{"id":923228,"date":"2025-04-17T15:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T10:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=923228"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:56:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:26:58","slug":"motorola-debuts-laptop-eyes-leadership-in-indias-smartphone-market-by-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/04\/17\/motorola-debuts-laptop-eyes-leadership-in-indias-smartphone-market-by-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorola debuts laptop, eyes leadership in India&#8217;s smartphone market by 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smartphone maker Motorola has diversified into the lifestyle category and unveiled Moto Book 60, its first laptop, and Moto Pad 60 Pro, a tablet PC, in a bid to tap the Gen Z market segment.<\/p>\n<p>It is also working aggressively to become the third-largest-selling smartphone brand in India by 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Based on research assessing consumer needs, we are launching the Moto Book 60. We have an Intel partnership wherein we are coming with a Core 5 and 7 processors,&#8217; TM Narasimhan, managing director, Motorola India, told ETTelecom.<\/p>\n<p>The new laptop features Smart Connect, which allows users to connect with compatible devices to their laptop to create a seamless digital ecosystem. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We want to be the number 3 player in India. So, by the end of 2026, we will be aspiring towards becoming the number 3 player in the country as our journey continues.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Further, the top executive said that the company is doing &#8220;everything&#8221; that is required to keep building the business profitably and launching new products for the Indian consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Fuelled by growth in the mid-range segment, Motorola held seventh position in the Indian smartphone market with a share of nearly 6%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC).<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We started manufacturing in India with Dixon, and our journey has been such that in the last 3 years, we have been doubling our business year on year,&#8217; the top executive said, adding that company\u2019s transformational journey in the country started with the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme five years back. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are approaching AI as we see it as a key pillar of our strategy,&#8217; Narasimhan added.<\/p>\n<p>The consumer devices maker, as part of a global launch on April 24, will unveil new devices taking AI to the core.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are working on Moto AI 2.0. It is something which we wanted to be a companion.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Moto Pad 60 Pro is powered by the octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 8300 chipset. The tablet PC comes with a 144Hz display and quad-JBL speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwanese system-on-chip (SoC) improvements include more than 20% faster central processing unit (CPU) performance. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mediatek\u2019s Dimensity 8300 is a brilliant chipset with AI capabilities. We wanted to work on AI, and hence the Moto Pad 60 Pro comes with the Dimensity 8300,&#8217; he said, adding that the device maker works with Qualcomm and Intel too. <\/p>\n<p>Motorola\u2019s new products for the smart device ecosystem are available on Reliance Digital and Flipkart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smartphone maker Motorola has diversified into the lifestyle category and unveiled Moto Book 60, its first laptop, and Moto Pad 60 Pro, a tablet PC, in a bid to tap the Gen Z market segment. It is also working aggressively to become the third-largest-selling smartphone brand in India by 2026. &#8216;Based on research assessing consumer needs, we are launching the Moto Book 60. We have an Intel partnership wherein we are coming with a Core 5 and 7 processors,&#8217; TM Narasimhan, managing director, Motorola India, told ETTelecom. 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