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Motorola Mobility plans to bring affordable 4G smartphones to India next year, one of its priority markets along with Brazil, which it believes will be critical for its global turnaround even as it banks on Lenovo's supply chain scale to improve value proposition of its products for end consumers.

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The US smartphone maker, which is now the third-largest worldwide, after being bought over by China's Lenovo, aims to lead the global smartphone business while trying to improve its position in India to number 3 by next year on the back of strong demand.

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"The transition to 4G will be quick," Rick Osterloh, president and chief operating officer at Motorola Mobility, said on his maiden visit to India after Lenovo completed the $2.91 billion acquisition of the company from Google in October.

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"Next year, we are going to be very aggressive in the 4G value proposition for end users," he added. The top executive who took charge of the company since April this year added that market leaders were "faltering a bit" and that the company has a "very good chance to become the leader" globally.

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IDC worldwide smartphone data for the quarter ended September shows Samsung leading with 23.7%, followed by Apple with 11.7%, Xiaomi with 5.2% and Lenovo following closely with 5.1%, while LG occupied the No 5 slot with 5% share.

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Motorola is fifth largest smartphone maker with a 5% share in India., the fastest growing smartphone market in the world, trailing market leader Samsung and home-bred handset makers Micromax, Lava and Karbonn.

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"India is absolutely essential (for global turnaround). India and Brazil are countries that we think first when we think about our business because that's the future. The market here is growing incredibly quickly," he said. Motorola India sales are expected to cross three million units by early January, Osterloh said.

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