Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) which will soon be owned by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), showed it cannot hold its own against industry handset leaders like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung
Motorola’s earnings were crushed in the last quarter, according to its preliminary numbers.
The company said
Although the Company has not finalized its financial results for the fourth-quarter, it estimates sales of $3.4 billion with modest profitability on a non-GAAP basis. These estimates include shipments of approximately 10.5 million mobile devices, of which approximately 5.3 million were smartphones. Motorola Mobility’s fourth-quarter results were impacted by the increased competitive environment in the Mobile Device business and higher legal costs associated with ongoing Intellectual Property (IP) litigations
Motorola’s smartphone number was extremely modest
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