Sony Corporation has reported its revenues for first quarter of the financial year 2015 that ended June 30, 2015. Sales remained flat at 1,808.1 billion yen ( US$ (14,820 million) with just 0.1% decease compared to the same quarter last year. Sony shipped just 7.2 million smartphones in the quarter compared to 9.4 million in Q1 FY14. Continue reading “Sony Mobile sales down 16.3% YoY, 7.2 million smartphones shipped in Q1 FY15”
It looks like Sony is gearing up to launch a new smartphone next month. The company has posted a teaser on its official Twitter account hinting at a new device.
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An upcoming phone from Sony dubbed as the Xperia C5 Ultra has been revealed in a user guide. The device which is codenamed as Lavender had leaked earlier as well.
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Sony has been partnering with the James Bond franchise ever since Casino Royale. Now, it is expected that the upcoming Sony XPERIA Z5 smartphone which could be the 2015 flagship for the 2nd half of the year will make an appearance in the upcoming James Bond film titled ‘Spectre’.
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Sony has officially launched its ‘Concept for Android’ initiative in Sweden. Under the trial, users will be able to test stripped down version of Android 5.1 with popular Sony features built directly into the OS.
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Sony has started rolling out Android 5.1 Lollipop update to a range of Xperia devices. The firmware update is coming to Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact, Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z2 Tablet.
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We’ve already told you about Sony’s device codenamed Lavender. It will be a selfie centric smartphone that will sport a bezel-less display and is likely to launch as the T4 Ultra or the C5 Ultra. Apparently Sony has another smartphone in the works that will also be bezel-less and will be announced around the same time in August.
Sony has partnered with Twitch to launch a new app dubbed as Live screen streaming that will allow users to broadcast live gameplay of any game on their phones to the social video platform.
Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z3+, Xperia Z4 can now livestream games to Twitch via new app”
We brought you the review of Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Dual recently, here we have its battery life test results. The Xperia M4 Aqua Dual packs a 2400mAh built-in battery. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). In our review we said that the smartphone should last even most heavy users a day of use. Check out the test results.
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Sony is afterall here to stay for the long run. Hiroki Totoki, the CEO of Sony Mobile has revealed that the manufacturer is not exiting the smartphone business.
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New sources state that Sony is already working on the XPERIA Z5 which is the successor to the Z4/Z3+. The device is expected to be unveiled in Japan sometime during September.
The international variant of the Sony XPERIA Z4 is known as the Z3+ and now the device is available for purchase on American shores via Amazon.
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Sony already makes a selfie focused Xperia C3 and now it seems like it wants to further tap the ongoing ‘selfie’ phenomenon. A new report from Venturebeat states that the company has filed patent for a unique selfie technology.
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Typically every year at MWC, Sony announces a new Z series smartphone and many were expecting to see a Sony XPERIA Z4 launched at MWC this year. Well yes, now we do have a Z4/Z3+ however Sony didn’t leave the announcements dry at MWC. What we got from them is the Sony XPERIA M4 Aqua which is the first smartphone from Sony that is waterproof yet has an unprotected microUSB port. The new Z4/Z3+ do adopt a similar method but it first came out with the M4 Aqua. The M4 Aqua which is the successor of the first M2 Aqua (Weird naming scheme I agree) was launched as a dual SIM variant here in India. So in this review we will be taking a look at the Sony XPERIA M4 Aqua Dual to see how well it performs as a smartphone. Whether or not it is a worthy successor to the M2 Aqua and whether it is worth its price.
Now Sony is looking forward to follow the latest ‘Make in India’ trend that is being adopted by most of the smartphone makers. The Japanese electronic major is “seriously” considering to set up a manufacturing plant in the country, as per a PTI report.
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