Telecom Lead Asia: Motorola Mobility is spreading its presence in the China market.
In 2012, Asian telecom markets will be the launch pad for
several smartphone players. China is vital to Motorola as the smartphone sector
becomes increasingly competitive in America and Europe.
Recently, IDC said China will become largest market for
Smartphones in 2012, while India will grab third spot by 2016. By 2016, India’s
country-level Smartphone market share will increase to 9.3 percent from 2.2
percent in 2011. Presently, India stands at 9th rank, which will improve
by 2016 at 3nd rank.
Besides increasing presence in China, Motorola recently
re-entered the Japanese market with the first 4G CDMA and WiMAX smartphone and
has made significant R&D investment in South Korea.
Motorola is also trying to grow in Singapore, South East
Asia, etc as the growth in these regions is pretty high.
“Asia Pacific in general is a very strong market
segment,” said Bin Shen, Motorola VP for international product management
at the Mobile Asia Expo in Shanghai.
Recently, China Telecom has launched Motorola Mobility’s RAZR V
XT889 and MOTOSMART MIX XT553. The Motorola RAZR V XT889 is an Android
4.0-powered smartphone. MOTOSMART MIX XT553 is a CDMA/GSM
dual-mode/dual-standby music smartphone. It features e-Surfing iMusic and Sina
Micro Music applications.
Motorola Mobility has also launched Motorola XT760 smartphone in China. The smartphone is
less than 10mm thin and powered by a dual-core processor that helps user to
breeze through app downloads, stream videos from multiple online video sites
through the Motorola multimedia hub and even watch HD movies without any
jitters.
Motorola Mobility contributed $1.25 billion
revenue to Google in second quarter of 2012. Total net income rose to $2.79
billion from $2.51 billion a year earlier.
On Wednesday, Motorola Mobility launched MOTOLUXE XT685 in
China. MOTOLUXE XT685 with white and brown options is available from authorized
Motorola resellers across Mainland China starting today at a suggested retail
price of RMB 1,999.
“Motorola is making smartphones that push the
boundaries between fashion, technology and computing power,” said Frank Meng,
senior vice president and president of Greater China, Motorola Mobility.
Under Google, Motorola Mobility is expected to meet the
expectations of the smartphone buyers. Hope there will be more phones coming
this year.
editor@telecomlead.com
