Paul Bischoff · · 2 min readMoto X racks up 1 million preorders in China in just one week
Moto X, the mid-range smartphone from Motorola, has already racked up 1 million preorders in China. The announcement came in the form of a tweet from Motorola president Rick Osterloh:
A huge thank you to our fans in China for helping us reach 1 million pre-order reservations and counting for #motox! pic.twitter.com/3zcbnxQ4su
— Rick Osterloh (@rosterloh) February 2, 2015
Pre-orders do not equate to sales, but the figure provides a strong outlook for the smartphone maker that just re-entered the country under its new owner, Lenovo. Pre-orders opened on January 26.
India was less welcoming to the Moto X, but the phone still remains a strong player there. It took five months for sales to hit the one million mark in India, and it has sold a total of three million units since it launched there one year ago.
The second-gen Moto X first came out in September of last year. It’s available for preorder in China on JD starting from RMB 2,999 (US$479) and will start shipping on February 5.
The Moto X Pro and Moto G are also slated for release sometime after the upcoming Chinese New Year festivities.
According to IDC, Lenovo is now the world’s third-largest smartphone maker in terms of shipments behind Samsung and Apple. That includes models under both the Lenovo and Motorola brands.
See: How Lenovo’s Motorola acquisition could help it take on Xiaomi
Editing by Mary-Anne Lee
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