The logo is the same in all of their old devices.. and the logo looks good and relevant even today.. what a future proof design they made at that time!!
Random bit of trivia, a company named "Williams" that made pinball machines had a very similar logo but it was upside down and made a "W" instead of an "M". It's probably just a coincidence.
Envious... haha again shows your yank arrogance, definitely not envious of the US. Just mentioning the typical thought process of you people thinking you're the center of the universe.
It would be so fun to end calls by snapping a phone shut again. Especially when you are mad because pushing a button just doesn’t satisfy that sensation.
@@eddieyakin7173 - my POINT was that JAPAN has had 5g like Service since 2000's with WiMAX , America is about a Decade behind in Technology, JAPAN got FeLica (mobile pay), LIVE Mobile HDTV, and WiMAX service (high bandwidth) cellular. a Long Time ago. In America we Still don't have 4K LIVE HDTV in most markets, but ATSC 3.0 is Deploying very slowly.
Yep. They made the video solely based on the US market, while there are other countries where Motorola is still pretty successful (like Brazil). Another problem with that video is that they measure success in a very questionable way. For them, it looks like success is having 50%+ of the market share, what isn't true at all. In reality, a company can have, let's say, 3-10% of the market and be considered successful, if it has the ability to hold that share and be profitable. PS: I'm the owner of a Motorola too (it is one of my two phones).
Motorola Will Survive It is a great thing it is able to swim through very difficult situations ! Long way to go no one can mobile industry beat Motorola in Terms In Innovation
I want a phone that looks and works nothing like the last 100 touch screens that came out. They all look the same. Pay 40 bucks or a 1000 no one will notice.
A Q Which brand? Motorola Mobility which is owned by a Chinese company or the Motorola Solutions which is currently killing it by providing government with radio equipments
@@veemacks7255 Why do you think Google has to pay royalties to Oracle for Android. It's because that JAVA based operating system was originally developed at SUN and when Oracle bought Sun, those properties shifted to Oracle; so therefore Larry Ellison and Oracle reaps the rewards. Google should have bought SUN early on.
Motorola is still the top 1 phone brand here in Brazil, believe or not. That was because the huge sucess of Moto G years go and people here like to stick to a brand.
@@alfredoalcantar8691 no, iPhones are just stupid. They're overpriced for the hardware you get and iOS is much more limited than Android. The iPhone used to be innovative but that's far from the case now.
@@carlthefriendlyllama2126 iphone only for bussiness and stupid rich people. With a gamer like me play both console and mobile game, android still a best choice
Uhm... Im not sure what your talking about but I'm using a Motorola phone to type this into this you tube video right now... Motorola is alive and well and in the pockets of millions... So...
Yeah I'm using a Motorola Z3 Play and my wife uses a G6. Awesome phones for a fraction of the price of Apple and Samsung phones that do exactly the same thing.
I stick with a cheap, verylasting cellphone, your not impressed me If your have a iPhone or Galaxy I gone think what a dum ass, you gone impressed me with a 350 Motorola because I have 💯 dollars cellphone or Less. I am already to upgrade..
For many years Motorola best Phones were only available exclusively throughout Verizon leaving millions of consumers without the option but to go with other carriers 🤷🏻♂️
I worked at the big M when they were the only real player in cell phones. They used to drop every 5th phone into a test jig onto hard tile and it had to survive. If something broke, the line was stopped and the problem rectified.
Typing on a Motorola Z3 right now. Amazing phone. Love the attachments. I started out on Motorolas back during the Razr and stayed on through the Droid days. Switched to others (LG, Samsung, etc) in the interim and came back on this phone. I'm not buying another brand in the future. By far the most positive experiences on Motorola.
I missed Motorola, the one phone that last so long, I’ve used one for almost 10 years and the only maintenance I’ve faced was the battery which last for 5 years, I used it until it totally died, it was worth my money and so reliable. I hope that Motorola will rise again, as there are unique Motorola features that have captured users and will stay loyal.
There's 350 million people in America........a little over 150 million people living in Brazil.....america is the number one consumer purchaser in the world so.......
@@Lordmij so, you're saying that America is bigger than the rest of the world? I am not trying to say that the US consumer market isn't important, I'm just saying that Motorola maybe not relevant in US market over the past few years but in other countries they have a good number of best selling smartphones. And the video doesn't tell the whole story.
The problem is they sell in these 'secondary markets' at razor-thin margins... the big bucks are made in the 'premium' markets of North America and Europe.
One downside for Motorola, that is not talked about, is the fact Samsung and other phones were on the shelf as a equal competitor. Motorola phones are not on the shelf at Costco for example.
...I worked at Motorola enterprise networks RF business in 2005-2007 and remember meeting lots of very smart very dedicated RF people; including veteran remnants of the 'old Motorola". I learned so much. I was at a meeting in Schaumberg, Illinois in 2006 and remember this bright gentleman sitting in the front row near me. His name was Greg Brown and turned out he was going to be the new CEO! Motorola was having market struggles at that time and he went to the podium and talked about the future - splitting up Motorola whereby the new Motorola Solutions would go back to core business of providing mission critical voice and data solutions; and the Razor to Motorola Mobility. He said it was going to be "painful" but something that was needed to survive and get back to basics.. I was so impressed because he was honest.. I was a little over my head because RF and spectrum is very complex - so I departed and went back to the utility business. It was a great experience. Thank you Moto.
the issue with sales is no advertisement other then RUclips. IPhone commercials are every other commercial on T.V. And the new cool folding screen from Motorola came out when?
yeah but there are a few aspects of them that really don't help. for instance (and I am sorry to say so), their famous customisability was an awful concept from the standpoint of making profit for the company. the weird fact that the volume buttons don't control the volume just like that but open up a threesome of onscreen volume sliders that make it necessary to pull the device out of your pocket, to take a good look at the screen, and to position your finger somewhere in order to finally adjust sound output by sliding vertically, that is a terrible thing whenever you are suddenly forced to silence a far-too-loud ringer during a meeting or in the dead of night.. the fact that these devices will simply refuse to charge the battery at any acceptable speed if you use any quick-charge brick that is not a Motorola-branded one (a quirk that Huawei devices suffer from in a similar fashion by the way), the fact that the newer version of a device has less good specs than the smartphone they released the year before, ...all kinds of things like this absolutely don't help the brand, people remember this kind of shortcoming and it affects their choice for their next smartphone purchase in a negative way
@@harrickvharrick3957 I have a Moto 6 Plus and you can't even hear the person on the other end. Silly me, I thought it was supposed to be a telephone and not a mini tablet.
@@dextermorgan69 Yeah, but that likely wasn't so from day one but in fact is a defect that has occurred during usage. I have the same thing with one of my Samsung devices, but it has started after the phone got wet one day and I didn't let it dry sufficiently before starting to use it again. So it in fact is an indirect result of missing water proofing.
Amen! I remember back in 1990 I was living in San Diego when I saw the first Star-Tac in a glass case. The phone was $1999 and did NOT come with a cell plan you to purchase that separately from US West in the neighborhood of $200-$300 per month and it was selling fast.
@@vengefulavenger1510 i had one (with 2 GB of ram) it last me for 3 years and half, Android 9 with lineage os, it was not so good as Moto g1 when launched but not so bad either Edit: I changed it mostly for the battery.
Nothing happened to Motorola, they're just fine. Apple has cut it's way into the market and somehow convinced millions of people that their products are actually relevant and worth their price (which, sorry to tell you, they aren't either of those things) and Samsung was the one to step up and be their main check. Motorola still releases really good phones on a regular basis, there just happens to be more competition than when they started.
I completely agree with everything you said! I used Motorola's Budget Devices (E-Series and G-Series). I love those devices. Battery Life is what I love the most.
Good is subjective, Apples phones are plenty good and worth the price, as do Samsungs phones, Googles Pixels, and others. Just cause it is not worth it to you does not mean it is not good.
Heroe / that is clearly not objective. But a highly biased opinion. Fact: they are expensive. Not Fact: they are not worth it. Ofc you can get better value for less. But worth it? That depends on the person. You cant just be like hurr Durr, apples expensive, you're stupid for buying them. Yeah supercars are expensive and you can get much better value with even half the price of one. But that doesn't mean it's not worth it to someone.
@@heroe1486 The Apple brand will eventually struggle , smart phones are like a belly button, everybody has one but it isn't anything special. Then, what can Apple do when the other similar brands are less expensive? Android does what I need, so I don't spend more
I'm still rocking a Motorola. My first two phone's were Startac's . To my current phone being Moto G7. Never owned a Razr due to it not being on my carrier. And just like the iPhone, I wasn't willing to switch carrier's to get one at the time.
@@pulastochoudhury5319 s bro Motorola means quality durability same me and my friend bought some time mobile I bought Motorola one power and he got Asus ZenFone Max pro m2 now that mobile broken and also facing lag but my device Motorola rocks 💪❤️
The only thing that could really save Motorola is that the US government requires all cellphones sold in the USA be "unlocked." That means the cellphone user can choose whatever model cellphone they want regardless of carrier.
I have the Motorola G7+. It's an outstanding phone at a sensible price. For me it replaced a Samsung tablet, an Apple iphone and a desktop computer. I'm running it with 256gb expandable storage. We'll see if the next generation is just as good.
Great video. One thing you forgot to mention is that Motorola was actually very important in the birth of personal computers, as it produced the CPUs of some of them. In fact, the processor in the first Apple Macintosh was from Motorola. Funny how Apple ended up indirectly crashing Motorola some 25-30 years later.
My first introduction to cell phones was Motorola MicroTAC in 1990...used it a good deal at work on AT&T network; have been AT&T customer last thirty years, and I have had the pleasure of seeing the cellular phone system regularly increase in usability and reliability.
I just purchased the G7 Power my first Motorola since 2005 I'm just tired of Samsung and I'm not paying $1000 for a phone so I'm very happy and feel great about giving Moto a chance so far I love the phone . Hello Moto.
Watching on a G7 power rn. The speaker could use some love but it's still a 5/5 especially for the chop for flashlight and twist for camera functions, I use them all the time.
I never had a Motorola phone or any cell-phone, but I did have a Motorola walkie-talkie & car-radio! As a N.Y. State Peace officer, I can say that this brand was the most reliable of any kind that I had in my 27 year career! For whatever reason, our dept. switched brands a number of times, but they never lasted as long as the Motorola ones! I always say "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
it is 2022 and i still bought a motorola smartphone because i love the way they cameback in the mobility world and makes me motivated so i chose the company.
Yup for Christmas I got the pink limited addition one in middle school everyone thought I was "rich" na I was just spoiled by a father that worked 100 hours a week to spoil me
I was going to say, I can remember pulling my razr out back then and people would always say “that a nice phone, must cost a fortune.” No $100.00 with a contract. Those were the days.
Good one CNBC. Motorola still makes great phones. They have introduced tech in the last few years that most of the other brands of phones are now using. In fact, I currently use a modern Motorola phone. Also, I do not work for them and are not being paid to say this. Just here to let people know that just because the media says it does not mean it is true.
Why so many telling that lenovo destroyed Motorola. Motorola wasn't managed correctly by Google. As a result it became bad luck for Google so they sold it to lenovo
@@Boxhead42 lets be honest the pixels are just a half hearted effort. i mean once even microsoft tried their hands on this and we all know what happened
What this piece doesn't make clear is that when Google bought Motorola they also bought around 2500 patents. They sold it 18 months later with 250 patents retaining the rest. For Google, it was never about owning or growing the business, it was only ever a way to get the technology. Since Lenovo took over they have failed to market it at all relying only on social media where they are only able to penetrate existing customers/fans. I've used Moto Zs for the last 4 years and every single person I've shown the mods to has been blown away - and that includes sales assistants in the Apple store! Mods are now coming towards the end of their life (Z4 is only available in the US) but even a modest advertising budget would have reaped dividends earlier in their cycle. Aside from the demise in the face of the rise of Apple, in my opinion there has been massive mismanagement on the part of Lenovo which has been instrumental in their continued decline.
What is not mentioned that Motorola burned some bridges. I worked in a repair shop for a major electronics retailer. Many brands along with Motorola were sold and supported by my company. Motorola wanted my company to display the Motorola M "bat wings" on the street front of the shops in 1999. My company said no to that as there was no room to put up the 18 or so major brands we supported in front. My shop was in a brick building with no windows except the door. A small awning that the landlord put up with our business name only. They gave shoddy support with us for the remainder of the contract. I repaired their cellphone and business band radio products. They were so proud of the bat wings that these were enlarged for video pickup on the headsets of the coaches along the sidelines at the televised sporting events. They did not pay for advertising for this.
I worked in the cellphone biz from 1998-2004. Motorola not only built good products. They serviced them well too. I wish Motorola success in the future. Personally I prefer when Ericsson and Nokia built not only good phones, but all the switches and infrastructure equipment. Now companies from China like Huawei will just help China in it's covert world domination.
I drop my moto several times and it doesn't crack like an iPhone and that's without the case. The durability and affordability is wonderful. I hope they don't phase out.
I remember back in the 90's when Motorola came out with the STAR TAC and then MICRO TAC with GSM capability. Motorola phones then were competing against Siemens, Nokia, Ericsson, Alcatel but Nokia had them all beat out. I moved to the US in the early 2000's and I couldn't believe that they have not heard of GSM before. GSM in Europe and in Asia was already up and running in the mid-90's.
I loved my Razr, probably the most of all my phones. Started getting into video calls and games, but the OS died off so was not transferable to Android. Hope to see the Razr do well!
The moon landing transmission was received and rebroadcast from Australia, which is on the other side of the international date line from the United states. So both time stamps are correct, from a certain point of view.
Haven't completed watching the story yet, but imho they make better hardware than software--I never cared for their OS/UI compared to Samsung and Siemens phones of the RZR era. Once Apple launched the iPhone, t'was the beginning of the end for Motorola. Gotta give Google some major credit for coming up with a feasible alternative to iOS in Android. In doing so, Google basically leapfrogged not only Motorola, but Nokia and every other pre-smartphone no one even remembers now, including the Palm Treo, which I believe would have been the gold standard of smart phones if they would have come out with the 320x480 screen utilizing a virtual keyboard instead of staying with the BlackBerry style hard keyboard. Apple's real innovation was the App Store and downloading apps wirelessly without the Palm Hotsync cradle. Great story!
I remember working for Motorola in the late 90's in the Cellular Division. Their manufacturing facilities is one of the best I've seen and it's huge. Their manufacturing process was impressive, they use robotics technology to place & solder the tiny chips onto the PCB board with great accuracy. Remember this was in the 90's. The same time we started developing the prototype of IRIDIUM phone using low orbit satellite to transmit/receive signal. This means no dead zone even if you are in the remotest part of the world unlike the cell tower technology that smartphone provider uses today. I thought it was the technology of the future but did not hit the market and was shocked after a couple of years they started laying off people. I had a lot of memories back then. They were good employers when the original founder of the company was running it. They really care for their employees, excellent health benefits, they provide ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), 401K, etc. It's hard to find this kind of companies nowadays who care for their people. Most companies today are run by Oligarchs. Every year during thanksgiving, they give every employee a big whole turkey to take home for their family. Motorola is the true American company when it was being run by the original founder..........it's so sadddd!!! to see them slowly going down. I hope they're not. They are the symbol of American technological prowess during those years.
I have a Motorola G7 Power. Best phone I ever owned. The charge last 2 days. I'm not paying an arm and a leg for an Apple phone. Motorola is still the King to me.
I had my Moto G4 for 3 years. It converted me to Motorola phones. I now have had the Moto z play for almost 2 years and love it. It's the best phone for retro gaming with the battery life and the game pad mod imo.
The logo is the same in all of their old devices.. and the logo looks good and relevant even today.. what a future proof design they made at that time!!
Is that a joke the logo is nice but their old phones do not look good at all.
@@BigBladeFan Compréhension is very important.
Random bit of trivia, a company named "Williams" that made pinball machines had a very similar logo but it was upside down and made a "W" instead of an "M". It's probably just a coincidence.
@@StewartLucrative It's funny cuz when you flip open Motorola RAZRs and look at it from behind, it's actually made a "W" lmao
@@unboxmuseumm It took you years to subscribe to that concept. Did it give you a headache?
What happened to Motorola in America? Would've been a more appropriate title.
Except Canada, typical Yankee comment lol
@@greenfinger8690 "Except Canada, typical Yankee comment lol"
Typical envious Canadian comment lol
Envious... haha again shows your yank arrogance, definitely not envious of the US. Just mentioning the typical thought process of you people thinking you're the center of the universe.
@LAFOLLETTER agreed!
@@greenfinger8690 wait you saying it's dead in Canada or not?
It would be so fun to end calls by snapping a phone shut again. Especially when you are mad because pushing a button just doesn’t satisfy that sensation.
it's like slamming a door vs shutting it gently
you can snap the new samsung
Your wish came true
The problem is they made a phone that actually lasted. So you didn't need to upgrade every 3 months.
The hardware is top but software support is flop
cpt - NOPE, problem is not supporting the Newest Signaling LTE, 5g for example.
Japan has had WiMAX for over a Decade.
Mark Plott iPhone 11 pro and Samsung S10 both don’t support 5g, so I don’t understand your point.
cpt - Motorola was fine when it was still AMPS, but once GSM and PCS came on the Market Motorola started to Decline.
@@eddieyakin7173 - my POINT was that JAPAN has had 5g like Service since 2000's with WiMAX , America is about a Decade behind in Technology, JAPAN got FeLica (mobile pay), LIVE Mobile HDTV, and WiMAX service (high bandwidth) cellular. a Long Time ago.
In America we Still don't have 4K LIVE HDTV in most markets, but ATSC 3.0 is Deploying very slowly.
My first cell was a Motorola flip had that thing for 5 yrs. Never had to upgrade, what a Great phone!!
Motorola means quality and durability ❤️💪
Impossible
I have had my iPhone 7 for nearly 5 years now and it’s still super.
here in Brazil almost everyone has a motorola. Myself included.
Yep. They made the video solely based on the US market, while there are other countries where Motorola is still pretty successful (like Brazil). Another problem with that video is that they measure success in a very questionable way. For them, it looks like success is having 50%+ of the market share, what isn't true at all. In reality, a company can have, let's say, 3-10% of the market and be considered successful, if it has the ability to hold that share and be profitable.
PS: I'm the owner of a Motorola too (it is one of my two phones).
in the US i dont know a single person
Moto boun!
The best marketing is word to word, I am introduce people to buy a a Motorola. .
@@guilhermecaeirodemattos CNBC is an American company of course it'll be based on the US. So is Motorola, Google, and Apple.
I wanna see the brand survive.
Me too
Motorola Will Survive It is a great thing it is able to swim through very difficult situations ! Long way to go no one can mobile industry beat Motorola in Terms In Innovation
I want a phone that looks and works nothing like the last 100 touch screens that came out. They all look the same. Pay 40 bucks or a 1000 no one will notice.
#Metoo😁
A Q Which brand? Motorola Mobility which is owned by a Chinese company or the Motorola Solutions which is currently killing it by providing government with radio equipments
me watching this through a motorola phone: 🧐🧐
Me too
Me too
Same
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8:10 "Google was the birthplace of Android"
Except it wasn't. Android Inc was the birthplace of Android, which Google later acquired.
Bro when i click the time thing i got a google pixel phone ad 😂
Actually Sun Microsystems was the birthplace of Android
Android was probably the best company Google ever acquired!!
@@AlisoViejoMan Where do you see the connection to Sun?
@@veemacks7255 Why do you think Google has to pay royalties to Oracle for Android. It's because that JAVA based operating system was originally developed at SUN and when Oracle bought Sun, those properties shifted to Oracle; so therefore Larry Ellison and Oracle reaps the rewards. Google should have bought SUN early on.
I used to love their ringtone, "hello, Motto"
Love it
Motorola is still the top 1 phone brand here in Brazil, believe or not. That was because the huge sucess of Moto G years go and people here like to stick to a brand.
I'm in the US and I love the Moto G series. It's always been a great budget oriented series that feels premium.
ViniZan San yes iPhone is just for the rich
@@alfredoalcantar8691 no, iPhones are just stupid. They're overpriced for the hardware you get and iOS is much more limited than Android. The iPhone used to be innovative but that's far from the case now.
@@carlthefriendlyllama2126 iphone only for bussiness and stupid rich people. With a gamer like me play both console and mobile game, android still a best choice
It's actually second. Samsung is the number one.
Want to see Motorola?
Just go to Brazil
CRAP
Back in the day Motorola made their base stations there. Maybe that explains the loyalty.
Hello Moto
Funky tones start playing
Random images show up
Ni hao....... from chinese master of Moto....
Uhm... Im not sure what your talking about but I'm using a Motorola phone to type this into this you tube video right now... Motorola is alive and well and in the pockets of millions... So...
Millions make a minority when the market is in the billions.
Yeah I'm using a Motorola Z3 Play and my wife uses a G6. Awesome phones for a fraction of the price of Apple and Samsung phones that do exactly the same thing.
I stick with a cheap, verylasting cellphone, your not impressed me If your have a iPhone or Galaxy I gone think what a dum ass, you gone impressed me with a 350 Motorola because I have 💯 dollars cellphone or Less. I am already to upgrade..
@@nenezaze3252 pay for your education first
@@ktbmk Y luego...? What kind education you talking about kid..?
I love Moto phones it's just they sell midrange phones at high-end prices. Can't go wrong with their low-end phones like the G series though.
Got my Z4 for 120ish at BB.
My Z3 Play was definitely not priced at the high end. But is an awesome phone that I love.
You mean high end phones at mid range prices?
Unlocked and compatible with all US carriers, reliable, great support, no gimmicks, and reasonably priced. What's not to like?
For many years Motorola best Phones were only available exclusively throughout Verizon leaving millions of consumers without the option but to go with other carriers 🤷🏻♂️
I had a Motorola Moto X and damn it was a flagship killer when it came out. One of the best phones I have own.
I liked the Motorola Rocker. Basically a slide phone that was built for Music
True that. It was really impressive!
I had Moto X Pure. Based on my experience I'll never get Motorola again.
Watching on a moto g6 play.
smh motorola isn't dead, they make excellent budget phones.
Moto g4 play here.
Moto one hyper here
Moto g7 here
iPhone X here
@@SG-mu4ih ok
In my home country (Bosnia) the word for a handheld radio is “motorola”
And the word for any suv is jeep
Ivan Buraz exactly
In my country, word for photocopy machines is xerox
Interesting.
Ajmo bosna
Motorola was and is one of the toughest phones in the market...
Proud to be a Motorola fan though the company is declining
I worked at the big M when they were the only real player in cell phones. They used to drop every 5th phone into a test jig onto hard tile and it had to survive. If something broke, the line was stopped and the problem rectified.
Typing on a Motorola Z3 right now. Amazing phone. Love the attachments. I started out on Motorolas back during the Razr and stayed on through the Droid days. Switched to others (LG, Samsung, etc) in the interim and came back on this phone. I'm not buying another brand in the future. By far the most positive experiences on Motorola.
Despite lack of phone sales, I appreciate Moto's innovation over the years
I just got one and impressed with the speaker, speed, and camera/video. I got the Moto G Stylus.
“One small step for man, one great leap for Motorola”
They uploaded the edited space audio he actually says “one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”
This episode of *CNBC* was brought to by:
*Motorola:* "You know you want to flip it and touch it. What are you waiting for?!"
Phones were better when companies like Motorala and Nokia were at a top.
Well, you’re right. Couldn't agree more. Longevity was a factor with these phone brands.
Masrur Khan not to be naïve, but nothin beats latest smartphones like Samsungs and IPhones, they are revolutionary
@@NathanAlderGigaBITNate ikr he thinks of just hardware what about softwares
@Heather Larson Correct.
found the old person "things were better back in my day..."
My Motorola G6 phone works great. I've always had good luck with Nokia and Motorola phones.
I missed Motorola, the one phone that last so long, I’ve used one for almost 10 years and the only maintenance I’ve faced was the battery which last for 5 years, I used it until it totally died, it was worth my money and so reliable. I hope that Motorola will rise again, as there are unique Motorola features that have captured users and will stay loyal.
You can still buy them. I just got a Moto G Stylus and it's really good.
Well, the US isn't the whole world. Motorola smartphones sells really well in Brazil and other countries.
There's 350 million people in America........a little over 150 million people living in Brazil.....america is the number one consumer purchaser in the world so.......
@@Lordmij so, you're saying that America is bigger than the rest of the world? I am not trying to say that the US consumer market isn't important, I'm just saying that Motorola maybe not relevant in US market over the past few years but in other countries they have a good number of best selling smartphones. And the video doesn't tell the whole story.
@@chrisbergamo just saying it's the biggest consumer in the world
@@Lordmij just saying it isn't bigger than the rest of the world.
The problem is they sell in these 'secondary markets' at razor-thin margins... the big bucks are made in the 'premium' markets of North America and Europe.
One downside for Motorola, that is not talked about, is the fact Samsung and other phones were on the shelf as a equal competitor. Motorola phones are not on the shelf at Costco for example.
Because they are paying enough for advertising, & heard by word to word. I only gone buy Motorola now on I have been buying for two years
Same like Sony phones or Sony Ericsson phones. Remember the P-Series?
...I worked at Motorola enterprise networks RF business in 2005-2007 and remember meeting lots of very smart very dedicated RF people; including veteran remnants of the 'old Motorola". I learned so much. I was at a meeting in Schaumberg, Illinois in 2006 and remember this bright gentleman sitting in the front row near me. His name was Greg Brown and turned out he was going to be the new CEO! Motorola was having market struggles at that time and he went to the podium and talked about the future - splitting up Motorola whereby the new Motorola Solutions would go back to core business of providing mission critical voice and data solutions; and the Razor to Motorola Mobility. He said it was going to be "painful" but something that was needed to survive and get back to basics.. I was so impressed because he was honest.. I was a little over my head because RF and spectrum is very complex - so I departed and went back to the utility business. It was a great experience. Thank you Moto.
the issue with sales is no advertisement other then RUclips. IPhone commercials are every other commercial on T.V. And the new cool folding screen from Motorola came out when?
Apple is very good at marketing their products and made everyone believe it's the most advance thing in the world. Which not true.
Motorola mobile is still in full vigor. The G family devices are good, well-priced and reliable unlocked devices.
yeah but there are a few aspects of them that really don't help. for instance (and I am sorry to say so), their famous customisability was an awful concept from the standpoint of making profit for the company. the weird fact that the volume buttons don't control the volume just like that but open up a threesome of onscreen volume sliders that make it necessary to pull the device out of your pocket, to take a good look at the screen, and to position your finger somewhere in order to finally adjust sound output by sliding vertically, that is a terrible thing whenever you are suddenly forced to silence a far-too-loud ringer during a meeting or in the dead of night.. the fact that these devices will simply refuse to charge the battery at any acceptable speed if you use any quick-charge brick that is not a Motorola-branded one (a quirk that Huawei devices suffer from in a similar fashion by the way), the fact that the newer version of a device has less good specs than the smartphone they released the year before, ...all kinds of things like this absolutely don't help the brand, people remember this kind of shortcoming and it affects their choice for their next smartphone purchase in a negative way
@@harrickvharrick3957 I have a g6, and I don't have any of those problems.
@@harrickvharrick3957 I have a Moto 6 Plus and you can't even hear the person on the other end. Silly me, I thought it was supposed to be a telephone and not a mini tablet.
@@dextermorgan69 Yeah, but that likely wasn't so from day one but in fact is a defect that has occurred during usage. I have the same thing with one of my Samsung devices, but it has started after the phone got wet one day and I didn't let it dry sufficiently before starting to use it again. So it in fact is an indirect result of missing water proofing.
Surprised you didn't mention Motorola's StarTac. It was more exciting when it came out than the Razer.
And it's reception still better than any of the new digital phones.
Yeah I couldn't believe they missed that one.
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. It was the first flip phone I remember and all the celebrities were touting it. I still have mine.
I used it as a toy spaceship when I was a kid. Really cool at the time.
Amen! I remember back in 1990 I was living in San Diego when I saw the first Star-Tac in a glass case. The phone was $1999 and did NOT come with a cell plan you to purchase that separately from US West in the neighborhood of $200-$300 per month and it was selling fast.
2060:
CNBC: The fall of CNBC
2025*😂
I remember only one memorable thing with Motorola: Splinter Cell😂😂😂 love that game
I still got that game
Damn....
Nostalgia download time...
I had a Motorola prepaid smartphone on boost Mobile it wasn't the best but it was functional fast enough and cheap and it was it was very durable
the moto g was a great idea, a cheap smartphone with great capabilites.
i just love the essence of the brand. have been a moto user for 2 decades im just waiting fir resurgence
Watching this on a Moto G5...
I had one
The moto g 3 was the worst phone i ever bought. No ram, no storage, no battery life, crashed all the time.
@@vengefulavenger1510 i had one (with 2 GB of ram) it last me for 3 years and half, Android 9 with lineage os, it was not so good as Moto g1 when launched but not so bad either
Edit: I changed it mostly for the battery.
Nothing happened to Motorola, they're just fine. Apple has cut it's way into the market and somehow convinced millions of people that their products are actually relevant and worth their price (which, sorry to tell you, they aren't either of those things) and Samsung was the one to step up and be their main check. Motorola still releases really good phones on a regular basis, there just happens to be more competition than when they started.
I completely agree with everything you said! I used Motorola's Budget Devices (E-Series and G-Series). I love those devices. Battery Life is what I love the most.
Good is subjective, Apples phones are plenty good and worth the price, as do Samsungs phones, Googles Pixels, and others. Just cause it is not worth it to you does not mean it is not good.
@@THEFIRE360 apple smartphone used to be good, today they're no longer worth it cause you can get better for less money, and it's objective facts
Heroe / that is clearly not objective. But a highly biased opinion. Fact: they are expensive. Not Fact: they are not worth it. Ofc you can get better value for less. But worth it? That depends on the person. You cant just be like hurr Durr, apples expensive, you're stupid for buying them. Yeah supercars are expensive and you can get much better value with even half the price of one. But that doesn't mean it's not worth it to someone.
@@heroe1486 The Apple brand will eventually struggle , smart phones are like a belly button, everybody has one but it isn't anything special. Then, what can Apple do when the other similar brands are less expensive? Android does what I need, so I don't spend more
I on a Motorola right now.very good phone, sturdy and tough.thats all I want from now on.
Motox4 here
Yung Gesus dropped it plenty of times no cracked screen still going strong.
@@oohweeoohwee9222 same, dropped my G7 power, rolled under a car and is still like new
I'm using dial up internet on my 2000 netbook
My Motorola came under the train and still running
I'm still rocking a Motorola. My first two phone's were Startac's . To my current phone being Moto G7. Never owned a Razr due to it not being on my carrier. And just like the iPhone, I wasn't willing to switch carrier's to get one at the time.
Motorola world's most ancient brand , I'm watching with my Motorola one power ❤️✨ #hellomoto
My phone is also moto one power. One year after my friends phone got slower, or facing some kind if issue,but moto is still working fine.
@@pulastochoudhury5319 s bro Motorola means quality durability same me and my friend bought some time mobile I bought Motorola one power and he got Asus ZenFone Max pro m2 now that mobile broken and also facing lag but my device Motorola rocks 💪❤️
Couldn’t afford razor back then and also can't afford now.
It is not "raizor/razor" is RAZR
/rrei-tzer/
@@cellpamend nobody cares
The only thing that could really save Motorola is that the US government requires all cellphones sold in the USA be "unlocked." That means the cellphone user can choose whatever model cellphone they want regardless of carrier.
When you are first, doesn't means you'll thrive in the business forever.
Google didn't get less when they sold motorola, they got most of their patents
well let face it.. they do nothing...
I have the Motorola G7+. It's an outstanding phone at a sensible price. For me it replaced a Samsung tablet, an Apple iphone and a desktop computer. I'm running it with 256gb expandable storage. We'll see if the next generation is just as good.
They were sitting under the tree when Apple fell on top of them.
Well played 👏
That deserved way more thumbs up
Watching this from my Motorola edge 5G which has been working flawlessly for the past three years
Motorola is like a Phoenix rising from the ashes!💯 Hello Moto 😉
Great video. One thing you forgot to mention is that Motorola was actually very important in the birth of personal computers, as it produced the CPUs of some of them. In fact, the processor in the first Apple Macintosh was from Motorola. Funny how Apple ended up indirectly crashing Motorola some 25-30 years later.
I had a Razr back when I was finishing high school. Was probably my favourite cell
I have a Motorola cellphone it's 5 years old and still going
My iPhone is 7 years still going perfect
@@jordansmith3597 but that is expected because it is a flagship device. People have to learn the Apple is not the best.
I love my MOTO phone . Big bang for bucks .
My first introduction to cell phones was Motorola MicroTAC in 1990...used it a good deal at work on AT&T network; have been AT&T customer last thirty years, and I have had the pleasure of seeing the cellular phone system regularly increase in usability and reliability.
I just purchased the G7 Power my first Motorola since 2005 I'm just tired of Samsung and I'm not paying $1000 for a phone so I'm very happy and feel great about giving Moto a chance so far I love the phone . Hello Moto.
The Moto G7 Power is amazing, and the near stock feel of the Moto brand is what makes it even better
Got one myself, battery last friggin forever. For a under 300$ you can't beat it
@@johnrossi2516 bought one secondhanded for 130 and it's better than 2 of my last phones even compared when they were new (galaxy s5 then iphone 6)
Watching on a G7 power rn. The speaker could use some love but it's still a 5/5 especially for the chop for flashlight and twist for camera functions, I use them all the time.
I never had a Motorola phone or any cell-phone, but I did have a Motorola walkie-talkie & car-radio! As a N.Y. State Peace officer, I can say that this brand was the most reliable of any kind that I had in my 27 year career! For whatever reason, our dept. switched brands a number of times, but they never lasted as long as the Motorola ones! I always say "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
I love my moto E5 dropped this thing so many times and still no cracks or scratches
Watching on Motorola mobile 😉😊
Bish I'm watching this on a Motorola and it's one of the more reliable phones I've had
No one said they weren't good phones just that the brand is struggling.
That sounds disappointing
Broke🤤
Same. Switched from iPhone and never went back (and never going to). It's a great cheap smartphone, plain and simple.
Moto Z4 here.
it is 2022 and i still bought a motorola smartphone because i love the way they cameback in the mobility world and makes me motivated so i chose the company.
The Motorola Razar Was the iPhone of the mid 2000’s Until the iPhone they killed them.
Yup for Christmas I got the pink limited addition one in middle school everyone thought I was "rich" na I was just spoiled by a father that worked 100 hours a week to spoil me
I had such phone back in 2007...It was very cool ...I have another Motorola now but it ain't the same...the best phones now are Samsung and Huawei
Razr II?
I was going to say, I can remember pulling my razr out back then and people would always say “that a nice phone, must cost a fortune.” No $100.00 with a contract. Those were the days.
Good one CNBC. Motorola still makes great phones. They have introduced tech in the last few years that most of the other brands of phones are now using. In fact, I currently use a modern Motorola phone. Also, I do not work for them and are not being paid to say this. Just here to let people know that just because the media says it does not mean it is true.
7:55 HTC: Don't mind me, just losing marketshare faster than other companies
That's a shame, HTC has nice phones.
Why so many telling that lenovo destroyed Motorola. Motorola wasn't managed correctly by Google. As a result it became bad luck for Google so they sold it to lenovo
nah google just wanted patents they didnt care about handsets. they basically sucked out the blood
Because it's owned by China. You can't trust them now.
@@ktolwal "They didn't care about handsets"......So explain the pixel series?
BoxHead 42 you mean the deeply flawed Pixel?
@@Boxhead42 lets be honest the pixels are just a half hearted effort. i mean once even microsoft tried their hands on this and we all know what happened
What this piece doesn't make clear is that when Google bought Motorola they also bought around 2500 patents. They sold it 18 months later with 250 patents retaining the rest. For Google, it was never about owning or growing the business, it was only ever a way to get the technology.
Since Lenovo took over they have failed to market it at all relying only on social media where they are only able to penetrate existing customers/fans.
I've used Moto Zs for the last 4 years and every single person I've shown the mods to has been blown away - and that includes sales assistants in the Apple store!
Mods are now coming towards the end of their life (Z4 is only available in the US) but even a modest advertising budget would have reaped dividends earlier in their cycle. Aside from the demise in the face of the rise of Apple, in my opinion there has been massive mismanagement on the part of Lenovo which has been instrumental in their continued decline.
I still ride with Motorola in 2019! I'm still rockin my Moto Z Force 2 and I still love it!!! Got my eye on the Z 4 for my next phone tho.
What is not mentioned that Motorola burned some bridges. I worked in a repair shop for a major electronics retailer. Many brands along with Motorola were sold and supported by my company. Motorola wanted my company to display the Motorola M "bat wings" on the street front of the shops in 1999. My company said no to that as there was no room to put up the 18 or so major brands we supported in front. My shop was in a brick building with no windows except the door. A small awning that the landlord put up with our business name only. They gave shoddy support with us for the remainder of the contract. I repaired their cellphone and business band radio products. They were so proud of the bat wings that these were enlarged for video pickup on the headsets of the coaches along the sidelines at the televised sporting events. They did not pay for advertising for this.
I just purchased a Motorola smart phone. I love it. It's a steal of a deal for me as a consumer.
If the razor is still for sale, I'll get one. My iPhones are useless once the IOS needs an upgrade.
Just get the Z flip over the razer 2020. Legitimately better in any way
Yeah they are 1,500 dollars..
I had Galaxy, LG, Blackberry & I Stick for the battery with Motorola it last for ever I travel a lot, so is the best phone for me..
I own a moto phone, and it pretty good quality and economical.
I had a Razor for 10 years! Great phone, now use G5 plus. Want to see it survive.
I worked in the cellphone biz from 1998-2004. Motorola not only built good products. They serviced them well too. I wish Motorola success in the future. Personally I prefer when Ericsson and Nokia built not only good phones, but all the switches and infrastructure equipment. Now companies from China like Huawei will just help China in it's covert world domination.
I love how it is now called a ‘foldable’ phone. It’s a flip phone!!
I drop my moto several times and it doesn't crack like an iPhone and that's without the case. The durability and affordability is wonderful. I hope they don't phase out.
Same here 👍
It so reliable compared to other fancy brands
New premium phones don’t crack, either. Watch some drop tests on iPhone 11 Pro
Same. IPhone is garbage when it comes with durability. Absolute trash. I’ve had to change my iPad screen 3 times in this year alone.
They made great TVs in the 1950’s and 60’s. I have a good few.
AL TV collector Motorola had tv called quasar until Motorola sold off quasar to Matsushita electric
I remember back in the 90's when Motorola came out with the STAR TAC and then MICRO TAC with GSM capability. Motorola phones then were competing against Siemens, Nokia, Ericsson, Alcatel but Nokia had them all beat out. I moved to the US in the early 2000's and I couldn't believe that they have not heard of GSM before. GSM in Europe and in Asia was already up and running in the mid-90's.
I can see Motorola coming back I just feel like it will take time and a lot of work!! 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓👍👍👍👍👍🤓🤓👍👍👍👍
I loved my Razr, probably the most of all my phones. Started getting into video calls and games, but the OS died off so was not transferable to Android. Hope to see the Razr do well!
I have never met or seen anyone with a google phone.
Shspurs1 go to google headquarters. Any location, in any country. Bet they all carry a dumb google phone
like motorola , i would love to see also sony with their old sony-ericcson walkman, to do a flagship and innovative smartphone
I swear the moon landing was on July 20, 1969 but on that video it says July 21, 1969
Great catch. The moon landing was July 20, 1969 so the video is wrong.
The moon landing transmission was received and rebroadcast from Australia, which is on the other side of the international date line from the United states. So both time stamps are correct, from a certain point of view.
Boyfriend: (Takes out his new Motorola Flip phone)
Girlfriend: I want to break up!
I still use a motorola smart phone. Best phone I've ever had. I'd never be caught dead with an apple phone or any apple product.
The new razr 2024 plus is dope AF.
Meanwhile, Samsung is quietly eating into Apple's market share
And Huawei are quietly eating into both Samsung and Apples market share.
@@Puzzoozoo
😂 facts
Huawei and Samsung are already above Apple, this video just show America's market share
Haven't completed watching the story yet, but imho they make better hardware than software--I never cared for their OS/UI compared to Samsung and Siemens phones of the RZR era. Once Apple launched the iPhone, t'was the beginning of the end for Motorola. Gotta give Google some major credit for coming up with a feasible alternative to iOS in Android. In doing so, Google basically leapfrogged not only Motorola, but Nokia and every other pre-smartphone no one even remembers now, including the Palm Treo, which I believe would have been the gold standard of smart phones if they would have come out with the 320x480 screen utilizing a virtual keyboard instead of staying with the BlackBerry style hard keyboard. Apple's real innovation was the App Store and downloading apps wirelessly without the Palm Hotsync cradle. Great story!
Anyone here on a Motorola?
I am I have a Motorola g7 power..it's a great phone for $400
Moto X4
@@troywoods9523 I got it on sale for $300. Great phone for the price
I bought mine is Canada. So that's about the same price. Great phone for the price
Motorola one action
I remember someone told me 20 years ago "you're still using Startec? you should change phone."
Releasing the foldable Android phone might impress the consumers, but won't Samsung and IPhone compete by making their own version later?
I certainly hope so. Competition is the only way to get these greedy corporations to innovate.
samsung already made their version but it failed so chances are apple won’t make one until the tech is ready
There is an entire song named after Motorola here in the UK. Still entrenched in popular culture.
The world was more fun when I had a Motorola Razr. I’ll be gifting myself one for 2020! Goodbye iPhone!
ckom0007 me too done with iPhone
Alfredo Alcantar
My iPhone’s last act will be to stream video from the business end of an industrial wood chipper!
I remember working for Motorola in the late 90's in the Cellular Division. Their manufacturing facilities is one of the best I've seen and it's huge. Their manufacturing process was impressive, they use robotics technology to place & solder the tiny chips onto the PCB board with great accuracy. Remember this was in the 90's. The same time we started developing the prototype of IRIDIUM phone using low orbit satellite to transmit/receive signal. This means no dead zone even if you are in the remotest part of the world unlike the cell tower technology that smartphone provider uses today. I thought it was the technology of the future but did not hit the market and was shocked after a couple of years they started laying off people. I had a lot of memories back then. They were good employers when the original founder of the company was running it. They really care for their employees, excellent health benefits, they provide ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), 401K, etc. It's hard to find this kind of companies nowadays who care for their people. Most companies today are run by Oligarchs. Every year during thanksgiving, they give every employee a big whole turkey to take home for their family. Motorola is the true American company when it was being run by the original founder..........it's so sadddd!!! to see them slowly going down. I hope they're not. They are the symbol of American technological prowess during those years.
Dude I'm watching this on a Motorola phone, they just need the right marketing
Marketing? Who takes care about chinese smartphone.
@@maxmaxie1328 Chinese owned, but Motorola mobility is still US based
Watching this on a motorola g51 phone, it's the best phone I've ever had
I'm watching this on a Moto g6
Same here
The battery in my g6 went out
same
I have a Motorola G7 Power. Best phone I ever owned. The charge last 2 days. I'm not paying an arm and a leg for an Apple phone.
Motorola is still the King to me.
First, a cell phone is a radio transceiver then all of the other functions in your smart phone.are add ins. Motorola makes the best radios.
My First mobile was from Motorola... 😊
Motorola C168 with color display and FM Radio
Moto G Gang
Yeaaaah boi
Proud purchaser of G2, 5G and G6
I had my Moto G4 for 3 years. It converted me to Motorola phones. I now have had the Moto z play for almost 2 years and love it. It's the best phone for retro gaming with the battery life and the game pad mod imo.
I have G3 turbo and it has been 6 years...I repeat six years... and I literally don't feel to change it... except for playing pubg
Right here. I really like my G6.
I still ride with Motorola. They're good phones. I just bought another one. The Moto G Stylus.