Google Leans on Motorola With Moto X, Hardware Push - WSJ.com

Elsewhere in the article: Motorola is the 1% (in terms of global smartphone market share, Q1 2013)

"Not having a strong relationship may have prevented Motorola from incorporating the latest version of Android, said two people familiar with the matter. Motorola executives say the Moto X will soon receive the software through an over-the-air upgrade. Google's Nexus, a tablet made by Google, will be the first device to ship with the new Android. It was available for pre-ordering July 30.
"It's not like we were equally disadvantaged—we were more disadvantaged," one former Motorola employee said."

Google Leans on Motorola With Moto X, Hardware Push - WSJ.com