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@Ricky D

I agree with you on the patents, if the 'takeover' happens Sony will license those patents from Ericsson. As for Sony keeping the Ericsson name, I really doubt that. It would make good business sense if they did but knowing Sony they tend to erase all traces of former partners. They are likely to drop the Ericsson name and stick with their own name.
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Posted: 2011-10-13 11:57:42
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Does there seem to be a hinge in the back or am I just seeing things?
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Posted: 2011-10-13 12:34:54
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I was wondering about that also, there does seem to be something resembling some sort of a hinge towards the top of the phone.
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Posted: 2011-10-13 12:42:50
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The top portion reminds me of W902, as for the lack of human curve on the back of the device, i think that doesn't mean its fake, since we already have Xperia Ray/Active which lacks it.
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Posted: 2011-10-13 12:58:03
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The hinge thing looks more like an opening such as speaker aperture or other opening.
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Posted: 2011-10-13 13:08:35
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Perhaps that 'hinge' is an opening for helping remove the back cover.
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Posted: 2011-10-13 13:38:12
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a new brand logo maybe...just feel it's a sony's design anyway without ericsson at all...
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Posted: 2011-10-13 14:43:11
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Hmmm... you may be on to something here. I initially thought it was weird that the name and logos have been cover up but dismissed it.

Clearly this is more of a Sony design than SE as we have stated and maybe this is just Sony and not Sony Ericsson.

Could this be what you were wondering about, goldenface? You wondered if Sony were working on phones in preparation for the takeover, this really is unlike a Sony Ericsson design.
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Posted: 2011-10-13 15:11:49
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Well when you take into account the time it takes to develop a handset it wouldn't surprise me if Sony have indeed already developed their own prototype Sony mobiles in preparation for any eventual change of ownership - just a thought.

The picture might just have the normal logo scrubbed out, and further down on the battery cover, it does look like the normal Sony Ericsson logo scrubbed out - you can almost make out the start and end of what looks like 'Sony Ericsson'.

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Posted: 2011-10-13 15:36:04
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Eh, sorry am I missing something here? So lets just get this right you think that Sony has taken it apon themselves to develop their own prototypes so that they'll be prepared if they do buy Ericsson out? I can't really see that as sustainable at all, considering the fact that these after all are just talks which have gone on before and could still easily collapse as it has done in the past. Then Sony has wasted it's money developing these phones? Also obviously the speed at which technology changes why would they develop phones for the 'eventual change of ownership'? When these phones if just kept for a couple of years will end up being outdated. Not to mention the fact that if Sony was to be producing these for itself, that would be totally unacceptable in the current joint venture and show a complete lack of commitment to making Sony Ericsson work, which could then be argued that they are to blame for their downfall.

Also if Sony has been planning this for a while, why did they then after many years of discussions realise the Xperia play under Sony Ericsson if they knew in a year that they would buy them out? Surely they would have held off until then?


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Posted: 2011-10-13 16:31:25
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