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A couple of days back, Motorola announced a price cut of INR2000 (US$32) for its best-selling Android phone to date, the Moto G. Even though it applies to limited stocks, this is the first price cut in the Moto G since its launch five months back. Motorola, which was bought by Lenovo from Google, recently announced that it sold as many as one million phones in India through its exclusive retail partner, Flipkart. Although India has a huge number of smartphone users, one million unit sales in less than one year of operations is still a significant number. It’s not only Motorola – even the market leader Samsung is feeling the heat, apparently. Samsung has just launched a trio of budget phones, all of which are priced under INR8,000 (US$130). While these may not give the Mi 3 or Moto G a direct fight with regard to specifications, the pricing shows Samsung doesn’t want to give up its share of the pie in the budget market. In fact, the Xiaomi strategy may force other phone makers reconsider the prices of their mid-range and high-end phones too.