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- Sony Group’s chief financial officer, Lin Tao, has confirmed that the company’s smartphone business is “extremely important” and will continue to grow.
- The statement was made in response to questions about the Xperia 1 VII’s production defect and subsequent recall, which led to fears about the Xperia phone line’s future.
- Sony declared that smartphones remain vital to its broader strategy
It’s no secret that Sony Xperia smartphones aren’t the best-selling phones, nor are they the top choice for Android flagships. Sony built a loyal niche of fans who buy its Xperia phones, but the market beyond them doesn’t pick up on the phones with as much enthusiasm. When the company’s latest flagship, the Xperia 1 VII, began dying and disappearing across markets, many presumed that the end was near for Sony’s Xperia line of phones. Sony is laying rest to those fears, indicating it is around, for now at least.
At the company’s financial results briefing, Sony Group’s CFO Lin Tao answered a question on the Xperia 1 VII’s recall and its impact on sales and the smartphone business itself (interpreted transcription via Seeking Alpha):