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Motorola Moto X once again

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Motorola has once again been forced to revise downward the price of its flagship smartphone Moto X. Launched with a mark of $ 650 for the version without contact on the top product Motorola hardware specifications comparable to midrange other manufacturers clearly did not comply with price competition. Manufacturer faced with incomprehension market positioning of your device is attempting to increase the demand for Moto X going to reduce prices, but the desired results have not yet received. Current cost reduction has become one of the most ambitious in the history of the unit, so lost in the base model price hundred dollars and now will cost $ 399. Considerably cheapened version and Developer Edition, which is now both GSM and CDMA in the embodiment will cost $ 449. Let's see how the revision of prices will affect the demand for the flagship Motorola, given the fact that even after a reduction of the cost of Moto X is still much more expensive in terms of interesting hardwar

Motorola is considering launching Moto X sales outside the U.S.

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Motorola has seriously attended to the question of increasing the volume of sales of its flagship smartphone Moto X. Quite a strange decision artificially restrict market this model only manufacturer in North America faced with a completely predictable result - a relatively low volume of sales. One solution to the issue, which is now considering manufacturer, is to expand the geography of sales of this model and the start of the official Moto X supplies to the countries of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. This information in an interview with a representative of the Marketing Department announced the Motorola Marcus Frost. If a positive resolution of this issue will still be accepted, users living outside the U.S. will be able to acquire not only the flagship of the budget modification known as Moto G, but also the company's flagship smartphone.

Cheaper Alternatives to the iPhone

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One of, if not the most popular smartphone today is the iPhone from Apple. There is no denying that its functionality and features give people convenience in terms of communication, business, entertainment, and practically any aspect of everyday life. But how can you experience these perks without a budget? With a price tag of at least $199, not everyone has the luxury of spending as much for a consumer gadget. Well, here's a bit of good news for you: there are a lot of cheaper alternatives to the iPhone that can give you're the same functionality and perks. To give you a heads up (and help you move on from Santa's inability to give you the iPhone last Christmas), below are my top three iPhone alternatives  - for almost half the price! Samsung Galaxy S III On top of the list is the Samsung Galaxy S3. This Android-operated smartphone is closely compared to iPhone because of its S-voice, Google maps, and Touch wiz technologies. Available now for as low as $99.99, th

ComScore: Apple beats Samsung in US, Android top OS

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Just a few days ago ComScore gave some detailed breakdown of the Smartphone users for the three months period between January to April 2013. This trimester period ended in April and this applies only to the US markets where the report gave the details of performance by every manufacturer and the operating systems. From this report, the Apple manufacturer was the one leading on top with 39.2% of the US market and it was followed by the Samsung with 22.0%. Apple actually managed to beat Samsung in the race and emerged as the leading top manufacturer. However, the results did not actually include the sales of the Galaxy S4 which was the majority since it was released later on by the end of April after the coming up of some of these figures for the report. Other manufacturers in the 3 months race average performance As Apple was leading and it was followed closely by Samsung, HTC and Motorola were actually fighting for the third position with a very minor difference between them.

Motorola MT788 - Android smartphone on Intel for the Chinese market

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Motorola and Chinese mobile operator China Mobile introduced a new smartphone - Motorola MT788, running an operating system Android 4.0 and equipped with a 2 GHz processor Intel Atom. In addition, the new product has a slim aluminum housing and is equipped with a 4.3-inch qHD display with a protective glass Corning Gorilla Glass, as well as high 8 megapixel camera with Full HD video recording. Other technical features of Motorola MT788: Support communications standards: 3G TD-SCDMA/HSDPA 1880/2010 MHz; GSM GPRS / EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz Processor: Intel Atom, 2 GHz Platform: Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich (updated to the Jelly Bean) Display: 4.3-inch, Super AMOLED Advanced, resolution qHD (540x960) Main Camera: 8 MP with autofocus and LED backlight, support for Full HD (1080p) video Front camera for video calls Memory: 4 GB internal, microSD slot for memory cards Battery: 1735 mA / h

Apple's nano-SIM proposal draws fire from Motorola, Nokia, RIM

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Giesecke and Devrient's nano-SIM design is fueling quite the standards battle over in Europe, with Apple sitting in one corner, and the troika of Motorola, Nokia and RIM looming in the other. That's according to the Financial Times, which reports today that Cupertino is leading a charge to push its own nano-SIM proposal through Europe's standards body, ETSI, much to the chagrin of its competitors. According to FT's sources, Apple's version of the nano-SIM would call for a "drawer" to protect it, much like the designs already featured in the iPhone and iPad. Though the standard would be available to all manufacturers under license, there's a lingering fear that Apple may eventually own all the patents pertaining to its proposal. Plus, its rivals would have to re-engineer their handsets to meet Apple's proposed design, even though Nokia claims its solution offers "significant technical advantages. ETSI is slated to vote on the proposals n