Sony, Nintendo grapple with memory price surge as AI boom constrains supplyNintendo and Sony face higher costs due to rising memory chip prices. The AI boom is impacting chip supply, forcing price increases on cons...
08 May, 2026, 07.57 PM IST
Global Markets | Japan's Nikkei pulls back from record high as SoftBank Group fallsTechnology investor SoftBank Group fell 4.56% to drag the Nikkei lower the most after the U.S.-listed shares of Arm Holdings tumbled overn...
08 May, 2026, 01.45 PM IST
Iconic Sony pulls plug on smartphones in Europe? Xperia 1 VII vanishes from stores in major shiftSony is seemingly reducing its smartphone presence in Europe, as the Xperia 1 VII disappears from many retail locations, including Finland....
15 Jul, 2025, 10.46 PM IST
LG, Sony fight for survival in India's smartphone space, to exit entry marketFacing tough competition from Chinese and local vendors, their market share in the smartphone category has slipped to record lows - LG at 0...
25 Feb, 2016, 11.17 AM IST
Sony plans to make Xperia phones in IndiaThe Japanese consumer electronics major is finalising a new strategy for the Indian market, which is its fourth largest after the US, China...
04 Sep, 2015, 09.54 AM IST
Sony won't exit smartphone & TV businesses; to push sales in smaller cities for profitable growthSony has no intentions of exiting the smartphone and television segments for now, its India head said.
03 Mar, 2015, 07.21 AM IST
Taro Yamamoto of car audio unit replaces Tadato Kimura as new head of Sony's mobile unitThe Japanese conglomerate has appointed Taro Yamamoto, who was earlier heading the car audio division, as the new head for mobile phones bu...
19 Jun, 2014, 04.47 AM IST
Sony overtakes Apple to emerge second largest smartphone brand in IndiaAccording to latest data, Sony garnered 9.1% value share in the Indian smartphone market in the October-December quarter of 2013 against Ap...
04 Apr, 2014, 09.20 AM IST
Sony, Lenovo eye bigger share of Indian smartphone marketBoth companies, who entered the Indian handset market late 2012, said they are targeting a 10% share of Indian smartphone market in about t...
15 Jan, 2014, 08.40 AM IST
Sony plans to make India a bigger market than Japan: Kenichiro Hibi, India MD"We plan to significantly expand our smartphone product portfolio, sales and distribution points and marketing investment next year," Hibi ...
09 Jan, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
Sony India's smartphone biz set to overtake flagship LED divisionSony India plans to set up a chain of 200 standalone Xperia stores on the franchisee model across the country by the end of this fiscal.
09 Sep, 2013, 05.58 AM IST
Smartphones to ring at the core of Sony’s strategy in India: Kenichiro HibiSony India's MD Kenichiro Hibi says that despite being a late entrant in the local smartphone market, the company will not play the low-pri...
16 Aug, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Sony aims to be among top three smartphone players in IndiaJapanese consumer electronics giant Sony today said it is targetting to be among the top three smartphone players in the Indian market with...
30 Jul, 2013, 06.52 PM IST
- Sony earmarks Rs 300 crore budget for mobile marketing
Sony has earmarked a mobile marketing budget of Rs 300 crore for 2013 calendar year to create space for its Xperia brand.
12 Mar, 2013, 05.07 PM IST
Focus on services will provide value for Sony Mobile: Kristian Tear, Executive V-P, Sony MobileSony will continue to concentrate on making smartphones but will also offer affordable ones to reach to a larger audience, says Kristian Te...
16 Apr, 2012, 09.12 PM IST
- Minus Ericsson, Sony to only make smartphones
Sony Corp is all set to rebrand its mobile phones post the acquisition of Ericsson's share in the ten-year-old joint venture-Sony Ericsson.
03 Dec, 2011, 09.04 AM IST
- Sony Ericsson targets China's smartphone market
Sony Ericsson said on Wednesday China would become its biggest handset market by volume in the next three to four years, as it moved to gra...
01 Sep, 2010, 05.43 PM IST