{"id":91557,"date":"2018-07-03T18:30:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T11:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/?p=91557"},"modified":"2018-07-03T18:30:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T11:30:25","slug":"sony-mobile-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/sony-mobile-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Mobile to investigate its operations in Africa, Turkey &#038; the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bad news for Sony Mobile fans in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa! We heard that the company would shut down its operations and offices in the region by October. Keep reading for more juicy news from us!<\/strong><\/p><div style=\"float: none; display: block; margin: 0 -10px; text-align: center;\"><!-- ph_pricepony_article_top_desktop -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8052937650\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sony-reut_L.webp 660w,https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sony-reut_L-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sony-reut_L.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sony-reut_L.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sony-reut_L-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91559 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Sony Mobile\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/p>\n<h3>Sony Mobile re-evaluation<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that Sony Mobile has been going through a tough time for quite some time. Especially after the recent internal CEO shuffle, it seems that the company is considering to evaluate its operation. Part of this motive is to bring it up to speed with Samsung&#8217;s successful branding and gaming divisions. And to back up this speculation, veteran leakster Evan Blass has shared some info on his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evleaks\/status\/1012047085426835457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> about Sony doing so. However, we didn&#8217;t really take it too seriously; since it ended with a grim prediction of entirely shutting down operations and offices in those countries by October.<\/p>\n<p>In a new development, a Sony rep has confirmed that the company is investigating precisely those three markets. &#8220;<em>As part of our ongoing measures to drive profitable growth, we are carefully monitoring the market situation and reviewing our business feasibility in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey<\/em>&#8220;. In our opinion, the statement here is very carefully worded and intentionally vague, so we can&#8217;t exactly make any solid conclusion. Besides, there&#8217;s a recent Counterpoint report does quote rapidly increasing annual share growth for various Chinese manufacturers in Africa and the Middle East.<\/p><div style=\"float: none; display: block; margin: 0 -10px; text-align: center;\"><!-- ph_pricepony_article_incontent_1 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7528541080\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<!-- ph_pricepony_article_incontent_2 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2964262507\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sony-logo-MWC-2018-840x560.webp 840w,https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sony-logo-MWC-2018-840x560-300x200.webp 300w,https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sony-logo-MWC-2018-840x560-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sony-logo-MWC-2018-840x560.jpg\" height=\"250\" width=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sony-logo-MWC-2018-840x560.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sony-logo-MWC-2018-840x560-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sony-logo-MWC-2018-840x560-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91560 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Sony Mobile\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/p>\n<p>In details, 36% annual growth in Quarter 1 of 2018, compared to 15% in 2017. That puts quite a bit of extra pressure on competitors. Plus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.ph\/blog\/?s=sony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sony<\/a> has recently gone on record, blaming Xperia sales on slow product lineup improvements. Putting two of them together, we definitely see how a strategic down-size could help the massive Sony Mobile business become more nimble, resourceful and adaptive.<\/p>\n<h3>Will things at Sony Mobile turn out for the better?<\/h3>\n<p>Hopefully, this will all work out for the best in the end. What\u2019s your personal take on the future of Sony? Tell us in the comment section below!<\/p>\n<div class=\"31e97817518902a1d132cf665aa26f91\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- ph_pricepony_article_bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7613953952\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news for Sony Mobile fans in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa! We heard that the company would shut down its operations and offices in the region by October. Keep reading for more juicy news from us! Sony Mobile re-evaluation It&#8217;s no secret that Sony Mobile has been going through a tough time for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[50,5420],"class_list":["post-91557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-sony","tag-sony-mobile"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sony Mobile to investigate its operations in Africa, Turkey &amp; Middle East<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bad news for Sony Mobile fans in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa! We heard that the company would shut down its operations and offices in the region by October. 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