Sony foresees $1.2 billion loss from its smartphone business

17 September, 2014
The losses are expected to quadruple due to the low sales performance of the company's mid-range phones.

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  • 17 Sep 2014

AnonD-291178, 17 Sep 2014But what does Sony bring to the table thats the Question?, ... moreDuh... did you even read this article explaining their stance???

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    • AnonD-291178
    • gKa
    • 17 Sep 2014

    But what does Sony bring to the table thats the Question?, When you can buy a Moto G for better specs at less cost, with better and quick upgrades who would want to buy Sony I am of course talking about Mid Range. I am owner of Sony Xperia L which got only one upgrade from Android 4.1 to 4.2.

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      • Anonymous
      • Kx$
      • 17 Sep 2014

      ugly non functional design and overpriced phone.
      so as long as they stick to that strategy, their product will only appeal to die hard fanboys.

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        • AnonD-142922
        • mx9
        • 17 Sep 2014

        I think they'll shut down smartphone business too ... same as pc business

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          • Anonymous
          • fsW
          • 17 Sep 2014

          You people should check your prices of your phones

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            • AnonD-69439
            • fmK
            • 17 Sep 2014

            lax, 17 Sep 2014Look sony i love your products and i think you guys make th... moreAnd whats more boring than Samsung design? I see the s3 in every phone they make.

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              • Hasan
              • J9U
              • 17 Sep 2014

              I believe, SONY is real killer of SAMSUNG. If they can bring good front sound like HTC and three or, four capacitive buttons below the screen like SAMSUNG, LENOVO, ALCATEL and others does, they can succeed. I am sure, they will think about it sooner or, later.

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                • AnonD-308750
                • 6Qm
                • 17 Sep 2014

                Sony we love you plz don't give up. You are the king

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                  • geekhead
                  • Iaf
                  • 17 Sep 2014

                  sony should improve their after sale services like Samsung to improve their presence.

                  Their after sale services r like shit.

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                    • yundi
                    • Jp9
                    • 17 Sep 2014

                    there is a reason for that, motorola moto G.

                    before moto G and moto X, sony was the best in mid ranges,

                    besides of that, LG also improved their mid ranges.

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                      • kin
                      • H4u
                      • 17 Sep 2014

                      because sony price their smartphones like a piece of shi*, learn the booming markets like India then price your products that makes some sense (e.g xiomi mi3) and look at your shi* xperia c3 price

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                        • AnonD-223503
                        • rAT
                        • 17 Sep 2014

                        Now we know y u din give many of the mid rangers with the kitkat update.....U kept my X SP away from kitkat....Looks like the Joker got u...burn Sony burn

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                          • Raghu
                          • uuR
                          • 17 Sep 2014

                          Last week I was feeling really bad since Sony announced that there is no kitkat for Xperia SP. Today I feel happy after seeing sony loss.

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                            • jenko
                            • L1N
                            • 17 Sep 2014

                            I owned a Xperia T for two years and NEVER will be again to buy a Sony device.
                            According to my experience SONY mistreat their customers. First with updating firmware, second cheating at supporting as the general rebooting problem in the Xperia T.

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                              • addy
                              • Hkt
                              • 17 Sep 2014

                              They dont give updates for the mid range phones... I own a xperia c and its stuck on 4.2.2 no updates no unlocked bootloader... Instead f making new phones they should provide good service and updates.. As for me m never gona buy a sony phone ever again.

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                                • Batam King
                                • 61T
                                • 17 Sep 2014

                                Its high end phone is quite expensive. Design isn't great, especially the wide bezel. It's time for them to learn from LG.
                                Major model's battery is not replaceable.

                                Lack of dual sim for high end model...
                                Sony has the recipe to not succeed.
                                It's a shame for a giant name as Sony.

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                                  • k.kathir
                                  • wr4
                                  • 17 Sep 2014

                                  Yes. I expect this. No kitkat update. No one buy sony brand.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • teX
                                    • 17 Sep 2014

                                    Sony all ways think about the higher end so mid range devices even don't have proper support (specially updates) So it's not surprising that they lost customer satisfaction (specially with stopping support for Xperia m,c,sp,l)

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                                      • Kiran
                                      • ijM
                                      • 17 Sep 2014

                                      Beto, 17 Sep 2014SP is a good phone, why not update to it?Exactly! i bought this phone because sony promised Kitkat

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                                        • Anonym
                                        • MqC
                                        • 17 Sep 2014

                                        Smile, 17 Sep 2014No Samsung Devices can compete with Any of the Sony device ... moreWhy? Are they forbidden by law?