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  • Motorola just entered the top three smartphone brands list in the US.
  • Its success is attributed to the death of LG’s smartphone business.
  • The Lenovo-owned company is also the number two smartphone OEM in the $400 and below price bracket.

The US market has a brand new leader in the smartphone space. Motorola has emerged as the third-largest smartphone OEM in the country, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse Service.

The Lenovo-owned company gained the top spot by more than doubling its growth in the US over the last year. Counterpoint reports that Motorola sales in the US skyrocketed 131% in 2021 compared to the year before.

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