ASP of Sony Xperias rises, the company makes the most per phone of any Android makersony

The company's transition to the premium market seems to have an effect - it makes an estimated average of $26 on each phone sold, up from Samsung's $23. Apple is in the stratosphere with $184, while the other big players are losing money, LG hovering just below the break-even point.

http://m.gsmarena.com/average_price_of_sony_xperias_rises_the_company_makes_the_most_per_phone_of_any_android_maker-news-17221.php

looks like Kazanator stikes again..lol

They're the best phones on the market with the most profit for the creators. Sadly they also sell near the bottom of the list so that cancels out.

Nice but who sells a lot more again?

Sony sold more PlayStation 4's last quarter than smartphones.

That's the first time a Sony console has sold more than smartphones in a quarter.

You need volume at that price.

 though with being no real market share strive goal, its also the point is they are concentrating on profit..and if Sony forks a Android OS version like Amazon did for the fire, and make a Playstation Phone, you could be looking at a iPhone type esk movement in making a real play for the gamer Phone! unlike before the xperia play was not under Sony's main playstation banner just a licence, this time if its really a true direct playstation phone that they build like they did with the PS4 and having developer's imput, it could be a real winner.

tighter alighnment with the PS4 software & services, playstation Vue, Playstation Now, remote play, share play not just PS4 games but Share play Playstation Phone games with other playstation phone gamer's. add in playstation Vita digital games support. top it off make use of the Dual Shock 3/4 support, no built in controls make it sleek like a phone but use bluetooth to provide standard game padd support for playstation 3 & playstation 4 controller's.

network connected to 4GLTE

etc..many directions for a smartphone designed to be the main smartphone that Sony is going to bring under the playstation fold.

I guess its okay that you're making profit but if you're barely selling any at all, it's just as equal as LG breaking even, theoretically.

quite true, but they are at this point to get to profit!

and now it looks like Kaz is on again the right track..and the fact that more investment is going into mobile..and with playstation, with playstation vue, and playstation Vr, the next step logical would be a playstation smartphone..to make their playstation Eco system complete.

well the main point is they are moving to a clear defined move to profit! not a loss, the point is they are not trying to go after the mobile smartphone market like before..this again may be the first steps in moving toward a playstation Smartphone..imagine is the xperia brand goes instead to be a playstation smartphone brand now! getting to be in the black was the 1st goal, and it seems kaz is or has obtained the 1st steps getting there, and fast i might add.

ts clear that the xperia brand has not moved all that well, but now would be the best change to a new direction, a playstation gamer smartphone would or i should could do such..by using a fork of android, it would still allow apk's from standard Android Os apps like Amazon already does with Fire devices. if xperia is not selling in great number's but @ profit, which they are rebranding the smartphone part of their company to that of making a gamer centric smartphone to provide to the market could that would not really be the main goal, its about putting a platform that goes everywhere for support of playstation software & services..with a targeted market a playstation smartphone store would get rid of so much shovelware that it would allow more playstation defined smartphone games and appscut out a niche for gamer's ..many say what about growth past the playstation crowd..thats what samsung and other companies are already well entrenched..but if Sony makes a dedicated playstation smartphone cdma and gsm thus any carrier sell it unlocked from the start like google does with nexus branded smartphones..Sony could carve out a niche as the best gameing smartphone out there.

with remote play and share play , the playstation phone would have those 1st party experiences like people crave, but have fast pick up and play, and developer's tools and Api standards that go inline with other such standard android OS based handset's but with playstation magic of 1st party, making games for it.

instead of having to refresh the hardware fast, make it the game console of smartphones..because as it already is there is untapped power still in current smartphones that are not being used.

They need to get themselves on the nexus hype train for an iteration or two. Those things are great for brand awareness.