Showing posts with label smartphones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smartphones. Show all posts

Friday, April 3, 2015

Sony sold 10 7 million smartphones last quarter


Sonys new quarterly financial report is out and it shows improving performance. The companys Mobile Products and Communications division responsible for Sonys Xperia and Vaio devices reports improving smartphone sales, but was dragged down by the stale PC business. If you havent heard already, Sony is selling its PC business.
The Xperia line, however, moved 10.7 million smartphones during the quarter, up from 10 million units the quarter before. The Average Selling Price (ASP) of Xperia smartphones also went up, which along with favorable exchange rates resulted in 44.8% increase in sales for the division to $4.396 billion, but a net loss of $120 million, including $78 million impairment charges for the PC business.
 Sony did cut its forecast for number of smartphones sold to 40 million units from 42 million. Considering it has already sold 30.3 million, this implies Sony expects to sell under 10 million units in the first three months of 2014.

 
Along with the smartphone and tablet business, Sonys Game division is responsible for the improved revenue. Following the launch of the PlayStation 4, the division raked in $4.207 billion in revenue and made an operating income of $172 million.
The imaging business isnt doing too hot and sales increased just 6% year on year to $1.886 billion, but the division posted an operating profit of $115 million compared to a loss the same quarter in 2012.
LCD TV sales bounced back, which along with reduced cost pushed Home Entertainment & Sound to 24.8% bigger revenue of $3.848 billion and $61 million operating income.
The consolidated revenue for Sony (including a strong Financial Services division) was $22.979 billion (up 23.9% year on year) and the operating income stood at $860 million.

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

40 000 Redmi 1S Smartphones to Go on Sale via Flipkart Today at 2pm IST



Xiaomis budget Redmi 1S smartphone, priced at Rs. 5,999, will be available in its second flash sale in India starting 2pm IST on Tuesday at Flipkart for registered users.
Xiaomi has already confirmed that 40,000 Redmi 1S units will be again available for sale on Tuesdays flash sale.
(Also see: Xiaomi Redmi 1S Review | Pictures)
Xiaomi, continuing the flash sale trend started with the Mi 3, had sold the entire40,000 units inventory in 4.2-seconds last week, and once again, there were thousands of unhappy Xiaomi consumers who never got their hands on the device.
(Also see: The Rs. 5,999 battle - Xiaomi Redmi 1S vs Asus ZenFone 4 A400CG)
Flipkart, the exclusive online retailer of Xiaomi handsets in India, now claims that over 300,000 people have registered for the second flash sale of the Redmi 1S. The Flipkart page clearly notes that "Registrations will not be carried over. You need to register again for next sale." Considering that limited stocks of the Redmi 1S will be available in India, the popular e-commerce giant has revealed that it will limit orders to one phone per registered email ID per sale.

Last week, Hugo Barra, Vice President of Xiaomi Global had revealed that the Redmi 1S would come with a complimentary Micro SIM-card adapter and a screen protector, and that orders will be delivered in 7-10 business days. The Flipkart page notes, "Freebies will be delivered separately post your handset shipments."
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The company, also referred to as Chinas Apple, had reportedly discontinued the Mi 3in India to focus on the Redmi 1S.
The dual-SIM Xiaomi Redmi 1S features a 4.7-inch 720x1280 pixel IPS-LCD display; Android 4.3 Jelly Bean with MIUI v5; 1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC (MSM8228); Adreno 305 GPU; 1GB of RAM; 8GB of built-in storage; expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB); 8-megapixel rear autofocus camera with flash; 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera, and 2000mAh battery.
Xiaomi Redmi 1S

Xiaomi Redmi 1S

Rs.5999
  • Design
  • Display
  • Software
  • Performance
  • Battery life
  • Camera
  • Value for money
  • Good
  • Great battery life
  • Class-leading camera performance
  • Good display
  • Bad
  • Available RAM for apps is low
  • Boring design
Read detailed Xiaomi Redmi 1S review

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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Asustek expects to ship over 1 million ZenFone smartphones in 2Q14 says CEO

 
Monica Chen, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Friday 18 April 2014]

Asustek Computer has launched its ZenFone smartphones for pre-orders in China, Taiwan and Indonesia and expects to ship more than one million units in total in the second quarter of 2014, according to company CEO Jerry Shen.
Viewing that pre-orders in the three markets have been better than originally expected, Asustek expects to ship 200,000-300,000 ZenFone smartphones in April, 400,000 units in May and 500,000 units in June, Shen said. Asustek is confident of reaching target shipments of five million ZenFone smartphones for 2014, and 2015 shipments are likely to reach 10 million units, Shen indicated.

Source: http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20140418PD209.html
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