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Sony has revealed its latest flagship smartphone and there are plenty of unexpected details, from the name to the audio technology to the inclusion of 5G.
Forbes
Microsoft no longer sees PlayStation-maker Sony and Nintendo as the biggest competition for its Xbox platform.
BBC News
Virus outbreak threatens supply chain and strong sensor business results
Nikkei Asian Review
You can spend anywhere from $700 to $5,000 for Sony's Android TV sets.
engadget
26 Dec 2019
Sony is working around the clock to manufacture its in-demand image sensors, but even a 24-hour operation hasn't been enough.
Los Angeles Times
Sony on Wednesday said operating profit jumped 16% in its strongest-ever result for a second quarter, as robust sales of image sensors offset a tumble in earnings from its gaming division.
Reuters
It meanders on its own accord and shows passengers the world in a whole different light.
CNET
Sony has announced that the PlayStation 5 is going to launch globally at the end of next year.
BBC News
However, Facebook said that it's working on bringing the feature back.
engadget
Speedy camera gets speedier
The Verge
Sony said on Tuesday it was rejecting a call by Daniel Loeb's activist hedge fund Third Point to spin-off its chips business, saying that the business is "a crucial growth driver" for the Japanese company.
Reuters
31 Jul 2019
Trump's trade wars would directly impact console production
The Verge
It'll be in the same class as the D5.
engadget
Sony promises its upcoming console, often referred to by fans as the PS5, will share saved games, have backward compatibility and more.
CNET
Don't worry, the console wars are probably here to stay.
Ars Technica
Sony's Interactive Entertainment arm has commented on the PlayStation's future, in that there's no chance of seeing the successor to the PlayStation 4 in stores any time between now and April 2020.
engadget
We knew 8K TVs would be expensive, but we never thought they could be this expensive.
Digital Trends
The console will have an SSD and a graphics card that supports ray-tracing.
engadget
Sony is closing its Beijing smartphone plant, a spokesman said on Thursday, as the Japanese electronics giant cuts costs in an attempt to make the money-losing handset business profitable from next year.
Reuters
Japanese electronics maker aims to limit customs complications
Nikkei Asian Review
Production is set to ramp up in late summer 2019, just in time for a deluge of new Android and Apple devices
The Verge
The Japanese electronics firm raised its annual profit forecast to 870bn yen ($7.7bn), up 30% from estimates given in July.
BBC News
President of Sony Kenichiro Yoshida has confirmed that the next generation of PlayStation consoles is under development.
The Tech Spot
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem family has been selected by a number of global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for standard-compliant 5G NR mobile device product launches starting in 2019. Those working with Qualcomm include OEMs such as Asus, Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Connected Technologies Limited, HMD Global, HTC, Inseego/Novatel Wireless, LG, NetComm Wireless, NETGEAR, OPPO, Sharp, Sierra Wireless, Sony Mobile, Telit, vivo, Wingtech, WNC, Xiaomi and ZTE.
Company release
LG Display will supply flexible organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) to Sony. They broadened the scope of cooperation from large OLED TVs to smartphones.
BusinessKorea
Sony is also confirmed to be hosting its keynote on February 26, and chances are that the company will announce the Xperia XZ and Xperia XZ Pro flagship handsets during that press conference.
AndroidHeadlines
For the longest time, we've been waiting for Google to bring its Assistant to devices with a screen. After all, voice assistants are great - until you need some visual information to go with their answers. To address this, Amazon launched the Echo Show and Spot last year and now it's Google's turn. But it's not launching a Google Home with a screen. Instead, the company today announced it is working with JBL, Lenovo, LG and Sony to launch new smart displays later this year.
TechCrunch
Japan's Sony has said it expects to deliver record annual profits as sales from its gaming businesses and smartphone parts boost the firm.
BBC News
Despite the rumors that Samsung was hogging all the Snapdragon 835s for itself, Sony has brought a device with Qualcomm's top-of-the-line 2017 SoC to MWC.
Ars Technica
Samsung hopes to avoid another disastrous recall by adding a third battery supplier for its new smartphone.
Wall Street Journal
Sony has announced the development of the industry's first 3-layer stacked CMOS image sensor with DRAM for smartphones.
Company release
One year ago, Nikon announced the DL series - a new trio of cameras that looked ready to take at least a modest bite out of Sony's dominant hold over the 4K compact corner of the camera market. Unfortunately it seems we'll never get to stack Nikon's cameras against the Sony RX100s of the world, because today Nikon killed off the DL line without selling a single unit.
The Verge
The US International Trade Commission began a patent infringement probe on Wednesday after ZiiLabs charged that several firms were importing products to the US in violation of its patents on graphics processors and DDR memory controllers. It identified 17 firms whose products it wanted to examine, including AMD, Lenovo, LG Electronics, MediaTek, Motorola Mobility, Qualcomm and Sony.
Reuters
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