars for Google Play edition phones of the same consumerist brands, it's finally over.
When the Moto G was announced I had the same buzzy, warm, tingling feeling when Google started shipping the Nexus One. Now, I am realizing these will soon be vague memories to an era where smartphone users got value for their money.
They divested a business they couldn't profit from. I say good for them.
What Lenovo does going forward is not entirely clear.
On Google not selling devices anymore: the Chinese manufacturers have won, and they will flood the US market with great, inexpensive devices. They are going after the great unwashed masses who want smart phones, all over the world. Billions of them. Only they can supply the phones, so Google wisely exits the race, and will stick to what it knows best: software.
Are you fucking kidding me, Google? I don't know if you guys noticed but Lenovo completely ruined the ThinkPad brand into some average consumerist brand for their own good. They even went full-house when their Edge series lifted on the successful ThinkPad brand but was nothing more than that, a laptop with a name it couldn't live up to.
I fear the same to happen with Motorola Mobility. With the Moto G the entire smartphone market was completely disrupted because Google showed pathetic Android consumerist brands how good a low-budget phone can be; sometimes it performed even better than the more expensive "high-end" varieties. If the rumors are true and Google will also abandon the hand-tailored Nexus line-up in favor of bidding-wars for Google Play edition phones of the same consumerist brands, it's finally over.
When the Moto G was announced I had the same buzzy, warm, tingling feeling when Google started shipping the Nexus One. Now, I am realizing these will soon be vague memories to an era where smartphone users got value for their money.