It's official: Sony is buying Ericsson's share in Sony Ericsson

27 October, 2011
Sony has just announced it will be buying off Ericsson's shares in their Sony Ericsson joint venture.

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  • Ahmed
  • SwE
  • 27 Oct 2011

I don't like this logo - it's from ericsson ... I wan't new one... just plane SONY, like on TV's.

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    • Anonymous
    • mTW
    • 27 Oct 2011

    Anonymous, 27 Oct 2011hoorraayyy!!! again my beloved sony mobiles with simple log... moreI had the Sony CMD Z7 and loved it!

    Biggest potential I see here is in gaming. The next Xperia Play is going to be incredible!

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      • Andy the android
      • MkX
      • 27 Oct 2011

      So will we be expecting a playstation/camera/tablet/walkman/tV phone?? hmmm....

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        • RockyJ
        • ALL
        • 27 Oct 2011

        This could be a bigger problem for the Sony Ericsson fans because the prices of mobile phone will become higher if it is acquired by Sony alone. Because prices of Sony products all over the world are high compare to other brands.

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          • babu
          • t}f
          • 27 Oct 2011

          AnonD-27918, 27 Oct 2011So will that mean it will be just Sony hereafter? i am a sony ericsson user from last 8 years am disappointed by the breake pu

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            • ray
            • tVj
            • 27 Oct 2011

            AnonD-5950, 27 Oct 2011Yeah.. Finally, We will see a Sony phone in the Sony Centre... moreSony got bravia lcd display

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              • AnonD-6211
              • t7R
              • 27 Oct 2011

              AnonD-8561, 27 Oct 2011Yes, brilliant If Samsung doing well, If HTC doing wel... moreLG doing well?
              Please check their financial performance.

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                • haD
                • 3Ir
                • 27 Oct 2011

                what a sad news !!!
                ericsson was one of the best
                my first mobile phone was ericsson 10 years ago and also that was uncompetitable mobile phone
                i believe that sony is the great but NOT in mobile phone
                however i hope will be lucky
                bye jobs..and today bye ericsson ,but i believe ericsson will be a legend for all of the people

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                  • AnonD-669
                  • KgV
                  • 27 Oct 2011

                  I hope something good will come up with this deal.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 0Cb
                    • 27 Oct 2011

                    hoorraayyy!!! again my beloved sony mobiles with simple logo "SONY". I HAD SONY Z1,Z3 IN 1999-2000....ericsson was a big mistake in the logo from the beginning because people do not like ericsson mobiles so much, they were fragile and the resale price was very low at 2nd hand

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                      • Anonymous
                      • xZs
                      • 27 Oct 2011

                      Hope they wont change the logo

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                        • john
                        • PS6
                        • 27 Oct 2011

                        of course sony will survive, they do make phone back in those days you know. remember sony zmd j5, sony zmd z5 and others?

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                          • RVM
                          • Bvg
                          • 27 Oct 2011

                          Sad news. Ericsson was a legend in mobile phones, like Siemens.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • tRg
                            • 27 Oct 2011

                            I hope this move will bring us more outstanding phones (better and more high-end specs) from Sony to gain smartphone market share. =)

                            I guess Xperia Arc S will likely be the last phone under Sony Ericsson, before Sony announces the new set of phones during CES (10-13 Jan)and MWC (27 Feb-1 Mar) 2012. Hope Sony will wow the world =D

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                              • jay
                              • 3bZ
                              • 27 Oct 2011

                              first, i dont think there would b a new logo, sony is sony. second, i think this step is really brilliant from sony, sony products in a small device... imagine...

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                                • RG
                                • Sdk
                                • 27 Oct 2011

                                Finally!

                                I don`t know where to start... Sony Ericsson used Qualcomm chips in their entire Xperia familly this year, when they could easily have ST-Ericsson much powerfull chips but who is Ericsson, that wasn`t joint venture... that was 10 years long internal battle, the results of which was obvious - slow releases, slower reactions to the market, slower updates... so the split maybe it`s a good decision.
                                Now we could see wheter Sony could be even slower on phone market.
                                They were too late for digital TV, they are soooo late with tablets this year... they are even slow with PS Vita.
                                Sony will have one last chance to prove me wrong, but I think they will dissapoint.

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                                  • utouh
                                  • P@1
                                  • 27 Oct 2011

                                  abhi, 27 Oct 2011Hooray.........!!! Sony Ericsson is now just "Sony&qu... morehuh.. i say R.I.P to sony ericsson. they deserve this. Sony Ericsson is in crisis..
                                  let me put this in the list
                                  1. Sony buy share in SE. a selfish move by sony.
                                  2. Experia blog will closed. Sony is behind to this.
                                  3. SE profit loose. what a shame result..
                                  4. SE phone outdated.
                                  5. SE fans leave. se user are disamazed these bout the phone experia phone. specs is not as good, late in updatting OS. half baked phone. the experia mini issues. wtf is that.. that phone shoudn't be released.
                                  im sorry guys this are the things you need to know..
                                  anyway goodluck to Sony and Ericsson.

                                  its time to move on to Samsung or Lg phone.

                                  R.I.P
                                  Sony
                                  Ericsson

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                                    • Leanne Guru
                                    • D8X
                                    • 27 Oct 2011

                                    i agree this is either going to be one epic failure or the best thing to happpen to the mobile world since android!

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                                      • musar
                                      • Mxx
                                      • 27 Oct 2011

                                      Ahmed, 27 Oct 2011I can't wait to see a new logo from sony! I believe sony allready have a logo to use :D

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                                        • DireWolf
                                        • i5M
                                        • 27 Oct 2011

                                        I hope this whole buy/sell/merge/unmerge shenanigan ends up well: I'd hate to see another brand disappear from the market like what happened with the BenQ-Siemens affair.

                                        (still hopeful that, now that the BenQ's rights to the Siemens brand expired, Siemens themselves re-enter the phone market, even if only low-profile)