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Lenovo mobile shipments increase, Motorola division boosted with Moto Z sales
July 29, 2025
Lenovogot a big boost from its smartphone division during the third quarter of 2016 (its own second fiscal quarter) that ended on Sept. 30. The company announced today that it sold a total of 14 million smartphones during that time period, up 25% compared to the previous quarter.
Overall, Lenovo recorded revenues of $11.2 billion for the quarter, down 8% from the same period a year ago. Net income came in at $157 million for the quarter, which is a big improvement compared to its $714 million loss from the same quarter in 2015. The company’s mobile division brought in $2 billion in revenue for the quarter, and posted a loss of $156 million, but that was still an 4.4% improvement from the previous quarter.
Lenovo noted that it had seen smartphone shipments improve in Asia and India, with the latter country seeing a 15% shipment increase compared to the year before. The company’s Motorola division saw a 40% boost in sales in the quarter, thanks in part to the launch of theMoto Zlineup of phones and the introduction of theMoto Modsfor those devices.
In one of Lenovo’s slides during its financial presentation, the company said the Moto X phones sold 1.06 million units during its first three months. It predicts that it will sell 3 million units during its first 12 months. Lenovo just announced a newpartnership with the Indiegogo crowdfunding serviceto encourage developers to submit ideas for more Moto Mod-based add-ons for the Moto Z phones.
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