FT: Google MotoX coming this year.

Post #375,581 by Another Scott 5/29/13 9:10:34 PM Reply	FT: Google MotoX coming this year. http://www.ft.com/in...tml#axzz2UjYOvnBj The gadget, called the MotoX, will also be made in the US and will be part of a campaign to drive down the cost of smartphones and end the high profit margins companies like Apple have enjoyed, said Dennis Woodside, the Google executive installed to run Motorola after its was acquired in late 2011. Mr WoodsideÂs comments, made at the D11 conference in southern California, marked the first official confirmation by Google that it would launch a ÂheroÂ phone, or flagship handset capable of competing with devices like the iPhone and SamsungÂs S4. Here's hoping it's a good one. Cheers, Scott.
Post #375,589 by Another Scott 5/30/13 8:10:03 AM Reply	More at Android Police. http://www.androidpo...new-product-line/ Cheers, Scott.
Post #375,591 by pwhysall 5/30/13 9:21:42 AM Reply	My prediction: It will make as much impact as Google's Nexus phones. Interesting, widely talked about, loved by its owners, but ultimately not significant to the bottom line of Google or Motorola.
Post #375,592 by Another Scott 5/30/13 10:02:44 AM Reply	Could be. They're obviously still having teething problems with the Nexus and with Moto. I assume they'll get their act together eventually[]. Money can have a way of fixing things, given enough of it and people who can spend it reasonably well. http://investor.goog...ncial/tables.html [] Moto as a going concern depends on either stopping losing money or G continuing to cover their losses. If either doesn't happen, they're in trouble. They obviously can't continue as they've been indefinitely. Anything that puts pressure on the telecos and Apple to reduce prices is a good thing. We'll see. Cheers, Scott.
Post #375,736 by jake123 6/1/13 11:51:52 AM Reply	Re: Could be. Anything that puts pressure on the telecos and Apple to reduce prices is a good thing. Ding ding ding we have a winnah!
Post #375,739 by pwhysall 6/1/13 1:54:33 PM Reply	Why single out Apple? Sony, HTC and Samsung all have handsets at the same price point as the iPhone 5. I further predict that the Moto X will have precisely zero effect on the ASP of the aforementioned manufacturers.
Post #375,815 by jake123 6/3/13 9:02:29 AM Reply	Re: Why single out Apple? Why not? The point here is avoiding a replay of the desktop monopoly in the nineties and the five fold increase in the OEM price of Windows that it brought on, not about whether or not AS singled out a particular manufacturer unfairly.

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