Sony is reportedly turning to third-party manufacturers for its high-end phones Comments
- jiyen235
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Anonymous, 29 May 2025What quality you need than a well performing device ??
You need metal shield phones ?? with... morebro's getting mad like i dissed his wife or sumn lmao
im not saying you need to make the phone out of carbon fiber, im just saying the phone needs to be of flagship grade, worth its asking price. The hardware itself is already not good enough and with the third party thing, the build quality is gonna be worse/actually be, thus you get both poor hardware and poor build quality.
You might like getting duped by companies, but I dont. I dont think spending so much on a phone and getting cheaply made stuff in return is good. The only reason Chinese phones made in India get a pass imo is cus they're genuinely cheaper than their competitors like Apple or Samsung phones from what i've seen, like 100-400 dollars cheaper at times. Unless Sony does a similar price cut, this just means Sony's cheaping out on the product and the consumer pays regardless. Like a paypig.
- Anonymous
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vidjhay4, 29 May 2025sony poor quality buy iphone insteadWhat? You clearly never had a Sony.
- Anonymous
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vidjhay4, 29 May 2025sony poor quality buy iphone insteadpoor quality where 🤡 if anything they been more premium than most
- Anonymous
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jiyen235, 29 May 2025that was just the base quality based on what they designed.
Now they're gonna have is... moreSony is just handling assembling.
Not design.
It is not odm phone.
Exactly like iphones and pixels at foxconn.
- Fa14bi
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vidjhay4, 29 May 2025sony poor quality buy iphone insteadThats not any different quality, just less function.
- vidjhay4
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sony poor quality buy iphone instead
- Anonymous
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jiyen235, 29 May 2025that was just the base quality based on what they designed.
Now they're gonna have is... moreWhat quality you need than a well performing device ??
You need metal shield phones ?? with back cover made of 24 carat gold ???
- jiyen235
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User935, 29 May 2025How is that a of any relevance? No Apple factory ever produced a single iPhone and no one is c... moreis Sony's QC gonna be as good as Apple's?
- jiyen235
- Bkg
Anonymous, 29 May 2025They already have I think. Quality has been deteriorating
for few years now. The Xperia 5II ... morethat was just the base quality based on what they designed.
Now they're gonna have issues from production, for example cheaper materials/poorer fit and finish and stuff. Indian made Chinese phones are extremely cheap compared to European models but they're also lower quality than the Chinese models for example.
- Anonymous
- nU2
Ideally Sony should reach out to other manufacturers to mitigate certain weaknesses it has in developing/marketing/selling smartphones (both hardware and software wise), while it keeps certain amount of control to ensure unique features like MicroSD card and Headphone jack are still retained.
- Anonymous
- nU2
jiyen235, 29 May 2025their already mid phones are gonna have QC issues now.They already have I think. Quality has been deteriorating
for few years now. The Xperia 5II was much better quality than 5V.
- Anonymous
- nU2
User935, 29 May 2025How is that a of any relevance? No Apple factory ever produced a single iPhone and no one is c... moreBecause Sony never done this, so it's unusual and a big change for them. This comes at a time when Xperia 5 series is discontinued. This maybe a sign Sony will eventually get rid off its smartphone business.
Similar things happened to Nokia and LG. Sony maybe looking for buyers to sell their smartphone businesses to.
- Anonymous
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Anonymous, 29 May 2025Sony makes phones ????Yeah and expensive ones. And software support is shorter. But only one reason that I don't buy them is the bezels. Otherwise no issues at all. You will buy a new phone every three years anyway.
- Anonymous
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Shamrock Sean, 29 May 2025It's not the end of Sony, maybe Sony mobile devision but not Sony itself 🙄 Sony is massiv... moreSony Mobile division does not exist.
All electronics except PlayStation are one division together
- Shamrock Sean
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Anonymous, 29 May 2025ODM route will be the end of SONY....RIP!!!It's not the end of Sony, maybe Sony mobile devision but not Sony itself 🙄 Sony is massive and it's only their phones that don't sell great
- Zero
- Ksa
Seems that Sony is quitting the mobile department even before the PSP succesor is planned
- Anonymous
- 83H
Not a very positive outlook... I will keep my 1 VI for as long as it works
- Solun1
- 0yR
Samsung is doing this with some of their accessories, and ALL of those accessories are sh*t. You cannot do much quality control from another country. You need people on the spot. Otherwise it's some random village manager that makes decisions on the manufacturing line on your behalf. Not a great direction for the end customer who is paying the price not just out of pocket, but for the remainder of the devices' lifecycle.
- Anonymous
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Mobilemaster, 29 May 2025I wonder why this decision? They produced their phones in their factory in Thailand, I wonder ... moreBecause it can be cheaper than at own factory
- User935
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How is that a of any relevance? No Apple factory ever produced a single iPhone and no one is complaining.
