KBG29 said:
I have had a Z, a Z3, and an X Performance since Sony fully took over the Sony Ericsson venture. They are decent phones, but they do nothing special, and they are severly limited by Android and carrier compatability. Had Sony carried on With Vita and offered a Slab version of the Vita, they could have a a product miles ahead of where Xperia is right now. |
You're right, they do nothing special, but they're still pretty good, and many of them are waterproof, which is neat. Of course in the last few years it's been relatively common with other phone companies as well, so it's not that big of an advantage anymore, but it's still good. And I must say, Sony's phones offer really good value for their price. When I was getting a phone two years back, I think after a good amount of research, I was left with only the Z3 Compact being a good choice for me. Of course if you care about the extra features (such as fingerprint sensor, which I'm personally rather trying to avoid) other companies have better options to offer.
Android isn't a limitation, it's the only viable choice right now. iOS isn't available, Windows on phones is practically dead, and developing your own is a huge and a very expensive undertaking. It's just not realistic without a major shift of focus in a very large part of the whole company, and even then it's a big risk. I don't think Vita would have fit well in the Android environment, and I don't think a lot of people would've been interested in a Vita phone either due to its limited OS. That said, Sony could and should probably handle the mobile division better, and using the other divisions to help the mobile division would be a smart choice. At the very least, Sony should probably make more mobile games, but I'm not sure if even that would help Xperia phones. If the games are exclusive, they're not getting popular, and if they're not, they're not going to help the Xperia phones.
