The Mobility unit includes hsets patents associated with Motorola Mobility, which bought for $12.5 billion back in 2011. sold the Motorola Home division shortly after the initial acquisition, though the Motorola Moto X was one of our favorite phones last year, its sales numbers haven’t exactly shot through the roof. novo, on the other h, is already the world’s top manufacturer has been ramping up its mobile efforts. In fact, it already sells more mobile devices than proper s, largely in Asian countries particularly in China. According to , the move will: Carolina Milanesi, a consumer trends analyst, posits that the sale to novo could have something to do with the Samsung patent deal, which makes the rumors of Samsung’s makeover of its gaudy Touchz UI that much more interesting.

— carolina milanesi (@caro_milanesi) nuary 29, 2014 The recent acquisition of Nest Boston Dynamics would suggest that isn’t totally steering toward a software-only venture—just that it’s putting the physical Android phones into someone else’s hs. ’ve reached out to for a comment.