Quarterly and Other Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information

	2015									2014
	1st		2nd			3rd		4th		1st			2nd		3rd		4th
Operating Results
Net sales	$	1,223	$	1,368		$	1,422	$	1,682	$	1,228		$	1,393	$	1,436	$	1,824
Costs of sales	675		720			737		844		651			737		751		911
Gross margin	548		648			685		838		577			656		685		913
Selling, general and administrative expenses	256		254			259		252		307			308		287		282
Research and development expenditures	159		156			153		152		174			176		166		165
Other charges	14		(16		)	42		44		(11		)	34		25		1,924
Operating earnings (loss)	119		254			231		390		107			138		207		(1,458		)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations*	87		150			126		277		85			78		66		(926		)
Net earnings*	74		142			115		279		127			824		147		201
Per Share Data (in dollars)
Earnings (loss) from Continuing operations*:
Basic earnings (loss) per common share	$	0.40	$	0.72		$	0.63	$	1.58	$	0.33		$	0.31	$	0.27	$	(4.02	)
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share	0.40		0.72			0.63		1.56		0.33			0.30		0.27		(4.02		)
Net earnings*:
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.34	$	0.68		$	0.58	$	1.60	$	0.50		$	3.25	$	0.60	$	0.87
Diluted earnings per common share	0.34		0.68			0.57		1.57		0.49			3.22		0.59		0.87
Dividends declared	$	0.34	$	0.34		$	0.34	$	0.41	$	0.31		$	0.31	$	0.34	$	0.34
Dividends paid	0.34		0.34			0.34		0.34		0.31			0.31		0.31		0.34
Stock prices
High	$	70.00	$	62.53		$	69.61	$	72.45	$	67.11		$	67.80	$	67.41	$	67.87
Low	$	62.41	$	57.14		$	56.79	$	65.24	$	62.72		$	62.50	$	58.89	$	58.50

* Amounts attributable to Motorola Solutions, Inc. common shareholders.