Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY
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- Miriam
- MAd
- 19 Jun 2012
Fact:
Sony have failed to deliver what had been repeatedly advertised.
ICS upgrade was seen by Sony as a strong selling point.
That is why they always announced the peria lineup would get ICS.
That was a clever marketing campaign: advertising today's phones as fully upgradable and compatible with the next OS.
Did that work?
Apparently, it did.
Was that true?
Obviously, not!
What did Sony do when the time fot upgrading arrive?
They simply went back on the given word with a lame excuse and no compensation/alternative plan whatsoever.
Are customers supposed to "forgive and forget" the repeated lying and deceival?
Let's hope they're not just conformist sheep.
No use sony's fanboys and servants keep intoxicating forums and discussion boards everywhere.
The truth is plain to see.
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- acdc
- MAd
- 19 Jun 2012
webster, 19 Jun 2012Could you guys stop whining? Sony has released a Beta versi... moreyou worthless...
Go get a life.
Everyone knows this phone was a scam.
No use you slave-like employees try to pollute the web.
Just shut up and leave us alone... NEXT!
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- webster
- MF1
- 19 Jun 2012
Could you guys stop whining? Sony has released a Beta version of ICS and will be releasing a final version shortly as u can confirm on their official blog!
http://blogs.sonymobile.com/products/2012/05/25/update-on-ice-cream-sandwich-rollout-for-xperia-smartphones/
Now shut up, download the beta, test it and help them to release a final version!
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- Julian
- vbR
- 18 Jun 2012
Wow, even the xperia active got ICS. REALLY sux for us Play owners...
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- storm trooper25
- PS6
- 17 Jun 2012
friends,help me.
my girlfriend after she played PES2012(shes an euro fan xp) on my play,custom ics from xda
n he .also tried my play,she wants to swap her lg optimus 2x with my play
im attracted by optimus's 8gb internal storage,dual core n ics update in q3
should i swap with her or stay..coz its joyful when playing with touchpads..
- x
- xperia play user
- PS6
- 17 Jun 2012
friends,help me.
my girlfriend after she played PES2012(shes an euro fan xp) on my play,custom ics from xda
n he .also tried my play,she wants to swap her lg optimus 2x with my play
im attracted by optimus's 8gb storage,dual core n ics update in q3
should i swap with her or stay..coz its joyful when playing with touchpads :)
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- johnnie
- vaN
- 17 Jun 2012
hey guys, I really want to but this phone. i was impressed by the specs. could you recommend me this? or not? please answer. i badly need suggestions. thanks in advance.
- J
- Julian
- vbS
- 16 Jun 2012
I see a more sinister purpose to Sony abandoning the Play, which is obvious from the way things have been happening over the last many months. This may sound like a conspiracy theory, especially since we can't prove any of it, but it must make sense.
1. The lack of 3g video calling in spite of having a front cam, and the lack of fm radio.
The big money is just waiting to be tapped with cheap apps that many people will buy. Low margin, high volume. The smartphone market is still quite disorganised and things are still in a trial phase. Like viber and whatsapp for instance. But they will soon start charging, albeit a small fee, which many people will willingly pay up. There are similar apps for internet video calling and internet radio/streaming. If they provide these features built in, then why would anyone need to spend more money on these apps/services?
2. No ICS.
For those that have used this phone, it is unexpectedly awesome. I never imagined a phone could be this much fun. This is in spite of having mediocre specs, even when it was launched. Even now, with much more powerful phones out there, i find it hard to imagine not having my Play. With such a perfect device, if the OS was current too, why would anyone want to switch to another phone? Sony, like all manufacturers want people to keep buying new phones, not stick with an old one till it dies. And also consider their Vita platform. Of course it's for more serious/hardcore gaming, but there's definitely a segment of people who will prefer to stick with the play. By not giving the Play PS Suite and the latest stuff, they're practically forcing people to buy a newer phone and the Vita if they want a gaming handheld.
About ICS itself, how is it that so many kanged custom ICS roms work perfectly fine with gaming etc? The fact is, these phones come with so much bloatware from the manufacturer that they perform at about half of their capability. Till I rooted and debloated my Play, i was almost ready to chuck it thinking that it was severely underpowered. Similarly a Defy+ i bought for a friend recently. Thing was just crawling and hanging till we loaded CM9 on it. It's unbelievable that the manufacturers intentionally cripple their phones with so much bloat. So obviously the ICS beta would run like crap, i'm a 110% sure that if the Sony crapware was uninstalled, it too would provide a satisfactory ICS gaming experience.
Bottom line is, it benefits Sony NOT to develop the Play further, just so that they can make more money selling their newer crap.
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- martin
- sbL
- 16 Jun 2012
ICS was a great advantage for this phone.
That is why - from its launch - sony always publicised and announced this phone would get ICS.
Much money has been spent advertising it and that has granted many sales and much (undeserved) profit for this phone.
With this phoney excuse, sony has proven unworthy of trust.
ICS is not something devs has promised, it was a warranty made by a large, respected company. It was a sure thing. The manufacturer had told us so.
"We're sorry" is everything we hear from this disloyal, treacherous company.
Thy've lost commercial interest for this phone. It is just not worth the trouble.
How worthy are sony, then?
How can anyone still buy their products when there are so many options on the market?
Are consumers to blame?
If we accept this quietly, we'll be responsible for all others who follow sony's example.
- m
- martin
- 3sB
- 16 Jun 2012
ICS was a great advantage for this phone.
That is why - from its launch - sony always publicised and announced this phone would get ICS.
Much money has been spent advertising it and that has granted many sales and much (undeserved) profit for this phone.
With this phoney excuse, sony has proven unworthy of trust.
ICS is not something devs has promised, it was a warranty made by a large, respected company. It was a sure thing. The manufacturer had told us so.
"We're sorry" is everything we hear from this disloyal, treacherous company.
Thy've lost commercial interest for this phone. It is just not worth the trouble.
How worthy are sony, then?
How can anyone still buy their products when there are so many options on the market?
Are consumers to blame?
If we accept this quietly, we'll be responsible for all others who follow sony's example.
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- abz
- tAN
- 16 Jun 2012
worst ph ive ever had...freezes to much, constantly tells me activity blah blah not responding, force close or wait..battery dies after 40/45 minutes of use..takes a long time to load n getting on internet is a nightmare.i was not interested in the iphone as its very plain, but now its time to smash my ph n get n iphone at least it wont freeze on me, n battery life lasts a lot longer..
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- AnonD-59229
- tVm
- 16 Jun 2012
no ics for xperia play :(
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- HELPLESS CUSTOMER
- 3Jb
- 15 Jun 2012
sony uk has clearly arrogantly unnecessarily stupidly abandoned loyal sony helpless customers..ICS IS NOT the main issue .. SONY UK BAD MANNERS are sickening ..
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- AnonD-54981
- w0%
- 15 Jun 2012
........., 14 Jun 2012Some people bought XPLAY for ICS. Isn't that clear enough? ... moreThere's good news. XDA developers are working hard on various ICS ROMs for Xperia Play. One of that is: http://www.androidust.com/xperia-play-miui-ics-2-5-25-rom-gsm-only/
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- corinne
- Iub
- 15 Jun 2012
The XPlay:
Corporate Lies & Broken Promises!
If we let it...
one day, it may happen to u 2...
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- NoMore
- 8aX
- 14 Jun 2012
Customers everywhere should be more than a herd of dumb fanboys suporting a company they're paying for.
Critical thinking is essential to survive among the masses of mindless conformists who apparently will gladly accept/take anything from anyone.
The only way to get back at these lying, deceving companies which provide no decent after sales support, which abuse our rights and despise customers the minute they get their money is to stop buying their products.
Xperia Play owners have every right to feel abused, deceived and should get the right compensation.
* You will feel too, when it happens to you.*
As Sony only cares about making (MORE) money, the only possible action is to stop buying their products.
If their sales and their profits actually diminsh, they will immediately realise they have done something wrong.
Sony's not a dumb company.
They're just testing whether their customers are.
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- EXCUSIO
- 3Jb
- 14 Jun 2012
sony turnovers sales are DOWN in uk and sony needed excusios for shares holders .. xperia play fiasco bad publicity --perfect excusios ..seems method in sony madness .. SONY FONY ..
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- HONEST FEEDBACK
- 3Jb
- 14 Jun 2012
........., 14 Jun 2012Some people bought XPLAY for ICS. Isn't that clear enough? ... moreABC - yes yes yes but what now .. do sony care ?
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- HONEST FEEDBACK
- 3Jb
- 14 Jun 2012
sonymobile uk .. now trying to entice new customers for new devices who had not bought xperiaplay .. but can sony ever be trusted again after xperia play let down ? sony has set a dangerous precedence --make false promises and false claims and make money with overinflated prices..
we hope sony learn hard lessons ..sony must make public apology to upset uk customers ..
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- Mfx
- 14 Jun 2012
Some people bought XPLAY for ICS. Isn't that clear enough? Can anybody answer?
Ah... so you mean to say that SE is stupid not to think that XPLAY wont work for ICS?
What do you think now?
A. Are they stupid
B. Were they lying
C. Are they just ripping us off?