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Sony Ericsson sales, net income slide in Q3; smartphones primary focus in 2012
Sony Ericsson reported its third-quarter results on Friday and while several figures suggest the company is on the upswing quarter-over-quarter, its net income and shipments were still down compared to the same quarter in 2010. The company shipped 9.5 million devices during the quarter, up 33% from the 7.6 million it shipped last quarter but down from the 10.4 million it shipped during the third quarter last year. It attributed the decline to fewer feature phone shipments as the company continues to pivot its focus to smartphones. Sony Ericsson’s Xperia family of devices accounted for more than 80% of its sales and 22 million such devices have shipped to date. ”We will continue to invest in the smartphone market, shifting the entire portfolio to smartphones during 2012,” Sony Ericsson president and CEO Bert Nordberg said. Net income for the quarter fell €49 million from the third quarter of 2010, but increased €50 million from the second quarter. Read on for the full press release from Sony Ericsson.
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Sony reportedly buying out Ericsson stake in Sony Ericsson
Rumors of Sony’s plan to purchase Ericsson’s stake in the companies’ joint Sony Ericsson venture have come and gone over the years, but a new report claims the deed is nearly done. Sony is nearing a deal to take complete control of the cell phone vendor according to The Wall Street Journal, and analysts estimate that Ericsson’s 50% share of the JV could be worth between $1.3 billion and $1.7 billion. The report states that Sony intends to integrate the Sony Ericsson smartphone business with its tablet, gaming and computer operations in order to save on costs and create more complementary devices. Sony Ericsson reported a net loss of €50 million in the second quarter of 2011.
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BlackBerry loyalty tops all other smartphone brands in U.K.
Research In Motion’s line of BlackBerry smartphones retained British customers better than any other manufacturer’s devices during the three-month period ending in July. Among BlackBerry users in the United Kingdom who purchased new smartphones during that period of time, an impressive 69.9% chose to purchase a new BlackBerry smartphone rather than stray to a new vendor. The impressive stat comes from comScore’s recent MobiLens report, and it bests Apple in the No. 2 spot with a 65.2% retention rate and distant No. 3 HTC at 48.1%. Nokia (33.5%) and Samsung (29.4%) rounded out the top-5, and Sony Ericsson trailed with 22.5% in the No. 6 spot. A graph illustrating manufacturer retention rates in the U.K. over the past three months follows below.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia ray now available unlocked in U.S. for $430
Sony Ericsson announced on Friday that its Xperia ray Android smartphone is now available unlocked in the United States for $429.99. It is equipped with Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread), an 8.1-megapixel camera, a VGA front-facing camera for video chats, a 3.3-inch Reality Display with an 854 x 480-pixel resolution, 512MB of RAM, a 4GB microSD card, an aluminum frame and a 1GHz processor. The Xperia ray can be purchased from Newegg’s website as well as through other online retailers. It is available in gold, black, white and pink. Sony Ericsson’s press announcement follows below.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S now available on Vodafone UK
Vodafone UK has become the first British network to stock Sony Ericsson’s shiny new flagship phone, the Xperia Arc S. It’s currently available for free, on 24-month contracts of £31 or more per month, and at that price you’ll get a monthly allowance of 600 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of data. Right now it seems Vodafone only has the Arc S in “midnight black”, as opposed to the “pure white” version that’s been shown off to the press over the past month or so.
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HTC reigns supreme among UK Android fans
In some not so unexpected but still slightly surprising news, recent figures suggest that HTC accounts for just over half of all Android smartphones in use in the UK.
A recent Comscore study revealed that 50.9 per cent of the 6.3million UK Android phones belong to the Taiwanese manufacturer. In comparison, second place went to Samsung with 21.6 per cent, and Sony Ericsson rounding out the podium in third with 14.2 per cent.
Galaxy Nexus, Gingerbread MIA [From the Forums]
Droid Bionic, new Sony Ericsson gear and most importantly — Football! All sorts of news hit the blogs today so if you missed out on any be sure to check it all out. If you were here for all the action and want to discuss it some more, head on into the Android Central forums and be heard!
Hands-on with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray
The Xperia Ray quickly piqued our interest when it was announced a few months ago. Up to now, Sony Ericsson smartphones had invariably been constructed of plastic, and while this has its benefits, an aluminum-framed device is always going to be sturdier and feel better in the hand.
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, exclusive to Xperia Play … for now
The latest mobile version of the long running Need For Speed franchise is now upon us, and for the time being at least will be exclusive to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play.
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Sony Ericsson to preview a slew of new titles for the Xperia PLAY at this week’s Gamescom
Sony Ericsson will be showing off a slew of new games optimized for the Xperia PLAY this week at the annual Gamescom trade show in Cologne, Germany. The new titles will join the list of over 150 titles currently optimized for the device, which continues to grow thanks to the expanding partnerships between Sony and game developers. Hit the break for a full list of upcoming games to be previewed at this week’s events, which begin today and run through Aug. 21.
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