Mobile device maker manages to ship 4.4M smartphones and 440,000 Xoom tablets, but still lost money in Q2

Sarah Thomas, Director, Women in Comms

July 28, 2011

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Moto Mobility Posts Q2 Loss, Beats Estimates

Motorola Mobility LLC reported a net loss of $56 million for the second quarter, but beat analyst expectations. The company shipped 11 million mobile devices, including 4.4 million smartphones and 440,000 Xoom tablets during the quarter. The mobile device maker earned $0.19 a share on revenues of $3.3 billion. In the year-ago quarter Motorola reported a gain of $80 million or $0.27 a share on revenues of $2.6 billion.

Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected a profit of 6 cents on revenue of $3.12 billion.

Shares of Motorola Mobility are down $1.11 (4.85%) to $21.80 in late-market trading.

— Sarah Reedy, Senior Reporter, Light Reading Mobile

About the Author(s)

Sarah Thomas

Director, Women in Comms

Sarah Thomas's love affair with communications began in 2003 when she bought her first cellphone, a pink RAZR, which she duly "bedazzled" with the help of superglue and her dad.

She joined the editorial staff at Light Reading in 2010 and has been covering mobile technologies ever since. Sarah got her start covering telecom in 2007 at Telephony, later Connected Planet, may it rest in peace. Her non-telecom work experience includes a brief foray into public relations at Fleishman-Hillard (her cussin' upset the clients) and a hodge-podge of internships, including spells at Ingram's (Kansas City's business magazine), American Spa magazine (where she was Chief Hot-Tub Correspondent), and the tweens' quiz bible, QuizFest, in NYC.

As Editorial Operations Director, a role she took on in January 2015, Sarah is responsible for the day-to-day management of the non-news content elements on Light Reading.

Sarah received her Bachelor's in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She lives in Chicago with her 3DTV, her iPad and a drawer full of smartphone cords.

Away from the world of telecom journalism, Sarah likes to dabble in monster truck racing, becoming part of Team Bigfoot in 2009.

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