So a 33% increase in a performance mode in 2004 with 2004 technology isn't similar at all?

Whatever you say.

Ohh no, they're Sony devices. Google never designed them. Sony did. Google doesn't even design their own phones.

Ohh so you don't want a phone, you want a handheld gaming system with the ability to make phonecalls. So why did you say you wanted a phone?

If Sony made a phone that ran their own OS, they would be lighting the money to create it on fire. You know this as well, because Sony pretty much already made what you want in the Vita 3G and nobody wanted it. You have one. You use it as a phone. You can problably cont on one hand the number of people who also did the same for more than a week.

You really need to start understanding that you are a gigantic outlier. Almost no one else on the planet wants what you want. Why do you keep acting like your ideas, your wants have mainstream appeal?

Is this a clever put down in your mind or something?

Sony may design Xperias and Bravias, but they are an absolute zero sum business for them. They have no connection with the consumer beyond the point of sale. Both businesses have been money pits or barley above break even for the past 2 decades. PlayStation and Cameras are the only actual Sony devices they make, that are Sony through and through. Bravia and Xperia are just products they make for Google.

Phones have come in many form factors over the years. I want a phone, in a handheld gaming form factor. 

The Vita fell well short of what I wanted. It just happened to be the only product that offered anything remotely close to the idel mobile device. It didn't help either that Sony choose to abandon it, and burn 5 billion dollars building Googles Xperia brand between 2011 and now. Since Sony didn't market the Vita as a phone, very, very few people even knew you could make calls on it. In the beggining I didn't even know. There were many people interested up until they I told them it couldn't make calls, even told my dad and brother to get the wifi model because 3G was useless without calling. Massive oversight on my part, and extreamly counterproductive.

What do you consider mainstream appeal? We know that at the absolute minimum, with nearly zero support 15 Million people will buy a PlayStation Handheld. With half ass support 80 million people bought a PSP. You actually believe there is no viable market out their for a PlayStation Phone with the full support of SIE? 

A PlayStation Phone may not be a 500 million seller, but there is definitely a profitable market out there for a Handheld Phone. You will never convince me that people want to spend more money, on more devices, with more OS's, if there is an option that simplies and unifies everything they want, in one product.

Lets look beyond Sony. If any company made a Switch clone that could replace your Handheld, your Phone, your Tablet/Laptop, your Console, you Set Top Box, your Cable Box, your Smart Speaker, and your Computer, it will be successful/profitable to some extent. That is exactly what a PlayStation Phone or a Switch Phone has the potential to be.

Sony can't beat Nintendo, but Nintendo can beat Nintendo if they chose to make dumb decisions or get too arrogant.

No the xpiria is a sony device. Its just not a device from the ps branch... which is the reason. The internal beanches of sony constantly competed with each other, which is the main reason sony is only a shell of its former self today. Only ps managed to survive  outside the camera and finantial sectors because the ps1/2was amazing and ps3 did okey.

Xperia devices and Bravia are brands developed with Sonys R&D cash, and labeled with the Sony name, but they run on Google OS and Google Play Store. Sony basically works as a non profit organization for Google the way these two divisions are ran.

You are absolutely right about Sony's power struggle leading to their stumblings. They have lost a massive amount of mind share due to every unit fighting against each other, and making Sony products the least coheasive in the industry. That is why as a stock holder I want to see Kaz bring everything under SIE, and unify their product offerings. Having a standard and seemless itegration across Televisions, Recievers, Consoles, Tablets, Phones, Handhelds, Audio Decks, Watches, and other devices will be a major next ship in continuing their upward trend.

I see a lot of people saying Sony is not big enough to handle VR, Home, Mobile, and Auto. In reality, Sony actually has more man power than Google or Apple. They have the resources, they are just very poorly utilized. With good leadership they should beable to get all of their divisions working together eliminating waste, and redundancy, allowing them to build a better ecosystem.

Merging their Mobile team in with SIE, and building a PS4 Switch/Portable/Phone would be a major step forward for them. With SIE on its way to racking in the majority of the profits for the company, they should get the reigns. Hopefully Kaz has the back bone to cut all the crap, and finally put all the pieces together. There is no company with a more impressive portfolio than Sony. If they can connect all the peices, they will have an absolute beast of an ecosystem.

People have different requirements/tasks for dedicated handheld consoles and smartphones.

Even most PlayStation fans will think twice about switching from iOS or Android to the PS-OS if some of their favorite apps they use every day aren't available day one on the PlayStation phone (WhatsApp, Instagram, FaceBook, Google Maps, Google Calendar, Skype, GMail, Twitter, Dropbox...)

They will think twice if they carry around a thicker device than necessary to have sticks and buttons ready just in case they want to play something a few minutes occasionally.

No doubt about anything you mentioned there. A PlayStation Phone would not be for everyone that has a PS4. Depending on fashion, it may not work for some as well, do to the size and sticks as you mentioned, even for those that would be interested. It will undoubtlably attract people that are not PS4 fans though. How many is hard to say. There are also 10's if not 100's of millions of people that don't care about apps, or have an attachment to Android or iOS. 

The thing is, a PlayStation Phone would not be a stand alone product. It would be part of the larger PlayStation ecosystem. Thus it doesn't have to sell 100 Million units by itself to be viable and profitable for Sony. Not only that, if Sony is smart they would offer a Phone and a Wifi only unit aimed at those that just want a handheld. 

Sony is only currently selling ~10 Million Xperia devices a year across all offerings. A PlayStation Switch/Handheld/Phone line should be able to match those sales, while making the PlayStation ecosystem an even more viable place for indies and app makers. Sony should be able to obtain a 200 - 300 million strong active userbase if they have TV, Console, Phone, and Handheld all running on a unified OS and Hardware platform. This would be plenty of users to get any essential apps on the platform.

I know some will argue that Microsoft couldn't do it, so how could Sony. The thing is Microsoft took every bad angle they could at Windows Phone. WP took absolutely zero advantage of anything they had created with Windows on PC. It was a brand new platform starting from the grond up. Microsoft has learned from their mistakes, and went back to the drawing board with the Universal Windows Platform. When they decide to get back into the race they will have the entire force of Windows and Xbox behind them. A unified expereince aross all devices.

A PlayStation Mobile/Handheld line built on the same principles as UWP, would have the massive advantage of shared R&D with all other PlayStation Products, making it a very small impact to Sony. Done right PS Mobile devices don't need a huge marketshare to be viable and profitable for Sony. There main purpose would be keeping people in the Sony ecosystem as often as possible, something Sony currently lacks with Xperia and Bravia. Having the 20 million people that buy Xperia and Bravia devices each year connected to their OS and Store is a pure profit driver, and connects them to the customer down to the last 1 inch.

It was the first hybrid which was used in gaming. Handheld market shrinking each year, look at DS to 3DS sales and PSP to Vita sales and this Switch is a new handheld Nintendo made with $300 price, outside some Nintendo portables fans, no one think they can sell decent, let alone success. Are you a Nintendo fan? Clearly not, if i'm not mistaken, many Sony fans disagree with Switch will continue selling in 2018 or more precisely, they think Switch will stop in 2018 and get GameCube sales or a bit more at best. Look like some change the attitude too fast, i wonder why. Because it is Sony, right?