Sony working on a direct rival to the iPhone 5, Galaxy SIII

16 November, 2012
Sony has been quite an Android underdog lately, but its top brass says the odds are about to turn.

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  • 16 Nov 2012

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    • 16 Nov 2012

    hahahah, 16 Nov 2012I see some guys comparing lumia with s3 ....hahahahahha ...... moreThe LUMIA 920 is a truly amazing phone, the only downside is NO memory expansion. MY next phone is going to be the Lumia 820 as it is the 4G LTE W8 version of my Android SGS II

    Be in no doubt that had the Lumia 920 had memory expansion it would have sold in buckets and my phone. There is NO reason for anyone with the Lumia 900 to upgrade to the Lumia 920 as without microsd it's an Iphone and a small upgrade.

    The problem ALL manufacturers are facing is Samsung aka USAIN, I love my SGS II and this is the problem
    Samsung (USAIN) brings out the best first and are already selling, EG the Prada III MOTO XT920, the SGS II was selling months before.

    So another Android No, I think the next big thing is Windows
    So again the Xperia T after the SGS III.
    As regards to the Iphone
    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/8-things-the-iphone-5-still-can-t-do.html

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      • vaN
      • 16 Nov 2012

      Anonymous, 16 Nov 2012well said bro, but the fact is that sony will never ever le... moreYepp,, SOny seem to always incorporate a showstopper, omething they didnt have to do but they did it anyway. but i think they have learned their lession now. In the NXT series they learned the first part of the lesson, the Xperia S and Xperia U were very good phones for their respective classes, but had one serious flaw: No card slot. Every phone ever since had a card slot, except ofcourse the SL, which is just an overclocked S.

      Im sure Sony i already aware of the latest demand among a fast growing number of users, namely the need for bigger batteries. However, even if Sony surely most know this, i am not so sure they will do something about it, and thus they create a showstopper again.

      Im also worried about Sony trying to force us to use Whitemagic displays, and then maybe they will conclude that "Whitemagic saves so much power that we can get away with a smaller battery".

      I hope for a Note 2 competitor from Sony, and then i dont mean s-pen or whatever fancy software the Note 2 has, what i love about my Note2 is the display size and battery juice.

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        • Xuk
        • 16 Nov 2012

        Sony should aim to be the Trendsetter not the follower.

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          • p@5
          • 16 Nov 2012

          They're going to introduce a phone in near future , which already is in market !!!!!! what's the deal?????

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            • 16 Nov 2012

            Why would Sony wanna be better than iphone5 and S3 next year when both Samsung and Apple will launch even better than this year phone.. Looks like Sony is still a step behind.. Wrong move..

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              • 16 Nov 2012

              So, Sony is about to release a phone to compete with Galaxy SIII and iPhone 5 and they orgasming about that? In 2014 they could also release a phone to compete well with Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5S and be happy about that ... better later than nothing

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                • 16 Nov 2012

                Now, there are no reason to Bring Lumia 920 here. Nokia will announce their future Gen Lumias next year. And there are a lot demand for lumias at this moment. Yet Lumia 920 will be cold by the arrivall of xperia Odin and Yuga. But I think it's important to think about future. So, sony shouldn't make or even say something about a smartphone that rivals some old smartphones. They should say that GSIV and Next Iphone 5 will rival next xperia flagship. It's hard to survive the smartphone market without being cocky. Think for future. Make better smartphones. Make a smartphone with a better than all full HD display, a chipset better than S4 pro(tegra 4 wayne or novathor A9600). Use a better gpu than adreno 320(PowerVR SGX554). Use a better camera, use a flexible screen. You don't take the competition to them, Let them take the competition to you. Common sony. If you lag behind like past, you will never succeed.

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                  • 16 Nov 2012

                  ... I am trolled by gsmarena's old website.

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                    • U3x
                    • 16 Nov 2012

                    i thking what a fauthir of android is coming in local barndas like qmobile and gmobile these kind of local brands kill google ecosystems

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                      • 16 Nov 2012

                      niki, 16 Nov 2012stop being ignorant for a moment and tell me what is that i... morethe look of the phone is something personal some people find iphone 5 look better than the xperia s others don't ,for me the xperia s design is better than iphone5....
                      but iphone 5 has a better screen with excellent color accuracy ,and great viewing angles,while xperia s screen suffers from very reflective surface and poor viewing angles ,and as u might know sony uses a cheap scratch resistant screen that must have protector cover fixed on the top of it..the funny thing that this protective cover is scratch magnet!!!!!!!!!!!

                      regarding the camera sony knows that some people think that the more the megapixel the better the camera ..which in reality is not true ,and that is why the images produced by the xperia s couldn't compete with the galaxy sII and the iphone 4s although xperia s has more megapixel............

                      if u have xperia s......just zooooom......if u know what i mean.

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                        • U3x
                        • 16 Nov 2012

                        The next battle between nokialumia and samsung glaxy iphone and sony wait and see ho is the winner wow a darma and smartphone change yorlife 2013 a world war between smartphones

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                          • 16 Nov 2012


                          And it will run Androind 2.3.7 :))))))))))))))))) I don't see miself buying SONY ever again.... late updates make me sad!

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 16 Nov 2012

                            KeepCalm, 16 Nov 2012you're right..it might kill the ip5 and sgs3 but by the tim... moreU r absolutely right. Sony should leverage walkman & cybershot that brought them so much glory...once upon a time

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                              • 16 Nov 2012

                              I see some guys comparing lumia with s3 ....hahahahahha ...eventually its quite o-O...No point s3 is great and lumia is good too but not as s3

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                                • Anonymous
                                • vGc
                                • 16 Nov 2012

                                Why would they want to compete with s3? S3 is over 6 months old and about to be replaced in another 6 months. They should bring out a challenger to potential Iphone 6 and S4

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                                  • 16 Nov 2012

                                  Hahaha, too late, way too late !!!

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                                    • 16 Nov 2012

                                    what a joke. . no one can beat S3. even iPhone cant beat i5 in feature wise,what sony will do!!! nothing. .

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                                      • 16 Nov 2012

                                      the hell i am touching sony..
                                      phone releasing now..
                                      with Jelly bean
                                      then sony post a statement they dont upsdate to the new OS
                                      i hate them

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • MDV
                                        • 16 Nov 2012

                                        trimalo, 16 Nov 2012the real rival is already there, Lumia 920, don't search. who is lumia 920??! another crap mr troll with crappy os that will make nokia the last company ever!