All Sony phone models: review and features

The Japanese corporation "Sony" on the market for more than 70 years. It is worth saying that the phones are not the main product of the company. In addition to smartphones, the Japanese produce home and professional electronics. Known and game consoles, which every gamer dreams to get.

In addition, Sony has two film studios, a record label and a huge archive of movies. Also in some cases it can provide financial services. Throughout the world, the company has several large representative offices: in Japan, China, the US and European countries.

Spread

The corporation started its work in 1946. Initially, the company was called the Tokyo Telecommunications Industry Company. Later, thanks to a combination of letters and analogies, it was decided to be reincarnated as Sony.

Back in the early 50-ies of the last century the company was engaged in the sale of tape recorders. Soon I released the first radio. Over time, the company's shares began to be quoted, and it began to gain popularity and speed with lightning speed. Then began to improve TVs, VCRs and players.

Already in 1994, game consoles became known. Then it was the first PlayStation. A few years later the company began to produce computers, laptops and players.

Phone Era

In 2001, the world saw the phone "Sony Ericsson." All the models, photos of which were saved on the Internet, were impossibly popular. They began to be produced in whole lots. The corporation worked on their improvement, and already in 10 years got rid of the prefix Ericsson.

In 2012, new competitive models of "Sony Ixperia" phones appeared on the market. This line has become very popular. She received several branches. Some models have become budgetary, others, on the contrary, are the most expensive smartphones on the market.

The beginning of the way

As mentioned earlier, in 2001 Sony decided to start releasing phones. She was helped in this by the Swedish company Ericsson, which received exactly half of the subsidiary company Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

After the set tasks, the implementation of the plan began. Both companies wanted to produce phones that would be distinguished by high-quality digital photography, as well as a wide variety of multimedia. Since 2002, all models of Sony phones have received color displays. In addition, the company seriously thought about switching to GSM, and successful sales only confirmed the correctness of this decision.

First popularity

Despite the difficulties that met in the way of the brand, the first "swallow", which brought success, the world saw in 2003. It was a model of the Sony Ericsson T610. His popularity was gained by a number of improvements, over which he worked for 2 years. Successful design turned out. Of course, now such a phone would look antediluvian, but then it was a hit of sales. The case had a classic candy bar, there was also a joystick, which later became familiar and convenient. Dimensions of the device were compact.

In addition to the color display, there were many useful functions with which people only had to get acquainted. Among them is the long-loved E-mail client, as well as popular at the time support for the infrared port and even Bluetooth.

In late October, was introduced and a new model P900, which came to replace the P800. This phone was a discovery for the whole world. He got a touchscreen display, inside there was already 16 MB of memory. Its design was very interesting - the gadget had a folding cover that covered a small part of the screen. Also included is a stylus for comfortable control. After that, there were several modifications of this model.

For example, the P910 became one of the first phones with a famous QWERTY keyboard that was on the hinged cover of the device. Also here was a sufficiently high-quality display, which exceeded the previous dimensions. The company expanded its internal memory.

The heyday of Ericsson

All models of Sony Ericsson phones were famous for their features. But the most popular became the series Walkman and Cyber-shot. There were a lot of models. Walkman became popular due to their branded players and unmatched sound. Cyber-shot had a bias on a good camera, and now would have received the proud name of camera phones.

The first most popular among them was the K750i, which belonged to the Cyber-shot. Perhaps, this is the most popular phone "Sony Ericsson." All the models that came out later did not receive such a huge amount of positive feedback. For the first time this model was seen in 2005. After a while it was recognized as the best product of those years, and a bit later and in general the most successful project in the history of the concern.

In general, the model K750i turned out very tenacious. Conservative owners of this phone still can not be pleased with its stable operation. Already after 11 years there are still those who use the K750i. Of course, at the moment his camera has become much weaker - only 2 megapixels. Also there is little internal memory - 34 MB. Not to mention 1 MB of RAM. Nevertheless, at one time it was a hit that not everyone could boast of.

But from the Walkman series this phone was the W800i. He was immediately considered a clone of the K750i. The only difference was in the direction. Still, everyone had his own specialization. There were also small differences in the case, software and bundle of delivery. In the rest it is absolutely two identical models of Sony phones. By the way, photos of them only confirm it.

Other Models

In addition to these, under the brands Walkman and Cyber-shot came out and other equally popular models. Among them, and K850i, which got as much as 5 megapixel main camera. A little later the C905 already came out with 8 megapixel. Also there was an exhibition model Satio, which had already as much as 12 Mp.

In 2007, the company decided to buy a software vendor, and since then all models have become more unified inside. They had about the same set of branded applications.

The embryo

Through much has passed the phone "Sony". All models had a huge number of modified versions. But fans have always been pleased to see the new series. So, in 2008 for the first time appeared the famous prefix Xperia. The first model, which received a short but loud name X1, began working on the basis of Windows Mobile. It was on this OS that the company originally produced this series. But the next year all the models were relocated to Android.

In general, in the period when only Xperia got acquainted, three basic models were released. But among them there were those that would surprise even the modern buyer. For example, Sony Ericsson X5 Pureness became a limited phone that had a transparent display. It could be found only in exclusive salons at a very high price.

Until the end of 2011 was released a number of phones with the prefix Xperia. Among them are such popular models as the gamer Xperia PLAY or advanced Xperia Neo, and the lesser known Xperia Mini, Xperia Mini Pro and Xperia Pro.

Disappearance

The end of 2011 can be officially considered the period when Ericsson ceased to exist. The Swedish firm decided to sell its share of "Sony", and she, without thinking twice, agreed to this step. This event was due to the fact that the phones became less competitive, it was necessary to move on, to come up with new models and create a better product. So there was an updated company Sony Mobile Communications.

Falls and ups

All models of Sony phones have come a long way to be in someone's bag or pocket. Since 2012, a number of rulers have been released from the updated Sony Xperia. Among them are budget models, and those that could claim huge popularity. But the most successful and at the same time failed were smartphones from the Z series.

They first entered the market in 2013. Gadgets have become the first waterproof devices. The case is monolithic, and docking stations that were not previously known were also being delivered to it. The first model was Sony Xperia Z1. This is the most classic version of the series. After it came a compact variation of the model, as well as a large device - Compact and Ultra, respectively.

Next, the Japanese decided to release the Z2, Z3 and Z5. The fourth version was available only in Asia. As a result, the project started very successfully, but eventually proved to be a failure. The company tried to fix some mistakes all the time, but in parallel created new problems for users. As a result, she was again in loss.

New attempt

In 2016, all models of Sony phones changed the main index to X. The company again decided to try to improve and produce high-quality smartphones. As a result, under this name came three models: Sony Xperia XA, Sony Xperia X and Sony Xperia X Performance. These smartphones really turned out very good, but quite expensive.

The company tried not to depart from its style, but still updated the design and made elegant, refined and beautiful models. In addition, I worked on both the software and the technical component. Listened to the feedback of buyers, moved the soft buttons to the body. Added the famous fingerprint scanner.

In general, carefully, but did work on the errors. Now Sony has nothing to spoil with the further release of models and listen more carefully to buyers.