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Google Buys Motorola Mobility: The $12.5 Billion Hardware Bet That Became Mostly a Patent Strategy

Google's Motorola Mobility purchase combined Android strategy, smartphone hardware, and a massive patent portfolio. The hardware business was later sold, leaving the deal looking more like a defensive intellectual-property investment than a lasting device empire.

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