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On 2014-07-17 01:31:45, FMW300 wrote:
Why is it so hard for Sony to get their handsets on US carriers? All major networks bring out Samsung's flagships asap, so why? Especially now, as Sony is more competitive than ever? Look at Z2, it is on par with, and even better than S5 in some aspects, yet no one was rushing to pick it up! Sony needs to jump thru all hoops necessary to get a foothold in the US.
It's a long chain of issues. Carriers only want phones that will sell. Carriers then look at Sony, and let's say they think that Sony's phone is interesting, they would let Sony know. Sony would then have to manufacture extra phones that is according to US standards (baseband, memory suited for market, etc.). This would take budget and resources. Sony then turns to their manufacturing supplier, they look at Sony and says, "look here, we can only give you this much of resource, because we gave the other parts for other suppliers (Samsung, Apple, etc.). Sony is left with nothing. Sad world Sony is living in.
Because Z2 looks good on paper, doesn't mean the brand itself caught the high wind. Due to tough competition, it's just not worth all the investment Sony has to put in to get a small footprint on US land. The only way out of Sony is to deal with carriers and say, ok, I'll give you 1,500 units, if you sell it all then great, if not, then I'll buy it back. Sony will lose money, but that's the only way I see them getting their foot in the US market.
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Posted: 2014-07-17 03:36:07
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I guess the solution is simple... Sony needs to figure out a way to buy a cell phone carrier
Anyways, I'm hoping that since Z3 won't be a revolutionary design or have super duper mystical hardware that Sony will take this opportunity to really refine a lot of the previous complaints about the older phones. The addition of the IR blaster is an amazing first step! Here's hoping we'll see larger internal capacity options. Plus of course built-in wireless charging is top of my wishlist.
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Posted: 2014-07-17 03:55:38
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On 2014-07-17 02:00:33, smclion102 wrote:
On 2014-07-17 01:31:45, FMW300 wrote:
Why is it so hard for Sony to get their handsets on US carriers? All major networks bring out Samsung's flagships asap, so why? Especially now, as Sony is more competitive than ever? Look at Z2, it is on par with, and even better than S5 in some aspects, yet no one was rushing to pick it up! Sony needs to jump thru all hoops necessary to get a foothold in the US.
Kick KAZ out hes a JOKE. Expected a lot from him but no improvement
RIP SONY
So tell me...who could do a better job?
Unnecessary hyperbole.
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Posted: 2014-07-17 07:19:27
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A minute of demo video 480fps 1080p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j0gCXjHuKQ
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Posted: 2014-07-17 09:14:02
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Cool actually
I think Qualcomm can do more if they moved quickly enough for the next upgrade S810... as they're still working on it, the chip is capable of doing it I think but they need software support...
MediaTek is promoting that their solution is a pure 8xA57 cores, compared to Qualcomm's 4x4 ( 4xA53 + 4xA57 ) configuration.. and those eight A57 cores allowed them to have such speed... I doubt this is the case unless they're talking about pure software encoding for the stream...
+ the video above from the comments says the chip supports only 13MP and lower sensors, while Qualcomm's support much higher and this is how Sony is using 20.7MP camera without a problem...
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Posted: 2014-07-17 10:04:49
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In addition to the prototype maiaramdan mentioned I know there was another Z3 prototype. It was almost identical in size to the Z2. The form factor was very similar to T but without its inconsistencies(stick out headphone jack and microSD, SIM and micro USB port) because the curves were a lot less exaggerated especially in front half. The front half (around 4mm) was made of glass and the rear half of the phone was made of aluminium. The aluminium back was longer by like 0.2mm both on top and bottom of the phone and there were small cracks there which were stereo speakers. The bottom crack also served as notification light. the power button was located on the thinnest part of the phone. The design was canceled because it was almost impossible to open and repair so any manufacturing flaw (like what happened with Z2) would have been catastrophic financially it was also very expensive to make.
[ This Message was edited by: RobMa on 2014-07-17 09:31 ]
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Posted: 2014-07-17 10:29:52
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@Xajel:
According to the last information the MT6595 supports camera resolutions above 20 MP.
[ This Message was edited by: DexterMoser on 2014-07-17 09:34 ]
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Posted: 2014-07-17 10:33:46
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This is actually pretty impressive and I am curious if the 13MP sensor is the one from the old Z or an upgraded new sensor design. Given the option of 20 vs 13MP at 1/2.3, I'd rather have the 13MP version than the 20MP.
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Posted: 2014-07-17 10:36:40
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MediaTek vs Sony Image Processing - Same Sensor, …:
http://youtu.be/qtIPvcPM8k0
Mobilegeeks has some nice videos about the launch event of the new MediaTek in China!
Reference design smartphone features 20MP with 1080p 480fps mode.
[ This Message was edited by: DexterMoser on 2014-07-17 09:55 ]
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Posted: 2014-07-17 10:52:37
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@RobMa And how do you know about this other prototype?
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Posted: 2014-07-17 12:29:09
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