Sony Xperia Z2 not coming to any U.S. carrier, available only on Sony's website

3. Sharky (Posts: 243; Member since: 24 Jun 2008)

Exactly what I was thinking. But what could it be? As far as I can tell Sony's devices have been fairly well rated.

39. PunyPoop (Posts: 752; Member since: 18 Jan 2013)

What PA?? You're title is misleading! "U.S. citizens will get a crack at the Xperia Z2 later this summer when the unlocked version of the phone becomes available via Sony's U.S. online store." not coming really??

40. Alan01 (Posts: 439; Member since: 21 Mar 2012)

Read the headline...not coming to any carrier...and that is the truth.

Regards,
Alan F.

50. PunyPoop (Posts: 752; Member since: 18 Jan 2013)

http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/04/26/unlocked-xperia-z2-to-see-summer-launch-in-united-states/ "TechCrunch is reporting that deals with US carriers are still ongoing..."

41. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)

So what do you have to say for yourself now after talking all that smack?

51. PunyPoop (Posts: 752; Member since: 18 Jan 2013)

Don't act like a smart kid Smurf, you're always trying to put up a fight, what's the matter with you? If you're really a Med student act professionally. You're not acting your age Smurf.

58. Teja171 (unregistered)

He is probably a mentally retarded person. He should seek the help of a psychiatrist or he would become a psycho himself, bashing others all the time. He is a PsychoSmurf.

42. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)

Just because you put it out on the shelves it doesn't mean people will buy it. There are plenty of good products only available outside of North America. The reasons can range from logistics to budget to Apple patenting everything.

Who knows the reason. All we need to know is that the Sony investors are not willing to make the Z2 available on every carrier. My guess is because they probably lost too much money on previous Xperia flagships trying to push it in the US and want to concentrate in the areas where they KNOW for sure people will buy the Z2.

47. buccob (Posts: 2714; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)

Yeah I agree... plus they probably make more money bypassing carriers, at least in the short term which is the way they do things apparently.

But my issue is that even on Sony store, they lack stock quantities... the variety is very limited... My mom travel last year to Florida and she was going to get the Xperia SP which seemed to fit her needs, and budget price.. but after some visits to Sony Stores, she ended up getting the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (for a good price) since it was wildly available...

Sony is not making much effort in the US... that is the truth

13. Tizen007 (Posts: 575; Member since: 07 Jan 2014)

If they release it in the US they have to spend millions of dollars for marketing. They can't just roll it out cause if they can't do better marketing than its competitors they will not only sell less devices but it will also have a negative impact on their brand image.

For this I go with Sony. Sony is already famous for their premium high technology. Sony's TV, game counsels, and home appliances are doing well. It's better to keep up with the smartphone tech competition while concentrating on those products that sell well

Just my opinion.

16. Fluxman (Posts: 51; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)

Try billions. Samsung's marketing budget last year was $14 billion, and I will bet you over half that was in US alone.

21. Tizen007 (Posts: 575; Member since: 07 Jan 2014)

Exactly. Plus its competitor Galaxy S5 had a head start in gaining momentum in the US market. There is no way with Sony's current financial strength that it can make the Z2 sell better.

LG G3 is coming out

Only a few months till the iPhone 6 is announced

Galaxy Note 4 is also a highly anticipated phone with its "new form factor"

Sony's production problems just messed it up for the US release.

54. LGisgood (Posts: 833; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)

SONY NOW A DAY IS NOT GOOD!

ITS A JAPAN MANUFACTURER BUT ITS PRODUCTS(SMARTPHONES) ARE ALL MADE IN CHINA!
AND EVERYTHING PARTS OF ITS HARDWARE ARE CHINA -MADE TOO...

LG MOBILE IS BETTER ITS MADE IN KOREA( HOME LAND)

55. LGisgood (Posts: 833; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)

R.I.P. Sony!

Sony Viao sold!
Sony Playstation will soon to sell
sony tv's poor sales...
sony mobile poor sales...

56. PunyPoop (Posts: 752; Member since: 18 Jan 2013)

Are you okay? Are you reading the news regarding Sony's sales?

14. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)

Maybe Sony thinks they are above negotiating wholesale pricing terms with U.S. carriers? That is as bad as (actually, I think it is worse than) a carrier exclusive. Now, no carrier is pitching Sony phones to their customers.

Sony marketing executives must have OD'd on stupid pills.

15. Fluxman (Posts: 51; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)

US is a huge market, but extremely difficult to penetrate. You have to have a model the will work for each of the US carrriers, support those models, and bring the marketing dough to compete with Samsung and Apple.

Sony doesn't feel like they are in a good position to risk it right now, and are focusing their efforts on the markets where they already have influence and penetration (Europe and Asia). Also, in general, you only need one or two models of phones to cover that entire region.

HTC is a perfect example. They make solid phones, but every year they are in the red, bc they can not compete with the big guys.

I am actually impressed that Sony is at least making the phone available to sell in the US. It appeases the people who really want the Sony Z2 without having to make the huge risk to try and penetrate until they are ready.

22. NokiaFTW (Posts: 2072; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)

I personally think Sony did a good thing by not releasing the Z2 in the US. The only smartphones on the mind of most US consumers are the iPhone and a Samsung Galaxy. Sony anyways wouldn't have sold much. And the US is pretty much saturated. They should concentrate on marketing the phone in countries where they are popular and sell the Z2 there. This would increase their brand recognition in emerging markets.

23. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1345; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)

It's why I can't take Sony serious in the smartphone game. Such a great name and presence that you would figure that they could easily rival Samsung across the market. At a time Sony was much bigger than Apple in name alone.
If I was Sony I would make a flagship game phone with either attachable or slide out controls with spec's that rival Samsung and HTC flagships. Not that miserable attempt with xperia play a few years ago. To fight piracy just add extra hardware for game authentication and add a Sony game store along with Google play. Sony should be using the PlayStation brand to their advantage.

43. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)

That sounds good but you need money and stuff to do things

29. Kylesforza (Posts: 8; Member since: 26 Apr 2014)

Actually , Check Xperiablog. There's a new post on this. PhoneArena is just trolling

33. akki20892 (Posts: 3902; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)

Sony announced z2 in January ces, so they should have been release in February before s5 and HTC one m8 announced. So they can get dam good sell numbers, idk what happened, but they had perfect timed but didn't use time perfectly.

34. Ashoaib (Posts: 3229; Member since: 15 Nov 2013)

Even chinese are spreading their wings to enter US market... how come sony cant do that? Chinese doesnt have more financial strength than sony... I think there is some other problem with Sony... may be production problem... they are keeping my words so far "Sony is always good in fu*king something in their phones"

10. maherk (Posts: 4820; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)

Exactly, there is no other reason why it won't be available at least with t-mobile. I can't but laugh at Sony fans and how delusional they were thinking that a Sony fan will beat an HTC/Samsung flagship in sales.

26. Roeshak (Posts: 37; Member since: 17 Apr 2013)

Please spare me the bull. Sony outsold htc last year without the us market. Htc are minnows, a company slowly going out of business. When was the last time they actually made a profit?
Please only htc fanatics and American techblogs think htc is anything. They have a bit of sales in America but elsewhere they're literally dead compared to other brands.
Back to the topic at hand, let's be honest many Americans have issues buying Japanese products. It goes back to wait and pearl harbour etc. You can see it from the disinterest many techblogs over there show to Sony products. They always pick on them downplaying their strengths and exaggerating their weaknesses. Against that sort of backdrop you can't blame Sony for being so tentative when it comes to the US. They have a greater presence in Canada after all!
Sony if they can dominate the European and Asian markets can very easily consolidate their place in market share producing healthy profits which is their stated objective. Well, if they keep putting out devices as fantastic as the z2, then that aim is very achievable.
Sorry for all the Sony lovers stateside but you guys are in the small minority. US techblogs treat Sony products with a lot of bias and that's probably put Sony off. Nobody wants to create a device as awesome as the z2 only to see it ridiculed by incredibly biased idiots. It'll be available unlocked though so guys start saving up for it. It's an awesome device. I've had it for over a week now and rust me, it's the best smartphone ever built. The camera is truly amazing!!!

28. refillable (Posts: 1070; Member since: 10 Mar 2014)

In Short: 'Sony is not serious about the US as they think that the US market isn't profitable'. In Asia, despise their lack of popularity in the US, they sell pretty well.

31. giani (Posts: 269; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)

So yr saying all the tech sites worldwide that are praising HTC phones are bull, but then yr saying HTC fans are the fanatic ones ?! There are two important markets where HTC are outselling Sony, USA and UK and possibly the rest of Europe.
But numbers are NOTHING! As for me, nothing against Sony phones, but I'll take HTC over Sony. But that's my personal preference.