Motorola Mobility LLC
United States · Founded 1928 · Part of Lenovo
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Quick facts
- What is Motorola Mobility LLC?
- Motorola traces back to Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, founded in Chicago in 1928, which grew into one of the 20th century's most influential communications and electronics companies, producing car radios, two-way radios, and the first commercial cellular phone (the DynaTAC) in 1983.
- Where is Motorola Mobility LLC from?
- United States. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Who owns Motorola Mobility LLC?
- Motorola Mobility LLC's parent company is Lenovo.
- When was Motorola Mobility LLC founded?
- In 1928, by Paul Galvin and Joseph Galvin.
▸ ABOUT MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
Motorola traces back to Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, founded in Chicago in 1928, which grew into one of the 20th century's most influential communications and electronics companies, producing car radios, two-way radios, and the first commercial cellular phone (the DynaTAC) in 1983. The original company split in 2011 into Motorola Solutions (public-safety and enterprise communications, still independent) and Motorola Mobility (handsets), the latter acquired by Google in 2012 and then by China's Lenovo Group in 2014. Today Motorola Mobility LLC, a Lenovo subsidiary headquartered in Chicago, designs and sells Android smartphones, wearables, and accessories under the Motorola and Moto brands.
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▸ TRACK RECORD
Motorola Mobility LLC's history and the 1 marketing claim we've checked, in date order — so you can see what they promised when, and how it held up.
- 1928Paul Galvin and Joseph Galvin found Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in Chicago on September 25, 1928.
- 1930The company sells its first Motorola-branded car radio on June 23.
- 1947Galvin Manufacturing Corporation is renamed Motorola, Inc.
- 1969A Motorola-built transceiver relays Neil Armstrong's communications during the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
- 1983The FCC approves the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, the first commercially available handheld cellular phone.
- 2011Motorola, Inc. splits into two independent public companies on January 4: Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility.
- 2012Google completes its acquisition of Motorola Mobility for approximately $12.5 billion on May 22.
- 2014Lenovo completes its acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Google for about $2.91 billion on October 30.
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