An attendee holds a Lenovo Group Ltd. Moto smartphone on display during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, May 25, 2017. Lenovo's quarterly profit fell less than expected after the global personal computer market eked out growth for the first time since 2012. Photographer: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg
HONG KONG: After a bruising fall from its spot as the world's third-largest mobile phone maker following its acquisition of Motorola three years ago, China's Lenovo Group Ltd is counting on a push upmarket to stop the bleeding in its smartphone business.
While the company, which vies with HP as the world's largest PC maker, returned to profit in the year to March, losses in its smartphone business worsened as marketing expenses for new products and key component costs increased.
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