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What Happened To Sony Mobile Phones: The Journey From CMD To Xperia
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May 11, 2025
Sony has been making phones since the early 1990s before entering into a joint partnership with Ericsson in 2001 to form Sony Ericsson. Sony later bought out Ericsson's stake in 2010 and became Sony Mobile. I share the list of Sony mobile phones I have owned since 2001 till date, and I also examine how the brand is doing in the market today. Read more about the rich history of Sony Mobile: https://mobilityarena.com/sony-mobile-sony-xperia-phones/ #sonymobile #sonyxperia #sonyxperiapro
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[Music]
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hello this is Mr
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mobility this is a Sony Xperia
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Pro this is a
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flash this is a flash from the past or
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what in today's lingo we call a
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throwback sony smartphones were
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originally known for their music prowess
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or should I say Sony phones because I'm
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talking about the early 2000s i'm
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talking about
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2004 to
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2010 sony smartphones were known for
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their music prowess that generation of
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Sony phones included the Walkman brand
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if you wanted a phone that you could
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plug into your ears and listen to music
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with good quality audio reproduction
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Sony phones were it and then there was
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the merger with Erikson and they became
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Sunonny
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Erikson and then Sony bought out Erikson
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from the partnership and we ended up
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with the brand known as Sony mobile
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today and their peculiar branding for
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Android phones is the Xeria brand so
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whenever you see or hear of an Xperia
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phone you're definitely talking about
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Sony this was produced during the time
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of the Sony Ericson joint venture and it
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was after that that Sony bought out
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Ericson and decided to go it alone but
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what has happened to Sony mobile phones
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since then i remember that in my country
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and in many other countries Sony was
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present sony phones were sold today it's
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a miracle if you can find a Sony phone
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to buy in my country and in many other
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countries the brand seems to have
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receded and considered territory to more
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prominent brands they seem to be more
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content to play a niche game and that
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niche
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game seems to be around photography now
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when I said that Sony phones were known
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for their music that might have sounded
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odd to you because you probably know
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them for photography today
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yes this is the route that Sony has
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chosen to go and yes Sony has produced
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some some of the greatest camera phones
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in the last two decades if you are
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around in the early 2000s you're
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probably aware of that despite the
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camera prowess of modern Sony
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phones the brand simply has
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not sort of endeared itself to the
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masses i have seen some of their recent
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phones they produced for camera
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professionals sorry photographic
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professionals how many photographic
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professionals are out there and will buy
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a smartphone for professional reasons i
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doubt it they'd likely still go with
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their professional standalone
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cameras so that's the dilemma that Sony
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has found itself in today the phones are
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not as popular as they used to be they
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are still solid high quality
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phones they also tend to be more
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expensive than competitors in the market
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in the same category i'm not sure
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why perhaps it has to do with where Sony
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phones are manufactured the last time I
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checked they were not made in China they
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were not made in India i think they were
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made in Japan and that cost
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significantly more than a manufacturing
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operation in China Vietnam India Brazil
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that might be
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it but Sony phones today are definitely
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more expensive than their counterparts
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in the market they've still got great
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cameras but not a lot of people are
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experiencing them because they are not
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everywhere one they are scarce to find
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and two they are more expensive
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i really wish that the Sony story would
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go differently i wish that Sony phones
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will become more popular i have owned
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quite a number of Sony phones in the
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last two decades quite a number because
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I used to be a huge fan here's a quick
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trip down memory lane to the Sony mobile
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phones that I have owned the very first
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Sony phone that I owned was the Sony CMD
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J5 was a tall sleek feature phone back
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then because it didn't run any
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smartphone operating system or
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whatsoever it was pretty much a feature
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phone with an alpha numeric keypad and
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an antenna in the days when phones
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mobile phones had antennas after that I
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have owned the Sony Ericson P68i the
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P800 the P1 the Sony Ericen T00 the
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T230
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T610 the Xperia X2 Xperia X10 mini pro
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one slider whose name
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I I am forgetting now there was a
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pinkish device and it was a slider with
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an alpha numeric keypad and then yes
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this guy the Xeria Pro those are the 10
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11 Sony phones I have owned but looking
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through that list now it occurs to me
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that I haven't owned a modern Sony
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smartphone
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yet ah that's something but here we are
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i still have this in my museum and it
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works i just haven't charged it so sorry
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I can't show you how it works what the
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interface is like this this was the
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early stages of Android if you are new
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to the smartphone space or if you're new
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in the smartphone space you probably be
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shocked to find out how ugly Android OS
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used to be
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android has become much more beautiful
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and userfriendly than it used to be in
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the early stages thanks to several
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refinements over the years by Google i
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will charge this up one day and take you
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through the user interface so that you
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can you can have a look at what it it
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used to be like to use an Android phone
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i really do wish that Sony mobile phones
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were still as available as they used to
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be and that they didn't cost an arm and
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a leg it would be nice to use one again
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but even if I wanted one now I'd
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probably have to order from one of the
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global online vendors and then have it
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shipped to me and it will cost me much
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more than it would cost getting
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something from the competition i'm not
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sure if I am that much of a fan
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it it doesn't sound like an attractive
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proposition to me i'm always on the
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lookout for value when it comes to
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smartphones so uh I'm not sure anyway
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the Sony Xperia Pro of course you can
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tell from the quic keyboard this is from
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way
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back so I haven't used a modern Sony
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smartphone but perhaps you have if you
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have used a Sony smartphone that was
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released in the last 5 to 10 years do
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share your story if you're still using
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one today how is it what's what's
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fantastic about it please update me i'd
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like to know exactly what I have been
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missing if at all if at all I have been
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missing anything i also understand that
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Sony is not exactly fantastic with
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software updates which is a bummer
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because these days I'm interested more
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in brands that offer timely responsive
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software updates for their products but
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let me hear your story what Sony phone
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are you using now which ones have you
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used in the last 5 to 10 years please
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oblige me in the comment section thank
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