Motorola will now design and build Lenovo phones

Aug27

by Sindy Cator on August 27, 2015 at 6:58 am

Posted In: Around the Web, lenovo, Mobile, motorola, ZUK

Lenovo has begun merging its Mobile Business Group (MBG) into Motorola Mobility and the latter will soon start designing and building phones for its parent company, reports NDTV Gadgets. The move is part of an effort to streamline its product portfolio, following a 51 percent decline in year-over-year net income to $105 in the first quarter of this year. Along with news of the dismal quarter came a decision to slash 3,200 non-manufacturing jobs. The company said in a statement, “MBG will continue to drive Lenovo’s overall mobile business, but will now rely on Motorola to design, develop and manufacture smartphone…