Analyst says Google has given up on Motorola X phone

41. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)

It's the Bionic all over again. I saw the red flags prominently when it was delayed several times.

43. anywherehome (Posts: 971; Member since: 13 Dec 2011)

nooooooo
just make a RAZR MAXX with replaceable battery and pure Android and we all are satisfied!

it can not be so hard!

but forget about easily breakable sh*ts like Nexus 4!

Motorola had been the reason I hadn't bought a successor for my Galaxy Nexus till this news came....... :(

20. ojdidit84 (Posts: 458; Member since: 16 Jul 2011)

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't there an article here on PA around the time when Google but in the bid for Moto about Google saying that they weren't going to dip there hand into Moto affairs (i.e. having any input on Moto phones) until about 12-18 months after the acquisition? Didn't they also say that they're going to treat Moto just as they would any other OEM and that it would run on its own?

If so, I don't see why people are so up in arms about it if they stated it way back when. But then again, the memory span of people here is only about 3 months or so... =/

23. N.Reynolds (Posts: 257; Member since: 15 Feb 2011)

I do remember that. And so do many other people which made the rumor about the X phone more valid considering the acquisition went through May 22nd 2012. The rumored release of the X phone is anywhere between June and September which puts it right in that 12-18 month time period. Do a little research before making comments like that.

29. ojdidit84 (Posts: 458; Member since: 16 Jul 2011)

Oh please. Doing research has nothing to do with it. People want to jump and be up in arms over something that an analyst says instead of something that the actual company says. Who's to say (besides this analyst) that the phone isn't still in development? How many times have analysts been right in recent years? Not very many.

Also, have you not read comments from posters here, or hell, even articles from some of the writers here? Memory span of people here is pretty short.

I mean, I want to see Moto come out with something as spectacular as people have been hyping the X phone to be especially with Google having their input on it, especially since Moto's lineup has been pretty lackluster recently. But people need to be patient. If it's gonna come out, it's gonna come out. Stop jumping at every word that an analyst says.

30. Dr.Phil (Posts: 1642; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)

I agree, this is just one analyst's remarks on what she thinks is going on. What I found interesting is that even in the source article there is no mention of how or why she made those remarks. Usually when a respectable analyst makes a prediction or gives out an opinion it is based on some type of news or rumor or business information. There is absolutely no mention of how she obtained this information.

10. Commentator (Posts: 3722; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)

If it taaaaakes forever...
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45. quakan (Posts: 1398; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)

I honestly I would rather have analysts with low expectations for my company that way it's easier to exceed what they expected from my company thus increasing stock value. Analysts over predicted Apple to the point that if Apple couldn't make the next iPhone part unicorn, tooth fairy, and leprechaun that Apple's stock would take a hit...which it did; over and over again.

9. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)

And Google bought Motorola, they need to take care Motorola, they need to be responsible. If they give up the X Phone, Google is not responsible at all, if they give up, why they bought Motorola, just for fun?

Just don't believe it, the X Phone will be coming soon........

44. Rehankhan (Posts: 323; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)

You should deactivate your account because your comments just getting lamer and lamer

24. LionStone (Posts: 849; Member since: 10 Dec 2010)

Exactly...

27. gwuhua1984 (Posts: 1237; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)

How was Nexus 4 a failure? The Nexus 4 pretty much put LG back on the map.

40. Luuthian (Posts: 297; Member since: 09 Sep 2011)

Hardly. It barely existed on any sales charts. The Optimus G is what put LG back on the map. The Nexus was simply based off a bigger, more successful brother.

The problem with Google is they have virtually zero advertising and sell the phone direct through their website at a several hundred dollar price tag. Exceptionally few people will know it exists, or even be willing to pay full price for it. Nexus phones are tough sells until they end up at an actual cell provider, and that takes months.

46. TritonForceX (Posts: 60; Member since: 27 Sep 2012)

I don't think Google is marketing the Nexus lineup as a must-have phone. They hype it, but ultimately I think they target developers for Android, but the hardcore Android fans like it too.

Google thinks differently than the status quo comany and analyst. I remember when they first come out with Android, and made it a T-Mobile exclusive. That was met with a lot of criticism, and a lot of people saying Android would never take off. I however, thought it was a genius idea because it was mutually beneficial for both companies. T-Mobile got their name in the news to generate publicity and attract a few new customers, and Google had the perfect Beta testbed to work a lot of the kinks out of Android before bringing it to everybody else.

I think a similar strategy is in the works right now with the Nexus. They're not looking at the phones as the next great thing, just a solid phone for developers with no bloatware. Some users like this idea as well.

26. LionStone (Posts: 849; Member since: 10 Dec 2010)

Yea HTC is stepping it up, the ONE is selling well, one salesman I talked to said he sold about the same as the S4...50/50. The longer Moto takes putting something out, more ONES and S4s will sell.

I'm hoping Google goes to HTC for the next Nexus...be prepared for a metal clad beauty!