Google’s Motorola to Sell Made-in-Texas Moto X by October
This article is for subscribers only.
Google Inc.’s Motorola Mobility handset unit plans to unveil a new smartphone called Moto X by October, stepping up efforts to gain share from Apple Inc. in the market for handheld hardware.
The new phone will be manufactured near Fort Worth, Texas, creating about 2,000 jobs, Motorola Mobility Chief Executive Officer Dennis Woodside said yesterday in an interview at the D: All Things Digital conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Flextronics International Ltd. will make the device, said Renee Brotherton, a spokeswoman for the company.