Speculation regarding the demise of the Moto G and Moto E lines can now be put to rest thanks to a Motorola representative, who finally shed some light on the matter.
Chen Xudong, the leader of Lenovo's China and Asia-Pacific division, recently tried to explain the Motorola rebranding strategy and some confusion arose regarding the fate of the Moto G and Moto E handset lines.
Following Xudong's statement, it was widely speculated that the Lenovo-owned Motorola will pull the plug on its two smartphone lines.
The Lenovo's official explained that every Motorola phone launching in 2016 will sport a screen size of minimum 5 inches, underlining that no device will be released with a display of about 4.7 inches.
Digital Trends and others misread the statement as a clear sign that the hugely popular Moto G and Moto E lineups lived long enough and are about to become history.
Luckily for Motorola fans out there, The Verge contacted Motorola and the OEM confirms that both the Moto G and the Moto E will continue to be on the market. Motorola points out that Xudong's declaration was misinterpreted and it "will not be the case" to think about pulling the plug on the two lineups.
"Although we are simplifying the combined Motorola and [Lenovo] portfolio, we have no plans to retire Moto G, our most successful smartphone, or Moto E," a Motorola spokesperson notes.
The first element that led the public opinion into error was a blog post from the Lenovo-owned company, which states that Lenovo and Motorola are working closely to simplify the product portfolio, with special focus on two sub-brands, Vibe and Moto, respectively.
"This latest move is all about where we focus our brand marketing efforts in the future. That will be on our two hero smartphone brands: Moto and Vibe," the blog reads.
A recent announcement by Lenovo points out that Motorola will get a new branding name, transforming into "Moto by Lenovo."
According to reports, it is very likely that Motorola's smartphones will get in line with the rest of the alpha pack, meaning that Motorola smartphones will finally feature fingerprint sensors.
Xudong also stated that Motorola and Lenovo will get a new user interface (UI), sometime next year.
So far, Motorola did not officially back the information about the fingerprint sensor or the embrace of the new UI in 2017, which means that fans of the Moto handsets have to wait and find out.
