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Discontinued Operations (Revenues and Earnings Attributable to Discontinued Operations) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]    
Net loss from discontinued operations $ 0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax [1] $ (198)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax [1]
Motorola Mobile    
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]    
Revenues   1,377us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationRevenue
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Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes   (274)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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Benefits from income taxes   76us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationTaxEffectOfDiscontinuedOperation
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Net loss from discontinued operations   $ (198)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
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[1] (1) Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: Cost of revenues$95 $160Research and development456 615Sales and marketing147 205General and administrative141 223Discontinued operations48 0Total stock-based compensation expense$887 $1,203