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Motorola washing hands of budget cellphone production?

, Sep 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Motorola are seemingly clearing their plate to focus on their upcoming mid- to high-end handsets, with the news from China being that the company have outsourced production of all of their entry-level models.  According to the United Daily News, any handset costing under $150 moving forward will be built by a third-party, potentially over 40 million devices per year.

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Motorola have apparently selected MediaTek as their chip supplier for the basic cellphones.  Earlier in September, an analyst predicted that Motorola would product ten Android-based handsets in the next 6 to 10 months, though the company themselves are yet to comment.

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