Sony sells 8.8 million smartphones, narrows loss in Q2 2012

2. wendygarett (limited) 3 days ago posted on 01 Nov 2012, 05:06 1 22

why drop the alphabet game? it is sony only strategy to survive lol
and I'm anxiously wanna own that xperia T :)

10. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 01 Nov 2012, 07:03 15 0

Sony has great design but they make the same mistake as HTC: not aggressive enough marketing.

Sony, this is not beauty contest, this is strip tease club and you have to be a little .. well .. "nasty" to clean the customers' wallets..

Just like SS.

16. eisenbricher posted on 01 Nov 2012, 08:13 3 0

Couldn't be explained better.

20. blingblingthing posted on 01 Nov 2012, 11:16 0 0

Exactly. The web is littered with great samsung ads. Lebron with a Galaxy Note II, seeing the cast of inside the NBA with the same phone, the Next big thing is already here with the Galaxy S3

4. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 01 Nov 2012, 05:41 7 0

Provided they make competing specs that will make the average user brag about the awesome power , like Samsung

6. bipinm posted on 01 Nov 2012, 06:30 10 0

That is great news....Especially for the Sony Fans... :)

13. AbhiD posted on 01 Nov 2012, 07:51 2 0

Yup...
as a hardcore sony fan i am absolutely delighted to see Sony become the
world's third ranked smartphone vendor!
what's amazing is that Sony achieved all this without any huge marketing or huge carrier support(like samsung and others have in US) !!!

17. JamesHunt posted on 01 Nov 2012, 08:41 1 6

It will not remain at no.3 for long, unfortunately. It seems Nokia is getting a lot of attention recently. with lumia 920 and other devices it can regain its lost places in coming quarters. Today cheap lumia 510 also went on sale in india for Rs 9999 only.I think in next quarter we will see nokia in 3rd or 4th place atleast...

18. darac posted on 01 Nov 2012, 09:01 1 0

Oh i don't think Nokia can manage that..do some math.
Their last quarterly smartphone sales were 6.5 million of which SYMBIAN still held the most part..given that sybian is free falling, Nokia WP sales alone should reach 6-7 million to get close to Sony which will score above 9 million in the next report.

But i actually see Sony falling back despite of that.
It's LG (Nexus 4 enough said)who will overtake it, and possibly ZTE too.

Here's my smartphone sales prediction for the next report:
1. Samsung 55-63 million
2: Apple 45-50 million
3. LG 9-10m
4. Sony/ZTE 8.5-9.5m
5. Huawei 7.5-8.5m
6. Nokia/HTC 6.5-7.5m

21. schecter7 posted on 01 Nov 2012, 12:10 0 0

Well, I think Sony's numbers will actually go up this quarter considering the new releases like V, T, TX, etc. Nexus 4 will surely bring LG back in the game though. It'll be an interesting quarter. We're gonna have to wait and see.

By the way, how's the tipo? I'm planning to get Tipo dual as a backup.

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27. darac posted on 02 Nov 2012, 02:14 0 0

Honestly my Tipo is barely used. It's not even on.
But for what it is I have no complaints. Feels very sturdy and trusty yet stylish. Also I really like the UI

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28. schecter7 posted on 02 Nov 2012, 08:45 0 0

Cool! Thanks.

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26. bipinm posted on 02 Nov 2012, 01:35 0 0

i will admit 920 have hype...but we have xperia T to compete it..The bond Phone...

15. AbhiD posted on 01 Nov 2012, 08:00 2 0

actually... battery life of Xperias is not less... it's on par with others.
it may sound weird but battery life in sony phones show huge improvement after the initial period of 2-4 weeks( i don't know what it is but it does happen)
My xperia s too behaved in the same way...!!!

11. adjou posted on 01 Nov 2012, 07:37 6 0

I do hope they focus on the smartphone side of things. Ditch the vita and focus making a portable gaming phone device thing! :P