Maybe this is their marketing strategy?

People who are not rich (or simply do not care) will be using Nokia's low end phone. Aunties and uncles don't care much about features, they just want something which can make calls and maybe SMS. Something like the 1100. I don't think there's any SE equivalent, is there?

The news is old, but just an example of what racks up the sales, and what people want instead of megapixel counts, xenon flashes, memory capacity, and what-have-yous.

Nokia 1100 Over 200 Million Sold

Maybe SE focused too much on the young generation, with all the autofocus, megapixel, Walkman stuff, but the bulk of consumers in China, India, etc., just couldn't care less and if you want high-tech functions, Nokia has it as well. Nokia has all bases covered, I must say. El cheapo? Got it. High-tech wonders? Check.

One thing that catches me reading the ablove is 50mil Moto RAZR sold. waht happen now??? same thing got into SE i think. Early success got into their head and now stumble.

SE probably need to produce a cash cow like Nokia. One that you see everyone hold at bus stops, train stations, check out counters....

Agree with you, I've been using Sony Ericsson since T610, then T630, K700i, Z800i, K750i, and now using K800i. K800i is a good phone, but for those new SE phones, I see no points for me to change to K850i or other SE models as their UI are all the same which make me sick after using same UI for 5-6 SE phones. Now thinking to buy Samsung or Nokia.

kinda agree on the SE UI thing...even with the modded Flash interfaces, still a bit boring...time to reinvent the industry with cool UI oh hear me SE!

this is why SE pushing the "new animation UI" , allow user to switch around

long time ago i saw a sketch fr sum1 creative of a PSP phone. back then, its all a joke. recently , the rumour starts again and mobilereview.com even posted a rumoured-spec. nothing is confirm though so this might be another joke but if there a PSP phone does come to reality, its be another hit like the walkman phone.

At least i can see 90% students of my school using SE now



I also can see alot of them using hpm-70[SE earphones] when taking their bus / train but seldom saw someone using nokia earphones , maybe SE for young generation?

latest updates on page 1

Moto would not launch a "Good" phone until Q3. How is the Moto ZN5 doing?

ZN5 had good review, I read

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_expands_t...30-news-562.php

Motorola expands their music ROKR series with EM25, EM28 and EM30
05 Aug, 2008

No auto-focus phone from SE? T700 released, awww

X1 might late for WM arena, time is running out, Android coming, Nokia "Tube" coming,

WM arena has HTC Touch series, Omnia

Sony CEO thinking over Ericsson joint venture: report
Wed Aug 27, 6:36 PM ET

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Sony's (6758.T) joint venture with cell phone maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) must do better, Sony's chief executive was quoted as saying by a German newspaper on Wednesday.
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Asked whether Sony is planning to end its Sony Ericsson joint venture, Howard Stringer told Die Welt: "It's certainly been a difficult year but buying out a partner is never an easy thing."
Sony lowered its group net profit forecast for the year to March by 17 percent, citing a slump at Sony Ericsson and weakening prospects for its electronics division amid tough price competition.
"We have to work together again as we did two years ago. Or the joint venture will have to find its own solution," Stringer said.
He added that it was hard for a company to be as nimble as possible when it works in a joint venture.
"You're always engaged in discussion and negotiation. We and Ericsson are always discussing ways of making Sony Ericsson as successful as it possibly can be," he said.
(Reporting by Sylvia Westall; Editing by Greg Mahlich)


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/tc_nm/sony_ericsson_dc

erksss?...2008 really a "tough" year for Sony and Ericsson...
any S.E owners want to "give-a-hand-of-help"?...

I have used my SE k550 for a year and half, and just kept finding excuses to throw it away. It's a nice phone and all, but SE just doesn't care about its UI and usability. It has good features and all, but when you hold it against a Nokia equivalent, you just can't help but feel that SE is missing something. Even though the said Nokia can be missing autofocus & such.

This is why I've decided to just find something to suit my needs from the Nokia range.

hard for them to grow like rocket as feature phone GUI (just like NK S40) JP 7,8 platform developed by few other big players together.. OS phone, they need depend on either Symbian or WM

yups,Nokia S40 also wasn't "friendly" enough...but lucky Nokia introduced both OS...back to users to pick which one...

No news regarding Moto ZN5 launching in Malaysia... maybe want to switch to other brand 5MP phone.

i've got friends from Mexico getting it for USD240 which is roughly RM860 and another guy in Singapore got his for SGD498 withought contract which is almost 1.2k...

Ebay international is selling at roughly 220-250 USD but none of them i see ships internationally

damn i want a ZN5

pity SE...
hope they can increase their profit back. i guess they need to introduce more phones for lower income group

Thanks for the info on the SG one. Maybe i want to buy ZN5 there.

well you can lways wait for cny , get angpao or sell your e2 ...