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Fifty years ago today, history was made as Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made the first mobile call. Here's a look at the evolution of cell phones, since its inception.

50 years of cell phones: A timeline

<p>Moto Z users rejoice as the Chinese smartphone maker has come up with three exciting Moto Mods in India.</p>

<p>Moto Mods are essentially modular backplates that can be magnetically attached to the back of Moto Z series devices.</p>

<p>A Moto Mod can turn a Z series handset into a boombox, a movie projector or a battery powerhouse depending on the Mod used.</p>

<p>Each Moto Mod is designed to offer an enhanced user experience to customers - from extra battery life, great sound to excellent video quality.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Motorola has partnered with RentoMojo to offer Moto Mods on rent to its customers for Rs 399 a week.</p>

<p>The rental service will be available December 23 onwards across top eight metro cities.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The three new Moto Mods -- JBL SoundBoost 2 speaker Mod (Rs 6,999), Moto TurboPower Pack battery Mod (Rs 5,999) and the GamePad Mod (Rs 6,999) -- will be available on sale at Flipkart and Motorola exclusive stores starting December 17.</p>

<p>Previously launched Moto Mods include Moto Insta- Share Projector, Hasselblad True Zoom and JBL SoundBoost.<br />
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Moto Mods are modular backplates that can be magnetically attached to the back of Moto Z series devices

Moto Z users rejoice as the Chinese smartphone maker has come up with three exciting Moto Mods in India. Moto Mods are essentially modular backplates that can be magnetically attached to the back of Moto Z series devices. A Moto Mod can turn a Z series handset into a boombox, a movie projector or a battery powerhouse depending on the Mod used. Each Moto Mod is designed to offer an enhanced user experience to customers - from extra battery life, great sound to excellent video quality. Motorola has partnered with RentoMojo to offer Moto Mods on rent to its customers for Rs 399 a week. The rental service will be available December 23 onwards across top eight metro cities. The three new Moto Mods -- JBL SoundBoost 2 speaker Mod (Rs 6,999), Moto TurboPower Pack battery Mod (Rs 5,999) and the GamePad Mod (Rs 6,999) -- will be available on sale at Flipkart and Motorola exclusive stores starting December 17. Previously launched Moto Mods include Moto Insta- Share Projector, Hasselblad True Zoom and JBL SoundBoost.

Motorola launches brand new Moto Mods in India; buy or simply rent one

<p>Motorola makes an addition to its series of handsets with the new Moto E4 family. The company has launched two phones Moto E4 and E4 Plus with massive upgradation at affordable prices, as it claims it to be. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Moto E4 Plus comes with a massive battery upgradation. The new phone with 5000 mAh battery is priced at Rs 9,999. A 10W rapid charger is available with the handset which has the ability to charge the phone within minutes. Once charged completely, the phone is expected to run efficiently for 48 hours. Moto Display will again regulate exhaustion of the battery as it enables checking of notification with locked screen.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The handset&nbsp;features a 13 MP autofocus rear camera with flash. The 5MP front camera is also available with a selfie flash and beautification mode. The company claims that the new launch can click sharp pictures even in low light.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The phone has 13.97 cm (5.5&rdquo;) HD display wrapped in smooth metal.</p>

<p>&nbsp;The dual SIM handset is designed with huge storing capacity of 32 GB internal storage which is expandable up to 128 GB with a MicroSD card slot.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The handset which is contrived with the latest fingerprint unlocking will be exclusively available on Flipkart from 12 July 2017 starting at 11:59 pm.&nbsp;</p>

<p>With pure and latest Android 7.1.1, an updated version of the world&rsquo;s most popular operating system, and quad-core processor and 4G VoLTE and ViLTE Moto E4 Plus is expected to run at high speed.</p>

<p>Moto E4 Plus is released with exciting launch offers including extra 20 per cent off on Flipkart SmartBuy products, Flipkart buyback guarantee of up to Rs 4000, Heavy discount on Motorola Pulse2 and much more.<br />
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<p>The second launch in the series, Moto E4 with 2800 mAh battery is already available in all the leading stores for Rs 8,999.</p>

<p>Moto E4 starts with a vibrant 12.7cm (5&quot;) HD display, elegantly wrapped in metal. The handset again with the fingerprint lock technology has the latest and pure version of Android 7.1.1.</p>

<p>The phone promises to click sharp pictures even in low light with the 8MP autofocus camera. The selfie camera of 5MP is also available with flash. &nbsp;</p>

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The company has launched two phones Moto E4 and E4 Plus with massive upgradation at affordable prices, as it claims it to be. ??

Motorola makes an addition to its series of handsets with the new Moto E4 family. The company has launched two phones Moto E4 and E4 Plus with massive upgradation at affordable prices, as it claims it to be. Moto E4 Plus comes with a massive battery upgradation. The new phone with 5000 mAh battery is priced at Rs 9,999. A 10W rapid charger is available with the handset which has the ability to charge the phone within minutes. Once charged completely, the phone is expected to run efficiently for 48 hours. Moto Display will again regulate exhaustion of the battery as it enables checking of notification with locked screen. The handset features a 13 MP autofocus rear camera with flash. The 5MP front camera is also available with a selfie flash and beautification mode. The company claims that the new launch can click sharp pictures even in low light. The phone has 13.97 cm (5.5”) HD display wrapped in smooth metal. The dual SIM handset is designed with huge storing capacity of 32 GB internal storage which is expandable up to 128 GB with a MicroSD card slot. The handset which is contrived with the latest fingerprint unlocking will be exclusively available on Flipkart from 12 July 2017 starting at 11:59 pm. With pure and latest Android 7.1.1, an updated version of the world’s most popular operating system, and quad-core processor and 4G VoLTE and ViLTE Moto E4 Plus is expected to run at high speed. Moto E4 Plus is released with exciting launch offers including extra 20 per cent off on Flipkart SmartBuy products, Flipkart buyback guarantee of up to Rs 4000, Heavy discount on Motorola Pulse2 and much more. The second launch in the series, Moto E4 with 2800 mAh battery is already available in all the leading stores for Rs 8,999. Moto E4 starts with a vibrant 12.7cm (5") HD display, elegantly wrapped in metal. The handset again with the fingerprint lock technology has the latest and pure version of Android 7.1.1. The phone promises to click sharp pictures even in low light with the 8MP autofocus camera. The selfie camera of 5MP is also available with flash.

Motorola launches new upgraded Moto E4 series

<p>The smartphone industry is not innovating as aggressively as they would do in the recent past. As a result, all phones today look and offer pretty much the same - something that has been bothering consumers, tech pundits, enthusiasts and critics, alike. And therefore, to understand the change in the way the mobile industry is progressing, where it stands today and where it is actually heading, we spoke with former Motorola India head Amit Boni - who is now serving Smartron India as VP for sales and marketing. Serving the mobile industry for a long time, Amit shared with us some interesting insights on the innovation lull in the smartphone arena and what is going to be the next defining factor in the mobile world.</p>

<p><em><strong>WION: How far do you think the smartphone market has come ever since the introduction of the first iPhone in 2007 and where does it actually stand today?</strong></em></p>

<p><strong>Amit: </strong>Well, if you are talking specifically in India context, I think, we are still a long way to go. If you see, the per capita smartphone penetration in India is still low. The TAM (Total Addressable Market) in India on the phones is probably upwards of 200 million units, probably a little more than that. But if you see the number of smartphones only, we are still looking at 120-125 million as the Total Addressable Market for the year.</p>

<p>So, fundamentally there is still a lot of people out there who are going for feature phones. And then you have a bunch of people, who are really buying not-so-great-quality smartphones in entry-level price tiers. So from purely India context, there is still a long way to go before we say everyone in India has a smartphone in hand. So the prospects out here, the transition out here, it will still unravel over the next 4-5 years.</p>

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<p><em><strong>WION: But Amit given that every phone today has something similar to offer, what do you think is holding the phone companies back from standing out - lack of innovation or market saturation or something else?</strong></em></p>

<p><strong>Amit: </strong>From my perspective, that is definitely not market saturation. You can practically accuse the industry of lack of innovation. There is very limited work happening in terms of hardware innovation. Most of the work that is being done is happening at the chipset level. Those guys are doing some really good work; let&rsquo;s say, Quick Charge from Qualcomm and so on and so forth.</p>

<p>So, there is a lot of good stuff that is coming on that side. But otherwise, from a pure hardware side, very limited work has happened over the last 5-8 years - in terms of innovation. I think, a lot of it has got to do with how the industry is structured, how a lot of people essentially look at success - not necessarily in terms of innovation, but in terms of how they do market shares.</p>

<p>If you see even in India, there are these articles that come out every three months saying now this is number 1, that is number 2 and that is number 3. And there is a huge hyperbolic conversation that starts happening around that, which tells you the mindset that a lot of companies come out with. They think about how do I make the numbers, how do I sell more rather than thinking how do I generate tremendous amount of intellectual property, how do I innovate and what makes me come out with some great products for end consumers.</p>

<p><em><strong>WION: So where do you see the mobile industry going, or rather, say what do you think is going to be the next defining factor in the smartphone space?</strong></em></p>

<p><strong>Amit: </strong>Before I answer that, let&rsquo;s take a step back. If you see fundamentally phones, we look at them as a standalone product. So, over time, there is a good device or there is not such a good device, it&rsquo;s essentially spec-to-spec comparisons. People will say, there is more RAM, this is a bigger display, there is more internal storage. This is what people generally talk about.</p>

<p>As long as that stays, there is not much that is going to happen. But I think there is a growing understanding and I can tell you from Smartron perspective that when we are doing a bunch of devices, we are focusing on mobile ecosystem, because we understand that it&rsquo;s not only about putting in great hardware, what consumers are looking for is great use cases.</p>

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<p><em><strong>WION: Amit, having said that there is lack of innovation in the smartphone space, there are still companies that have been striving to make things better and coming up with new concepts, and one such is the modular concept. But how do you see this concept emerging, how far can it make as an approach or do you think if it has the potential to appeal to masses out there?</strong></em></p>

<p><strong>Amit:</strong> I think modularity is a phenomenally good concept. Unfortunately, I don&rsquo;t think companies so far have been able to come out with something that truly does justice to that thought process. As a concept, if somebody tells you that you don&rsquo;t have to replace your overall device but you can go, and for example, replace a camera if there is a new camera sensor coming in or you can just replace the speaker with a better speaker, it&rsquo;s interesting.</p>

<p>I think, at an eclectic level, there are some really interesting thoughts out there, but it also need to be seamless for end consumers. It cannot be either highly priced so much so that your modular solutions are, at times, costing as high as your device itself or that the use cases are difficult to do.</p>

<p>There have been various attempts by a multitude of companies. They have tried to do modularity in one form or the other. But I think there is some way to go on that. I think the future of smartphones or may be, a lot of other consumer electronics will be modularity. Are we there yet? No. I think it&rsquo;s going to be another 4-5 years down the line till you see modular use cases coming, which will be more widespread.</p>

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<p><em><strong>WION: And talking about innovation, how promising do you find the concept of Augmented Reality-ready smartphones?</strong></em></p>

<p><strong>Amit:</strong> From a pure tech-next step, I see innovation in 2-3 different facets. I see innovation in terms of use cases. I see innovation in terms of business models. And then you see innovation purely in terms of technology additions. From a pure technology addition perspective, your Internet of Things, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) are next steps where your devices and technology will become a lot more connected.</p>

<p>There is a bunch of work that can happen - right from as simple thing as sports-themed cafes to actually doing a lot of education work. I think, AR and VR could play really interesting work. In next year or two, they will start becoming a lot more mainstream in a lot of ways.</p>

<p>But, as I said, a lot of this is dependent on your players in the market. If somebody thinks, you are not important enough as a country to get a flavour of AR and VR or IOT, then people are not going to do that. One of the problems that we have in India is that a lot of people think of market share as their primary driver. They want a run on those musical chairs.</p>

<p>As a result, nobody focuses on what consumers really want out there. They give them products that they believe are going to sell more without realising how you could make a user&rsquo;s life better. But I think if there are a bunch of people, who take that stance saying that this has use cases for Indian consumers, I think, you will see it becoming more mainstream over next 12-18 months.</p>

<p><strong><em>WION: As we all know, India is one of the sought-after markets when it comes to smartphones, and a lot of companies are setting up their manufacturing units in India, but now with GST into the picture, how do you see the game is going to be like for manufacturers out there?</em></strong></p>

<p><strong>Amit:</strong> I don&rsquo;t see it changing anything for the manufacturing , because I am sure that the government is cognisant of the investments that have been made&nbsp; in terms of having a better manufacturing ecosystem in the country. I am pretty sure that they are going to be supportive of that. I don&rsquo;t see GST changing anything with respect to manufacturing strategies. But what GST will interestingly do is it will alter the dynamics of last 3-4 years as you have seen between online and offline. Because suddenly now there is no arbitrage in terms of VAT that existed earlier for online players. It&rsquo;s a much more better-level playing field. I think it needs to be seen how the market shifts.</p>

<p><em><strong>WION: And Amit, there is one trend that I have been observing for a long time. A lot of companies enter the the high-end segment of the Indian mobile market at attractive prices. They keep the pricing really competitive for a couple of years and then eventually, they move to the price brackets where premium phones from top-notch players compete. I first noticed this trend with Motorola, then Google&rsquo;s Nexus lineup and now OnePlus is on the same path. What is the thought or better say, strategy behind it?</strong></em></p>

<p><strong>Amit: </strong>There are two things. So, a lot of players, when they enter the market, see pricing as an entry strategy. If you can increase the value for an end-consumer without spending that much money in marketing and brand building, you are probably going to have a much better price point. And those price points are interesting to consumers and they come in hoards to buy that.</p>

<p>In terms of really taking the price points up, I think it&rsquo;s singularly focused on pricing as a strategy. It&rsquo;s not a sustainable strategy, because supply chains globally in the phone industry give you a limited leverage - in terms of one&rsquo;s cost structure better than somebody else&rsquo;s. But I think there is not a lot of difference in those cost structures. So, if you keep on harping on those same price points, as a company, you are not going to survive.</p>

<p>So, companies need to make sure that they have a portfolio that spans a few product price points. May be, then they want to do a pricing play on a couple of products, which is plausible. But anyone, whose focus clearly is on pricing to begin with and then wants to move up, that doesn&rsquo;t work. But why they are forced is because sometimes, the economics come to bite back and say, a company cannot keep on doing those price points because they are not sustainable.</p>

<p><strong><em>WION: We all know that how you played an instrumental role in Motorola India&rsquo;s business. So what is your plan for Smartron, a company which is yet to hold some grounds in the market? What is the way forward?</em></strong></p>

<p><strong>Amit:</strong> Smartron, essentially, is not a smartphone company. We are an Internet of Things company. We have multiple areas of interest in terms of hardware as well as software. We have multiple categories - we have phones, wearables, computing and smart homes, to name a few. We will have play on the enterprise and infrastructure side of it. so, there is a bunch of things that we are looking at doing at Smartron.</p>

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Smartron India VP Amit Boni explains why all phones today look and offer pretty much the same - something that has been bothering consumers, tech pundits, enthusiasts and critics, alike.

The smartphone industry is not innovating as aggressively as they would do in the recent past. As a result, all phones today look and offer pretty much the same - something that has been bothering consumers, tech pundits, enthusiasts and critics, alike. And therefore, to understand the change in the way the mobile industry is progressing, where it stands today and where it is actually heading, we spoke with former Motorola India head Amit Boni - who is now serving Smartron India as VP for sales and marketing. Serving the mobile industry for a long time, Amit shared with us some interesting insights on the innovation lull in the smartphone arena and what is going to be the next defining factor in the mobile world. WION: How far do you think the smartphone market has come ever since the introduction of the first iPhone in 2007 and where does it actually stand today? Amit: Well, if you are talking specifically in India context, I think, we are still a long way to go. If you see, the per capita smartphone penetration in India is still low. The TAM (Total Addressable Market) in India on the phones is probably upwards of 200 million units, probably a little more than that. But if you see the number of smartphones only, we are still looking at 120-125 million as the Total Addressable Market for the year. So, fundamentally there is still a lot of people out there who are going for feature phones. And then you have a bunch of people, who are really buying not-so-great-quality smartphones in entry-level price tiers. So from purely India context, there is still a long way to go before we say everyone in India has a smartphone in hand. So the prospects out here, the transition out here, it will still unravel over the next 4-5 years. You can practically accuse the industry of lack of innovation. There is very limited work happening in terms of hardware innovation. × WION: But Amit given that every phone today has something similar to offer, what do you think is holding the phone companies back from standing out - lack of innovation or market saturation or something else? Amit: From my perspective, that is definitely not market saturation. You can practically accuse the industry of lack of innovation. There is very limited work happening in terms of hardware innovation. Most of the work that is being done is happening at the chipset level. Those guys are doing some really good work; let’s say, Quick Charge from Qualcomm and so on and so forth. So, there is a lot of good stuff that is coming on that side. But otherwise, from a pure hardware side, very limited work has happened over the last 5-8 years - in terms of innovation. I think, a lot of it has got to do with how the industry is structured, how a lot of people essentially look at success - not necessarily in terms of innovation, but in terms of how they do market shares. If you see even in India, there are these articles that come out every three months saying now this is number 1, that is number 2 and that is number 3. And there is a huge hyperbolic conversation that starts happening around that, which tells you the mindset that a lot of companies come out with. They think about how do I make the numbers, how do I sell more rather than thinking how do I generate tremendous amount of intellectual property, how do I innovate and what makes me come out with some great products for end consumers. WION: So where do you see the mobile industry going, or rather, say what do you think is going to be the next defining factor in the smartphone space? Amit: Before I answer that, let’s take a step back. If you see fundamentally phones, we look at them as a standalone product. So, over time, there is a good device or there is not such a good device, it’s essentially spec-to-spec comparisons. People will say, there is more RAM, this is a bigger display, there is more internal storage. This is what people generally talk about. As long as that stays, there is not much that is going to happen. But I think there is a growing understanding and I can tell you from Smartron perspective that when we are doing a bunch of devices, we are focusing on mobile ecosystem, because we understand that it’s not only about putting in great hardware, what consumers are looking for is great use cases. The future of smartphones or, may be, a lot of other consumer electronics will be modularity. × WION: Amit, having said that there is lack of innovation in the smartphone space, there are still companies that have been striving to make things better and coming up with new concepts, and one such is the modular concept. But how do you see this concept emerging, how far can it make as an approach or do you think if it has the potential to appeal to masses out there? Amit: I think modularity is a phenomenally good concept. Unfortunately, I don’t think companies so far have been able to come out with something that truly does justice to that thought process. As a concept, if somebody tells you that you don’t have to replace your overall device but you can go, and for example, replace a camera if there is a new camera sensor coming in or you can just replace the speaker with a better speaker, it’s interesting. I think, at an eclectic level, there are some really interesting thoughts out there, but it also need to be seamless for end consumers. It cannot be either highly priced so much so that your modular solutions are, at times, costing as high as your device itself or that the use cases are difficult to do. There have been various attempts by a multitude of companies. They have tried to do modularity in one form or the other. But I think there is some way to go on that. I think the future of smartphones or may be, a lot of other consumer electronics will be modularity. Are we there yet? No. I think it’s going to be another 4-5 years down the line till you see modular use cases coming, which will be more widespread. I don’t see GST changing anything with respect to manufacturing strategies. But what GST will interestingly do is it will alter the dynamics of last 3-4 years as you have seen between online and offline. × WION: And talking about innovation, how promising do you find the concept of Augmented Reality-ready smartphones? Amit: From a pure tech-next step, I see innovation in 2-3 different facets. I see innovation in terms of use cases. I see innovation in terms of business models. And then you see innovation purely in terms of technology additions. From a pure technology addition perspective, your Internet of Things, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) are next steps where your devices and technology will become a lot more connected. There is a bunch of work that can happen - right from as simple thing as sports-themed cafes to actually doing a lot of education work. I think, AR and VR could play really interesting work. In next year or two, they will start becoming a lot more mainstream in a lot of ways. But, as I said, a lot of this is dependent on your players in the market. If somebody thinks, you are not important enough as a country to get a flavour of AR and VR or IOT, then people are not going to do that. One of the problems that we have in India is that a lot of people think of market share as their primary driver. They want a run on those musical chairs. As a result, nobody focuses on what consumers really want out there. They give them products that they believe are going to sell more without realising how you could make a user’s life better. But I think if there are a bunch of people, who take that stance saying that this has use cases for Indian consumers, I think, you will see it becoming more mainstream over next 12-18 months. WION: As we all know, India is one of the sought-after markets when it comes to smartphones, and a lot of companies are setting up their manufacturing units in India, but now with GST into the picture, how do you see the game is going to be like for manufacturers out there? Amit: I don’t see it changing anything for the manufacturing , because I am sure that the government is cognisant of the investments that have been made in terms of having a better manufacturing ecosystem in the country. I am pretty sure that they are going to be supportive of that. I don’t see GST changing anything with respect to manufacturing strategies. But what GST will interestingly do is it will alter the dynamics of last 3-4 years as you have seen between online and offline. Because suddenly now there is no arbitrage in terms of VAT that existed earlier for online players. It’s a much more better-level playing field. I think it needs to be seen how the market shifts. WION: And Amit, there is one trend that I have been observing for a long time. A lot of companies enter the the high-end segment of the Indian mobile market at attractive prices. They keep the pricing really competitive for a couple of years and then eventually, they move to the price brackets where premium phones from top-notch players compete. I first noticed this trend with Motorola, then Google’s Nexus lineup and now OnePlus is on the same path. What is the thought or better say, strategy behind it? Amit: There are two things. So, a lot of players, when they enter the market, see pricing as an entry strategy. If you can increase the value for an end-consumer without spending that much money in marketing and brand building, you are probably going to have a much better price point. And those price points are interesting to consumers and they come in hoards to buy that. In terms of really taking the price points up, I think it’s singularly focused on pricing as a strategy. It’s not a sustainable strategy, because supply chains globally in the phone industry give you a limited leverage - in terms of one’s cost structure better than somebody else’s. But I think there is not a lot of difference in those cost structures. So, if you keep on harping on those same price points, as a company, you are not going to survive. So, companies need to make sure that they have a portfolio that spans a few product price points. May be, then they want to do a pricing play on a couple of products, which is plausible. But anyone, whose focus clearly is on pricing to begin with and then wants to move up, that doesn’t work. But why they are forced is because sometimes, the economics come to bite back and say, a company cannot keep on doing those price points because they are not sustainable. WION: We all know that how you played an instrumental role in Motorola India’s business. So what is your plan for Smartron, a company which is yet to hold some grounds in the market? What is the way forward? Amit: Smartron, essentially, is not a smartphone company. We are an Internet of Things company. We have multiple areas of interest in terms of hardware as well as software. We have multiple categories - we have phones, wearables, computing and smart homes, to name a few. We will have play on the enterprise and infrastructure side of it. so, there is a bunch of things that we are looking at doing at Smartron. You can watch the full interview here:

Q&A: Former Moto India head Amit Boni on innovation lull & next step in smartphone space

<p>After a bruising fall from its spot as the world&#39;s third-largest mobile phone maker following its acquisition of Motorola three years ago, China&#39;s Lenovo is counting on a push upmarket to stop the bleeding in its smartphone business.</p>

<p>While the company, which vies with HP as the world&#39;s largest PC maker, returned to profit in the year to March, losses in its smartphone business worsened as marketing expenses for new products and key component costs increased.</p>

<p>The group&#39;s phone problems started after it acquired Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.9 billion in 2014 but struggled to integrate the assets. That, combined with fierce competition from lower-end manufacturers in its home base of China such as Xiaomi and Oppo, saw its global position fall to eighth in 2016.</p>

<p>A recently announced reorganisation of its China business aimed at sharpening the PC brand&#39;s consumer focus comes amid an ongoing effort to tighten its mobile branding and shift the focus to pricier models under its Moto brand.</p>

<p>&quot;Our strategy is to prioritise mature markets ... which need brands and innovative products, whereas emerging markets need efficiency,&quot; Chairman Yang Yuanqing said of Lenovo&#39;s mobile business at a press conference in Hong Kong on Thursday.</p>

<p>&quot;So we will have two teams catering to the two kinds of markets with different product lines.&quot;</p>

<p>Lenovo faces its toughest battle in its home base of China, where it has slipped out of the top 10 smartphone vendors. Shipments domestically declined 80 per cent year-on-year or 55 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2017, according to data from Canalys.</p>

<p>The company currently has three phone brands in China - the premium Moto brand, the cheaper Lenovo series, and an online-focused ZUK brand launched in 2015.</p>

<p>A Lenovo spokeswoman said its global mobile strategy would focus on the Motorola brand, although it would continue to support its other lines, such as ZUK.</p>

<p>Moto products, including a premium series of modular phones designed with detachable components that can be replaced or upgraded, helped propel Lenovo to be the second-biggest vendor in Brazil, after Samsung, Yang said.</p>

<p>Shipments in Brazil rose 56 per cent in the first three months of the year according to Lenovo, overtaking India as its biggest market, where volume grew 34 per cent.</p>

<p>The average selling prices of Lenovo&#39;s mobile products rose 15.1 per cent in the past year, according to its financial report.</p>

<p>Mature market competition, where Yang said Lenovo&#39;s main rivals are Samsung and LG, is less fierce than in emerging markets, where the low entry barrier allowed in &quot;too many Chinese vendors, some of which compete irrationally&quot;.</p>

<p>He added Lenovo will have three more telecom partners in the US&nbsp;this year, while its performance in Western Europe is improving.</p>

<p><strong>New priorities</strong></p>

<p>Yang said Lenovo is on track to meet its goal of turning around the mobile business by the second half of the fiscal year starting in April.</p>

<p>At the same time, some analysts say the company should cut its mobile losses in China and focus on building its strength in other markets.</p>

<p>&quot;I think they should deep-six their China mobile business. Their non-China probably has a chance if it&#39;s very narrowly geographic and product focused,&quot; said Bernstein analyst Alberto Moel.</p>

<p>Lenovo is the fourth-biggest smartphone seller in India, with a 9.5 per cent market share, which compares with Samsung in top place with 28.1, according to IDC.</p>

<p>While it faces increasing competition from new entrants Oppo and Vivo, it enjoys good brand loyalty.</p>

<p>&quot;I like Lenovo phones for their good battery backup, smart looks and the overall experience,&quot; said Bhaskar Kotian, a Mumbai businessman who has purchased at least six Lenovo smartphones for friends and family in the past two years. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Despite calls to write off its China problems, Yang insists there are no plans to walk away from its domestic mobile business.</p>

<p>&quot;We would never give up our China mobile business, because it is 30 per cent of the world market,&quot; he said.</p>

<p>(Reuters)</p>


Lenovo faces its toughest battle in its home base of China, where it has slipped out of the top 10 smartphone vendors

After a bruising fall from its spot as the world's third-largest mobile phone maker following its acquisition of Motorola three years ago, China's Lenovo is counting on a push upmarket to stop the bleeding in its smartphone business. While the company, which vies with HP as the world's largest PC maker, returned to profit in the year to March, losses in its smartphone business worsened as marketing expenses for new products and key component costs increased. The group's phone problems started after it acquired Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.9 billion in 2014 but struggled to integrate the assets. That, combined with fierce competition from lower-end manufacturers in its home base of China such as Xiaomi and Oppo, saw its global position fall to eighth in 2016. A recently announced reorganisation of its China business aimed at sharpening the PC brand's consumer focus comes amid an ongoing effort to tighten its mobile branding and shift the focus to pricier models under its Moto brand. "Our strategy is to prioritise mature markets ... which need brands and innovative products, whereas emerging markets need efficiency," Chairman Yang Yuanqing said of Lenovo's mobile business at a press conference in Hong Kong on Thursday. "So we will have two teams catering to the two kinds of markets with different product lines." Lenovo faces its toughest battle in its home base of China, where it has slipped out of the top 10 smartphone vendors. Shipments domestically declined 80 per cent year-on-year or 55 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2017, according to data from Canalys. The company currently has three phone brands in China - the premium Moto brand, the cheaper Lenovo series, and an online-focused ZUK brand launched in 2015. A Lenovo spokeswoman said its global mobile strategy would focus on the Motorola brand, although it would continue to support its other lines, such as ZUK. Moto products, including a premium series of modular phones designed with detachable components that can be replaced or upgraded, helped propel Lenovo to be the second-biggest vendor in Brazil, after Samsung, Yang said. Shipments in Brazil rose 56 per cent in the first three months of the year according to Lenovo, overtaking India as its biggest market, where volume grew 34 per cent. The average selling prices of Lenovo's mobile products rose 15.1 per cent in the past year, according to its financial report. Mature market competition, where Yang said Lenovo's main rivals are Samsung and LG, is less fierce than in emerging markets, where the low entry barrier allowed in "too many Chinese vendors, some of which compete irrationally". He added Lenovo will have three more telecom partners in the US this year, while its performance in Western Europe is improving. New priorities Yang said Lenovo is on track to meet its goal of turning around the mobile business by the second half of the fiscal year starting in April. At the same time, some analysts say the company should cut its mobile losses in China and focus on building its strength in other markets. "I think they should deep-six their China mobile business. Their non-China probably has a chance if it's very narrowly geographic and product focused," said Bernstein analyst Alberto Moel. Lenovo is the fourth-biggest smartphone seller in India, with a 9.5 per cent market share, which compares with Samsung in top place with 28.1, according to IDC. While it faces increasing competition from new entrants Oppo and Vivo, it enjoys good brand loyalty. "I like Lenovo phones for their good battery backup, smart looks and the overall experience," said Bhaskar Kotian, a Mumbai businessman who has purchased at least six Lenovo smartphones for friends and family in the past two years. Despite calls to write off its China problems, Yang insists there are no plans to walk away from its domestic mobile business. "We would never give up our China mobile business, because it is 30 per cent of the world market," he said. (Reuters)

How Lenovo plans to stop the bleeding in its smartphone business

<p>Lenovo-owned Motorola seems to be all set to launch the successors to its Moto E3 smartphone. The company apparently has got an approval on the next-generation Moto E models from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).</p>

<p>Speculations are rife that the latest Moto device passed by the Federal Communications Commission will be a larger variant of the Moto E4 and will be called the Moto E4 Plus. There is, however, no official confirmation on the same.</p>

<p>Besides the name of the phone, other details about the purported Moto E4 Plus have also surfaced on the Internet. According to an FCC Test report shared by tipster Roland Quandt on Twitter, the upcoming Moto phone, with a model number XT1773, will come packed with a 5000mAh battery. And instead of a Snapdragon processor, it will have a MediaTek chipset under the hood, claims the report.</p>

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<p>If we go by the details in the FCC filing, the Moto E4 Plus will also include 4G LTE connectivity, 2.4GHz Wi-Fi 802.11-n support, Bluetooth Low Energy (v4.2), and NFC.</p>

<p>It was only last week when the Moto E4 was found to be certified by the FCC. The Moto E4 is likely to come with a 2800mAh battery, 16GB of internal storage and Android 7.0 Nougat.</p>

<p>The Moto E4 and E4 Plus will be the successors to the last-gen Moto E3 and Moto E3 Power, respectively. It is still unknown when Lenovo will take the wraps off these new Moto devices.</p>

<p>(WION)</p>


Motorola is likely to soon unveil the successors to the Moto E3 and Moto E3 Power

Lenovo-owned Motorola seems to be all set to launch the successors to its Moto E3 smartphone. The company apparently has got an approval on the next-generation Moto E models from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Speculations are rife that the latest Moto device passed by the Federal Communications Commission will be a larger variant of the Moto E4 and will be called the Moto E4 Plus. There is, however, no official confirmation on the same. Besides the name of the phone, other details about the purported Moto E4 Plus have also surfaced on the Internet. According to an FCC Test report shared by tipster Roland Quandt on Twitter, the upcoming Moto phone, with a model number XT1773, will come packed with a 5000mAh battery. And instead of a Snapdragon processor, it will have a MediaTek chipset under the hood, claims the report. Motorola XT1773 (what could be the Moto E4 Plus) w/ a 5000mAh (!!!!!!) battery and MediaTek SoC just went thru FCC: https://t.co/9Aorj6PaKp — Roland Quandt (@rquandt) April 6, 2017 If we go by the details in the FCC filing, the Moto E4 Plus will also include 4G LTE connectivity, 2.4GHz Wi-Fi 802.11-n support, Bluetooth Low Energy (v4.2), and NFC. It was only last week when the Moto E4 was found to be certified by the FCC. The Moto E4 is likely to come with a 2800mAh battery, 16GB of internal storage and Android 7.0 Nougat. The Moto E4 and E4 Plus will be the successors to the last-gen Moto E3 and Moto E3 Power, respectively. It is still unknown when Lenovo will take the wraps off these new Moto devices. (WION)

Moto E4 Plus expected to come with 5000mAh battery

<p>Lenovo has finally introduced the much-awaited Moto G5 Plus smartphone in India. The phone comes in two variants - 16GB (with 3 GB RAM) at Rs 14,999 and 32 GB (with 4GB RAM) at Rs 16,999. Both the models will be exclusively available on Flipkart from March 15 at 11:59 PM.</p>

<p>The company has also announced a few offers for the Moto G5 Plus customers.</p>

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&mdash; Moto India (@Moto_IND) <a href="https://twitter.com/Moto_IND/status/841919121063321600">March 15, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>The Moto G5 Plus is encased in a metal body, which happens to be a first for the Moto G. Under its hood is an octa-core processor. The Moto G5 features a 12 megapixel rear with Dual Autofocus Pixels, which is said to lock onto the target in the blink of an eye. &ldquo;By utilising 10x more pixels on the sensor, you can focus on your subject up to 60 per cent faster than Moto G4&nbsp;Plus,&rdquo; explains Lenovo.</p>

<p>The phone is packed with a 3000mAh battery with TurboPower charging feature, which is claimed to offer up to six hours of battery life in just 15 minutes.</p>

<p>Lenovo, last year, had introduced the Moto G4 in India in both the regular and the Plus variants.</p>
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<strong>Moto G5 Plus: Key specifications</strong></p>

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			<td style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;padding:10px 5px;border-style:solid;border-width:0px;overflow:hidden;word-break:normal;border-color:#ccc;color:#333;background-color:#fff;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;vertical-align:top">16GB/32GB (up to 128GB microSD card support)</td>
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Lenovo has finally introduced the fifth iteration of the mid-range Moto G in India

Lenovo has finally introduced the much-awaited Moto G5 Plus smartphone in India. The phone comes in two variants - 16GB (with 3 GB RAM) at Rs 14,999 and 32 GB (with 4GB RAM) at Rs 16,999. Both the models will be exclusively available on Flipkart from March 15 at 11:59 PM. The company has also announced a few offers for the Moto G5 Plus customers. No cost EMI* on the new #motog5plus, starting @ Rs. 1889/month. Exclusively on @Flipkart. — Moto India (@Moto_IND) March 15, 2017 × Get extra 10% off on purchasing the new #motog5plus with all SBI debit/credit cards. — Moto India (@Moto_IND) March 15, 2017 × #Uncompromise on your music fix & get moto pulse 2 @ Rs 599 on purchase with #motog5plus. Exclusively on @Flipkart. — Moto India (@Moto_IND) March 15, 2017 × The Moto G5 Plus is encased in a metal body, which happens to be a first for the Moto G. Under its hood is an octa-core processor. The Moto G5 features a 12 megapixel rear with Dual Autofocus Pixels, which is said to lock onto the target in the blink of an eye. “By utilising 10x more pixels on the sensor, you can focus on your subject up to 60 per cent faster than Moto G4 Plus,” explains Lenovo. The phone is packed with a 3000mAh battery with TurboPower charging feature, which is claimed to offer up to six hours of battery life in just 15 minutes. Lenovo, last year, had introduced the Moto G4 in India in both the regular and the Plus variants. Moto G5 Plus: Key specifications Operating system Android 7.0 Nougat Chipset Snapdragon 625 with 2.0GHz octa-core CPU RAM 3GB/4GB Storage 16GB/32GB (up to 128GB microSD card support) Display 5.2 inches (1920 x 1080) Rear camera 12MP with Dual Autofocus Pixels Front camera 5MP Battery 3000mAh (with fast charging) Network 4G LTE (Cat 6) Colours Lunar Gray, Fine Gold SIM card Nano-SIM (dual SIM) Weight 155 g NFC Yes Price Rs 14,999 (16GB), Rs 16,999 (32GB)

Moto G5 Plus launched in India at Rs 14,999 onwards

<p>There is a lot of interesting information hidden deep inside archive sections on the Internet. While it&rsquo;s impossible to dig out every bit of archival content available on the Internet, there is some that we think should come out and people should know about. And therefore, we, at WION, are starting with &ldquo;the world&rsquo;s first&rdquo; series that aims to introduce people to the firsts in the world across different subjects and categories.</p>

<p>Beginning the series on January 9, 2017, we bring you the world&rsquo;s first cellphone. Some of you may already know, but if you didn&rsquo;t know, Motorola was the first company to come up with the first cellphone in the world.</p>

<p>On <a href="http://www.motorolasolutions.com/content/dam/msi/docs/en-xw/static_files/history-motorola-demonstrates-portable-telephone-605kb-3.pdf">April 3, 1973</a>, Motorola publicly demonstrated the world&#39;s first portable cellular telephone and system - Motorola DynaTAC (DYNamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage). The first public call using the Motorola DynaTAC was made in New York City by Martin Cooper, who was then heading the company&rsquo;s communications systems division.</p>

<p>While the phone was first unveiled to the world in 1973, it was in 1980s that the company introduced it for the public. The Motorola DynaTAC phone received approval from the US Federal Communications Commission on September 21, 1983. The phone that weighed 28-ounce (794-gram) became available to consumers in 1984 at $3,995.</p>

<p>Later, when the phone was surpassed by lighter, smaller phones, people started referring to it as the &ldquo;brick&rdquo;.</p>

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<p>Tech publication Motherboard spent a day with Martin Cooper, the father of the first cellphone. The full interview is embedded below:</p>
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On April 3, 1973, Motorola publicly demonstrated the world's first portable cellular phone

There is a lot of interesting information hidden deep inside archive sections on the Internet. While it’s impossible to dig out every bit of archival content available on the Internet, there is some that we think should come out and people should know about. And therefore, we, at WION, are starting with “the world’s first” series that aims to introduce people to the firsts in the world across different subjects and categories. Beginning the series on January 9, 2017, we bring you the world’s first cellphone. Some of you may already know, but if you didn’t know, Motorola was the first company to come up with the first cellphone in the world. On April 3, 1973, Motorola publicly demonstrated the world's first portable cellular telephone and system - Motorola DynaTAC (DYNamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage). The first public call using the Motorola DynaTAC was made in New York City by Martin Cooper, who was then heading the company’s communications systems division. While the phone was first unveiled to the world in 1973, it was in 1980s that the company introduced it for the public. The Motorola DynaTAC phone received approval from the US Federal Communications Commission on September 21, 1983. The phone that weighed 28-ounce (794-gram) became available to consumers in 1984 at $3,995. Later, when the phone was surpassed by lighter, smaller phones, people started referring to it as the “brick”. DynaTAC becomes commercially available in 1984. (Source: Motorola) (Others) × Tech publication Motherboard spent a day with Martin Cooper, the father of the first cellphone. The full interview is embedded below:

Motorola DynaTAC: Meet the world?s first cellphone

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