The Moto G looks like Google’s shot across Samsung’s bow

[Wireless News]

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/u8rZw_wLPQKf5xVcg4sqoA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/moto-g-profits.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/moto-g-looks-google-shot-across-samsung-bow-204023416.html)If you were wondering how the people at Motorola got away with releasing a smartphone for $199 without a contract while still retaining decent profit margins… well, they didn’t. The Wall Street Journal shares-data from Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Mark Newman who estimates-that the Moto G is generating “an operating profit margin of less than 5%,” as opposed to the 20% margins generated by Samsung’s Galaxy S3 Mini and 28% margins generated by the Galaxy S4. The profit margins on the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s are higher than 30%. Newman also believes that the aggressive pricing scheme might push some vendors even further from Android. Samsung has already made it clear that there are other operating systems



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