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Sony to buy off Ericsson's shares in their joint mobile business |
masseur
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yeah, I saw that but they will first need to (re)establish support in existing  main markets.
I just don't see the US being a large focus in the very short term
its common for CEO's to make such comments so that markets in which they can't focus right away don't feel left out... its just how things work.
...and remember, he was also asked to compare with Apple who do have strong US support so he had to make some positive comment towards that too
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randomuser
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And also another reason why I think the phones will be announced at CES is Sony announces their annual product portfolio at CES every year. The biggest Sony event of the year is always CES. So at least a preview of the phones is most definitely on the cards at CES.
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masseur
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but CES is only 9 weeks away... even after 8 months from announcing windows 7 mobile support, the best that Nokia could come up with was the Lumia 800, and that was largely an N9 derivative.
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randomuser
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Yes I know but don't you think Sony could have prototypes ready already ? The Sony Tablet S prototypes were ready months before they were announced. Same with the PS Vita.  Vaio model prototypes are readies almost 1 year in advance.
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masseur
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ok, add 6 months to the 9 weeks we have from now to CES and they still would have had the same lead time that Nokia had, though I expect that Nokia already had some months with windows mobile 7 before deciding to make their announcement in Feb...
I just don't see it myself. even WMC seems a bit optimistic but I've seen Sony exhibit products before that they won't let media touch so its not out of the realms of possibility for them to show alpha (rather than beta) models behind glass cabinets to get some interest going.
perhaps I'm being too pessimistic but things just don't move as quick as we would wish in the technology world.
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Platia1
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If anything I would suspect rebranded Sony Ericsson solutions that are currently in development.
Or perhaps quick jobs like a phone version of that awesome Gingerbread Walkman where most of the work is already done. |
randomuser
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On 2011-10-30 14:20:16, Platia1 wrote:
If anything I would suspect rebranded Sony Ericsson solutions that are currently in development.
Or perhaps quick jobs like a phone version of that awesome Gingerbread Walkman where most of the work is already done.
I would totally love that  Could be a very decent mid range device with its Tegra 2 chipset. |
10123
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So does this mean SE phone prices will drop?
Seems so. |
nikos_se
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Well,definately they will want to clear up the stock...However, sales have already been lower than 10mln/quarter,so it wont be difficult to clear up the stock...So i dont expect huge pricedrops...but i believe by mid-January,xperia arc s wont cost more than 250eur-280eur. |
aka Dus
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@10123 You betcha. The ass is going to drop out of the bottom of SE numbers now. The market will wait for the first proper Sony phone. Sony rebranding SE phones already in development would be a very questionable move but might be likely. It will take more than putting Sony on the front to move on from 1.9% market share.
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Ranjith
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On 2011-10-31 17:01:26, aka Dus wrote:
Sony rebranding SE phones already in development would be a very questionable move but might be likely.
Would be nice to see the SONY badge on their very own product.a fresh start.
I  ESATO I W1i  T20,T65, P800(2x),K800,Z300,  800, 850 (2x),P1i(with WALKMAN) |
chunkybeats
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I just bought a xperia neo v just before the announcement, now will my phone be supported for ICS? Im hoping so as with the rest of the 2011 Xperias. What happens with warranty etc? Sony Mobile division simply takes over? Im not sure i have made a right move buying an SE this late as it could be risky with warranty. Anyone know about the future of the 2011 phones? |
>500
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^^^
I just bought a white Neo V... Im confident the support will continue.
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chunkybeats
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@ >500
Yeah mine is white too, is it a good phone? I cant wait for mine. I have been looking at comments about it on other sites and people are complaining about the heat when charging and using Bravia, is this happening to you? Maybe its similar to the xperia mini, that has heat problems but only in really hot climates so Melbourne might be ok  although gets bloody hot there e in Summer hehe!! Im happy with the kiwi summer! |
adsada
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I'm sure they will still support our phones, well they better but yeah by the sounds of it, it will probably be a slow transition there is a lot of rebranding to go through think website, advertising, public relations (facebook, youtube) etc. So I wouldn't expect to see Sony phones for a while...imo
It wouldn't make any sense not to support our phones, especially when the company learnt from the 2010 line up about how important updates were, remember half of this is still sony so surely this knowledge will continue? Also I think there was some EU law where phone companies had to keep supporting their phones for up to 16 months or something.
If worst comes to worst, there is always the unofficial option and with SE supporting these methods it can only mean that we have options. (I wouldn't touch my arc with modding it's too new still  maybe in a couple of years)
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