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SONY Xperia Rumors 2013 Edition |
vivftp
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Meh, the way I see it, 2013 is a transition year for Sonys products. The start of 2012 was when Kaz took charge and he's been making a ton of massive changes behind the scenes to reorient the company, and those steps are continuing as we speak. The actual consumer products that are a result of those changes are really only starting to hit the market (ie. Xperia Z and ZL), but those are devices that would have had to have been either initially concieved of or designed at the very beginning of this new Sony, at the very latest. The results of Sonys various divisions coming together to become a more unified, cohesive force will become more and more apparent throughout 2013 and I would imagine by 2014 we will see a fully ready to go One Sony in business.
As far as the cell phones go, we'll continue to see more and more integration. Sony has a monsterous technological heritage to call upon for ways they can uniquely differentiate themselves from everyone else in the mobile market. It's now just a matter of them actually doing it, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing the results. The 2013 cell phone lineup is also something in a state of flux as observed by the fact that Sony is still operating on the multiple flagship per year schedule, whereas by next year it'll be a single flagship for the year. The Xperia Z and ZL IMO are not the best Sony can do, but they were good enough for Sony to toss out onto the market before the competitors could get their phones out, and these phones will help them to gain market share. The 2H flagship and phablet will continue this trend, but likely be a lot more representative of what Sony can do when they have their full power behind designing a mobile device. I can only guess what the 2014 lineup will be like, but I'm willing to bet we're going to have a few "holy shit" moments when we do finally see what they're up to.
Anyways, just my speculative ramblings about what I think is going on and what we will see. Very exciting times for Sony fans  |
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vasigar
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sorry for going off topic
samsungs eye scroll ll be just something to showoff n has almost no pracrical implication.... just imagine a person holding a sIV n using eye movements to control his mobile soon he will have immense headache n his extraocular muscles would have fatigued.... intrinsic muscles of thumb r designed by nature to be fast, easy for a purpose n it would be much easy to use ur thumbs n other fingers than torturing ur eyes. so am not excited abt this eye scrolling like you alll.... I just pity those Samsung fanboys who r going to have new headaches( in addition to those caused by the reemergence of Sony n xperia z)...... |
tapas123
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^^^hmm what if it becomes a hit???? you never know with Samsung  |
josephnero
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We might assume it shit but millions of foolish people will be alot more interested |
tapas123
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On 2013-03-07 09:31:02, josephnero wrote:
We might assume it shit but millions of foolish people will be alot more interested
Yeah and it's bound to happen  |
vasigar
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that's wat am also saying.... everyone will flock to Samsung......but real innovations which assist the user or give a new useful exciting feature s needed (like floating touch, pure view camera, stylus, capacitive touch).... this eye scrolling ll be exciting but it's usefulness is wat am doubting.... but am not going to jump to conclusions before seeing it n experiencing it first hand....
@tapas if something becomes a hit it doesn't mean they are great(eg: latest iPhones, harry potter, Justin beiber:-P) |
Ricky D
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I don't believe eye scrolling is a genuine must have innovation but it's not like Samsung are the only company who push 'new' gimmicky tech. ALL the big companies do it, including our precious.
I have a dig bick
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djin
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I think we should wait to see how the eye scroll will work before being so skeptical. Face unlock with the detection of blink was pretty clever by samsung and its present in T too. So not everything is a gimmick.
Anyway will sony release a new smart watch or was this the last watch by them?
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Indiandawg
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Any innovation, small or big is always welcome. Even if it's from Apple, Samsung or Sony. It's always welcome.
I loved Apple to make every one use touchscreen phones. Indeed the OS is simple and user friendly.
I loved Samsung to make people realise the potential of what Android is capable of.
last but not the least.. I loved Sony for always bringing innovation at it's best. Right from T68i to Xperia. They have always done a great job. From touchscreen & stylus to water resisstant phone.
What I would like to see from other manufacturers?
Apple coming out with a new iOS look and add features that has been missing since a long time.
Samsung, if you want to beat Apple keep coming out with innovations like eye scrolling and all. We want that!
Sony, We need a power pack hardware phone from you rest you really got it all!
& Nokia, you got amazing camera but you need Android, accept it!
T200 -> T68i -> T610 -> K700i -> P910i -> W800i -> P990i -> M600i -> P1-> Nokia E71 -> X1i -> X10 -> Arc S -> Sony Z1 -> Sony Z Ultra -> Sony Z3+ -> iPhone 6 -> iPhone 7 Plus -> iPhone X -> iPhone XS Max |
tapas123
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Nicely said bro +1 |
bavlondon2
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On 2013-03-07 12:36:37, Indiandawg wrote:
Any innovation, small or big is always welcome. Even if it's from Apple.
What do you mean 'Even if it's from Apple'? Have you forgotten Android is essentially an iOS rip off? If it wasn't for APple in the first place this thread would probably be wondering what the next UIQ or Symbian device coming out is.
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vikeviki
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+1 bro |
Xajel
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^^^
Stop this rip off thing, it might inspired something as all OS's inspires something from each other, Android was a company founded in 2003, Google bought it in 2005 it was in development since then... the world never heard of iOS before 2007 ( thought it wasn't called iOS by that time ).. but the world didn't know how iOS will look like till 2007 when it announces the first iPhone... of course Apple worked long time ago but we don't know since when, but we know that while Android was founded in 2003, bought by Google in 2005 and first announced in 2007 ( same as iPhone ) but launched officially in october 2008 when the first phone running it went to sale... so development was for at least 4-5 years before announcement/launch...
Android was announced just months a way from iOS, no way any company can rip an OS this fast, and after announcement Google and HTC worked on the first device which saw the light after nearly one year...
Why no body is saying iOS ripped Symbian or UIQ ? these were smartphone OS's or wasn't ? and iOS ripped of UIQ touch things ? no body is saying this...
Symbian, UIQ and might even Palm and Windows Mobile inspired Apple to start working on iOS, they took from this and this and make it better... and company that want's to make a better thing from the ground will work hard to make better things this is how iOS and Android both born... and this is how Microsoft decided to start from ground again... and What killed Symbian is that they worked hard to built it in the correct way and from ground to be what peoples liked...
Any one can make a product, but if they want to to be a success, then it should be unique and stands out in the crowd... iOS did that, Android did that and MS is trying to do so with Windows Phone... some might make a success and some might fail... it all depends on what they make in the beginning...
iOS in the first was very basic, but what saved it was it's speed and apps and touch features.. thought there was no basic features like MMS but that didn't stopped it from being a success as it was evolving with each update... even Android was very basic it even lacked bluetooth file transfer but again this didn't stopped it companies found solutions to some of it lacks and it evolved with time also...
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smclion102
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NEWSSony: India our fastest-growing market
How do you see the sales of your mobile phones in India this year?
Mobile phones account for about 10-15% of our revenues. We expect sales of Xperia series to grow nearly three times next year and clock a revenue of Rs 3,500 crore.
Xperia Tipo is the cheapest phone from Sony that retails for around Rs 8,500. Do you have plans to go lower than this where phones like Nokia Asha series and Samsung Rex operate?
The Tipo will continue to be the entry-level phone from our stable and Sony does not have any plan to go below that at this moment.
MORE Q&ASony: India our fastest-growing market
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JoJotaro
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Exactly! Apple has just had such a huge fanbase that doesn't even question anything Apple does and believe Apple is the first to invent everything. Just take a look at the patent portfolio Sony or Microsoft etc have in comparison to Apple, these companies have worked on and released a lot more innovated things than Apple but get bashed a lot more and are accused of never being innovative. Tablets and smartphones did exist before Apple came out with the iPhone and iPad, and the first gen of Apples devices aren't what I would call reliable. Android has come a long way considering how it was 3 years ago, so much that for many today be considered to have surpassed iOS in features and to have matched it in reliability. |
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