Lenovo will not phase-out Motorola brand, upcoming phones will be ‘Moto by Lenovo’

Remember the time when Motorola was under dark pits? That was the time when the Chinese manufacturer Lenovo stepped in and acquired the company. But unlike other business acquisitions, Lenovo kept Motorola’s brand name intact and started marketing smartphones under its niche segment. But yesterday, what looks like a bad PR communication, reports surfaced that Lenovo is planning to phase out Motorola. To clear up the confusion, Motorola has issued an official statement on its blog. 

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Rick Osterloh, Motorola’s COO said in an interview that the upcoming Motorola smartphones will now display Lenovo’s name, and will be known as “Moto by Lenovo”. He said, “We’ll slowly phase out Motorola and focus on Moto”. Sadly, the statement was misconstrued by many media outlets.

To clarify things further, Motorola, said in its blog post,”The Motorola legacy is near and dear to us as product designers, engineers and Motorola employees, and clearly it’s important to many of you who have had long relationships with us. We plan to continue it under our parent company, Lenovo.”

The step taken by Lenovo is in the direction of merging both smartphone businesses under a single name. However, it does not mean that Motorola will no longer be a part of the plan. Lenovo will still be using Motorola’s Moto brand for its flagship level products and the Vibe brand will be used for the mid-range segment of devices. Moreover, Lenovo will also keep Motorola’s name for the organizational settings and it will also be granted a separate division, dubbed as “Moto division”.