Motorola is in the midst of a climb back into relevance and, quite surprisingly, it seems to be making more progress than had been projected. Are you sitting down? Motorola just reported its Q2 2009 earnings and… It’s in the black! That’s right people, Moto managed to eek out a $26 million profit albeit on the back of major cost cutting efforts including the reduction of its workforce by around 7,000 jobs. Mobile Devices remains Moto’s weakest link, having posted $1.8 billion in sales and an operating loss of $253 million. In the same quarter in 2008 however, Mobile lost $346 million so at least we’re moving in the right direction — though the turnaround can be attributed entirely to cost cutting as handset shipments were down almost 50 percent to 14.8 million. So what exactly is going to right this sinking ship? We’re not really sure, though Moto did confirm it would release its first two Android-powered handsets with US carrier partners in the second half of this year. While the company didn’t go into specifics, both should be out by the holiday season this year. We love the affordable Morrison on T-Mobile and the Sholes is definitely going to knock some socks off, but we need to see a hell of a lot more out of Moto ASAP because slow and steady isn’t winning any races these days.
Motorola reports Q2 earnings, actually turns a profit (no thanks to Mobile)
Updated Dec 19th, 2018 6:24PM EST
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