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Google selling Moto to Huawei?

Source for the Samsung ad plans? While I do think they're one of the few companies that could pull it off (well), it's not all that surprising considering Android is open source so they are free to do just about whatever they want with it.

As for Moto being sold to Huawei, I think that would be good for both Google and Huawei.
 
Ugh, seriously? I was really hoping that Google was going to unlock the bootloader on Motorola phones...

Also, (from a link in OP's article)
Google's never said much about what it plans to do with Motorola Mobility's struggling cable box division after it completes its acquisition of the company, and now we may know why: the New York Post reports this morning that Google's preparing to sell the unit. According to the Post, Google's retained Qatalyst Partners and Barclays Capital to prepare for a sale, and there are glimmers of interest from investors who may want to buy both Motorola's cable box division and Scientific Atlanta, which Cisco is also reportedly shopping.
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Every set-top box I've ever seen has been from Motorola. Since Google is trying to get into this market w/ Google TV, why would they want to sell this division off?!
 
podspi said:
Ugh, seriously? I was really hoping that Google was going to unlock the bootloader on Motorola phones...

Also, (from a link in OP's article)


Every set-top box I've ever seen has been from Motorola. Since Google is trying to get into this market w/ Google TV, why would they want to sell this division off?!
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I remember reading something that said TV providers didn't want to buy Google owned set-top boxes (probably because of Google TV specifically).
 
Google isn't a hardware company, that's a dangerous low margin/high risk business, and it goes against their current business model.

However, it's looking more and more like vertical integration is the way to go, so Google may regret this in the long run.
 
Fox5 said:
Google isn't a hardware company, that's a dangerous low margin/high risk business, and it goes against their current business model.

However, it's looking more and more like vertical integration is the way to go, so Google may regret this in the long run.
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You should tell Apple that hardware is a terrible idea then. 😉 😛

I think there were a lot of people hoping that Google would take Motorola in that direction. If everyone else wants to bastardize Android and gimp it that's their own business, but Google could use Motorola to make truly great flagship devices. Forget trying to make 20-30 different products, just concentrate on 2-3 and they could easily carve out a nice, profitable segment of the market.

I agree with you in that selling off the hardware sections of the company would be a mistake. I think that the shock of the $12 billion acquisition fee is finally settling in and Google is looking to recoup as much of that money as possible.
 
Just because it works for Apple, doesn't mean it's the right business model for Google. And even for Apple, you could argue that people buy iPhones primarily because of the OS and software ecosystem, not the hardware. Android phone hardware is a commodity, and that's exactly the way Google wants it. And they don't want to be in a commodity business. And even if they did, it's not a fact they would want to be in it under the "Motorola" brand. Google can get several billion dollars for the "Motorola" brand, then spend a fraction of that to partner up with any ODM to build Google Nexus branded phones. A company like Huawei needs the Motorola brand much more than Google, which already has a great brand.
 
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