Ranjan: 11% Of Early Moto Gs Activated In UK Despite Zero Sales
Peeyush Ranjan · S2 Ep10: How to Learn with the New Rules of AI ft. Peeyush Ranjan · May 14, 2026 · at 46:36
Peeyush Ranjan, former engineering leader at Motorola, recalls how gray-market resellers imported the Moto G into the UK due to strong consumer demand for affordable smartphones.
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“When we were looking at the metrics, we saw 11% of our phones are waking up in England. We didn't have any sales in England because we had solved the human need.”
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