Sony Ericsson sees 180m Android phones in 2011
updated 07:25 am EDT, Thu May 12, 2011
SE's Uddenfeldt predicts 180m Android
Sony Ericsson VP and chief technology officer Jan Uddenfeldt said the company expects the Android-based smartphone market to increase from 60 million units in 2010 to 180 million units in 2011. With 60 percent of Sony Ericcson’s sales coming from smartphones, Sony has forged a new pathway that will see it deliver smartphones that only run Android. While it has supported the Symbian OS in the past, it has dropped the OS from its plans altogether. Although not ruling out Windows Phone 7, Uddenfeldt said that Sony Ericsson will not be shipping a device with the OS this year.
To cash in on this market, Sony Ericsson has focused on ensuring its new devices are running more recent releases of the Android OS. It has also increased its Android phone line from four models in 2010, to a planned eight in 2011.
The most recent additions to Sony Ericsson’s line-up arrived earlier this month. The Xperia mini and Xperia mini Pro both run 1GHz Snapdragon processors and feature Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). [via Digitimes]
