Sony publishes full year report, PlayStation is doing great, profits from Xperia phones improving

28 April 2021
Though that is because of a higher average selling price - the company actually sold fewer phones this year than it did the year before.

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  • Anonymous
  • nit
  • 30 Apr 2021

Lyndino, 28 Apr 2021That's 2.9 million phones that won't be in a land... moreMost of these budget Chinese phones are lasting 5 plus years and giving better performance than Xperia phones as they came with powerful hardware at the time.

Chinese companies are focused on customer satisfaction while Sony focused on milkig the customers. This is why Sony's marketshare was eaten up by the Chinese

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    • Anonymous
    • 3dv
    • 30 Apr 2021

    blue.sun, 28 Apr 2021But also more expensive. And Xperia 10 is not a bad phone, ... moreI agree Xperia 10 is not a bad phone, it's a terrible phone for the price

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      • Anonymous
      • 3dv
      • 30 Apr 2021

      Anonymous, 30 Apr 2021Sony is not a Lamborghini or a Ferrari. It's an avera... more0.24% marketshare must be embarrassing

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        • Anonymous
        • p%S
        • 30 Apr 2021

        SpiritWolf, 28 Apr 2021How many Lamborghinis were sold last year? And how many Vol... moreSony is not a Lamborghini or a Ferrari.
        It's an average brand which is struggling to stay afloat in this big bad smartphone world.
        Sony has 1% of the number of 📱sold by Samsung and about 1200 million Android phones were shipped last year.

          Sony smartphones barely reaching the million mark in a single quarter.

          TVs are also performing poorly compared to Samsung.


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            • The Albion
            • 3x4
            • 29 Apr 2021

            Smallworld, 28 Apr 2021Gsmarena, when yu do an article like this, please convert t... moreThe 'most popular' currency on here are most probably the Euro and Indian Rupee .

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              • Anonymous
              • rv2
              • 29 Apr 2021

              You can say all you want but I still cannot get my hands on a PS5.
              Shame on you. 👎

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                • AlienKiss
                • 3RM
                • 29 Apr 2021

                AnonD-994147, 29 Apr 2021Many people in here (at least in the comment section) are X... moreSorry, what is this xinomi you're talking about? Never heard of it...
                Greetings from Europe

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                  • Anonymous
                  • a0v
                  • 29 Apr 2021

                  Why no advertising Xperia phones?

                    Smithravi, 29 Apr 2021This is slap in the face to the people who has been saying ... moreThey've been saying that for years now. But Xperia let them down once again. Buwahahaha!

                      this answer is for blue.sun ("Well, in my country Xperia 5 II is nearly twice the expected price of Xperia 10 III. What do I get for the extra money? A better CPU? That's for kids. What else to be worth extra money?")

                      mostly is the cameras, if you care for this. better display, slightly smaller size and weight, and generally feel & look (again, if you care for).

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 70d
                        • 29 Apr 2021

                        Markuss, 29 Apr 2021How much sales in from Japan? If they can dominate within t... moreLast I checked, Sony has about 5% of the phone market share in Japan.

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                          • p%B
                          • 29 Apr 2021

                          Kingslayer, 28 Apr 2021Most people on GSM Arena are Sony and Xiaomi fans who bash ... moreMany people in here (at least in the comment section) are Xiaomi fans who bash everything else (especially Sony and Apple users). But, is hard for some people to understand that everybody else has his/her own needs and preferences.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • JT5
                            • 29 Apr 2021

                            Markuss, 29 Apr 2021How much sales in from Japan? If they can dominate within t... more7% of phone market in Japan.
                            Apple has near 60%.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • I@H
                              • 29 Apr 2021

                              Shanti Dope, 28 Apr 2021For the amount of new features and specs on the 1 III, the ... moreadd to that the dedicated processor for the 4k 120hz display, sd888 cannot handle it... so sony has to use their own processor for that... and ye that involves r&d too...
                              this is similar to the tech they put into xz premium to make the organic (not interpolated) 960fps superslowmo, and see how such investment on r&d made superslowmo possible on other brands...
                              i always thought xperia handsets are prototypes of other brands - too few, "not so polished" in the eyes of others...

                                How much sales in from Japan? If they can dominate within their country then they improving.

                                  This is slap in the face to the people who has been saying and said, Sony is going to be dead like LG mobiles.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • xq5
                                    • 29 Apr 2021

                                    Sony is all about quality. Even my cheap five years old headphones work fine till now. Had PS2 and Xperia Z3. They worked well too. But that doesn't mean that Samsung and Xiaomi phones are bad. They are great too.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • JT5
                                      • 29 Apr 2021

                                      Looks like a device larger than 1iii is gonna be announced before june.
                                      But lower tier.
                                      The Z Ultra revival.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • KRW
                                        • 28 Apr 2021

                                        Impressive that they manage to make profit for smartphones even in this hard times .. seems like it is a wise decision to merge it under electronic division..

                                        Hope they can keep the steady momentum going forward... And still waiting for xperia 8 for international markets..

                                        Also, demon slayer movie is quite famous eh? Well it time to catch up with the story I guess.