The still-to-be announced Sony Xperia Z1s has been spotted again. This time, it appears that Sony Mobile itself may have inadvertently leaked the device as it briefly showed up on its global website before the mistake was caught. The Sony Xperia Z1s is expected to be an international variant of the Xperia Z1 f which was announced for Japan in October. The […]
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Sony Xperia Z1S revealed?
Sony may have one more device for us this year. According to the usually reliable @evleaks, Sony could launch the Xperia Z1S by the end of the year. All we have at this point is an image of the device. The Sony Xperia Z1 only recently went on sale (including in Canada) and the name of this latest device suggests […]
Android 4.2 firmware update coming to Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra
The Sony Xperia Z1 and Ultra Z are barely out in Canada and the U.S. that Sony Mobile also announced it is pushing out a maintenance release for both devices. The update incorporates changes that Sony realized were necessary after the devices launched earlier in other markets. After these products started hitting markets, (as always) we listened closely to feedback […]
Sony Mobile to focus on Europe and Japan at expense of U.S. and China
While Sony wants to become the third largest handset vendor by sales, its strategy to do so may not be quite what many of us expected. With Europe and Japan accounting for 60 percent of its smartphone sales, Sony Mobile will focus its efforts there. “Those two are the most important areas for us and we’ll put substantial resources there, […]
Sony Mobile aiming to be number three in handset market
Sony Mobile has set some lofty goals for itself. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Dennis van Schie, CVP of Sales & Marketing, revealed that the company wants to become the third largest handset vendor by sales. It may not be able to do so next year but van Schie also said that it would happen “not in 10 years’ […]
Sony Mobile to ship 65 million Xperia smartphones in fiscal 2014 year
Sony Mobile expects to ship some 42 million Xperia smartphones in its 2013 fiscal year (ending in March 2014). According to Digitimes, the Japanese company is not planning to rest on its laurels next year either. It has reportedly raised its shipment goals by 55 percent to 65 million smartphones in its 2014 fiscal year which runs from April 2014 […]
Sony working on mini version of Xperia i1 Honami smartphone?
A number of smartphone manufacturers have recently released mini versions of their flagship devices. Two good examples are Samsung with the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S4 mini and HTC with its HTC One and One mini. The latest to catch the mini bug appears to be Sony Mobile. It has yet to announce its next flagship smartphone, the Xperia […]
Sony Xperia Z Ultra ad focuses on convergence
Sony Mobile has released a new video for its Xperia Z Ultra phablet. It focuses on the convergence that smartphones have brought about in recent years as they have become our go-to device for notes, navigation, photos, music, reading, and increasingly television watching. http://youtu.be/WYh-ffmFPc8 The video reveals no surprises but gives you another look at the upcoming device before it […]