Sony Ericsson posts its first profitable quarter since 2008

By on Apr 16, 2010 at 9:38 AM
News April 16, 2010

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Troubled phone maker Sony Ericsson had a nice surprise for its investors this morning, as it announced that Q1 2010 was its first profitable quarter in just under two years. While the company shipped 4.1 million fewer handsets than in Q4 2009, it did manage to make gains where it ultimately counts, posting an income of 21€ million ($28.415 million USD) while increasing the average selling price of each handset 12% to 134€ ($181 USD). See, Sony Ericsson? Shipping products without major bugs and laying off excess labor does help the bottom line. Now all you have to do is make a smartphone people actually desire with an up-to-date OS and maybe you’ll be able to move past your crummy 4% marketshare.

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  • JMR

    They are seriously lagging in the phone technology department, IMO

    • tom

      SE doesn’t lack in phone technology dept. SE doesn’t have its own smartphone OS and small line up of phones

      Smartphone has been the driving force of mobile phone sales. Apple got Mac OS, while Blackberry has java. SE has nothing, Windows Mobile and Symbian. Neither one of them took off. SE just got nothing on hand to take a piece of the smartphone growth.

      I haven’t seen one dumbphone w/ QWERTY keyboard from SE.

      Now that SE are putting aside the ego and get serious
      -Retire the proprietary shit. (port and memory stick.)
      -Android

      I think they are going to do pretty well from now on.

  • martin

    Even with 1.6 my new X10 (as of yesterday) Rocks!
    Tops my 9700 and 3GS by miles

  • Jasperzz

    Anyone know when the xperia x10 is suppose to come out for AT&T? During the month of April by any chance?

    • AT&T_CSR

      It’s slated to be released by Winter of 20Never.

      The phone is too high end. Similar to the N1 you can buy it from manufacturer, but it won’t be sold by AT&T stores.

  • Nico

    @AT&T_CSR
    yet Rogers Wireless just launched the X10 in Canada. No contract price of $549.99. Definitely not as pricey as predicted.
    If AT&T doesn’t get it, the Rogers version can be bought and used on AT&T.

  • Jasperzz

    @Nico
    Does the Rogers version need to be unlocked to be used on AT&T?

  • Moe

    I’m a mobile-phone collector. I’ve got the iPhone 3GS, the BlackBerry Bold 9700, the 9000, Nexus One, and various Nokia phones. I’m currently in Dubai, and I bought the X10 from Axiom Telecom, and take it from me, this phone is something special. It’s cutting-edge, it uses Android technology even better than the Nexus One, and it’s got a ton of features that are specific only to the X10. Their first quarter is showing profit because they made a big comeback with their new line.

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