Bad news, good news, and potentially great news time, folks. First with the bad:
Sony Ericsson posted
another loss for its fiscal third quarter, to the tune of 164 million euro (about $244 million US), blaming a large chunk of that on a drop in sales. Sales dropped year-over-year 40 percent to 1.6 billion euro, and unit shipments comparably down 45 percent. That's the bad, now what's good for SE is that its secured more financial backing to reshape its future into something more profitable. External financing totals a reported 455 million euro ($676 million US), 255 million of which is already in the company's position and 200 million as a two-year backup. SE also managed to beat analyst estimates, losing less than anticipated, and that's gotta induce some bittersweet smiles in the corporate boardrooms... oh, the potentially great news? Well,
SEMC blog has boldly announced that the
Android-imbued
Rachael (a.k.a.
XPERIA X3) is due out this November, same specs as
we heard before and two color options,
Sensuous Black and Luster White. Unfortunately, we're not seeing exactly where this news is coming for, so until SE speaks the magic words, we're considering it a rumor for now -- but we're hopeful.
[Via
GSM Arena; thanks, Gillz and Christo]
Read - Rachael in November?
Read - Sony Ericsson 3Q loss widens
Read - XPERIA X3 in the wild
posted Oct 16th 2009 4:49PM
What are the odds of this phone making it to a US carrier? And who would most likely get it .. if so?
I'm not sure about the odds, but keep in mind that every other SE smartphone hasn't made it. However, this is rumored to change that. About the carrier, well it's obviously T-mobile or AT&T. If it did happen, I would say AT&T only because T-mobile has gotten all the Android phones so far and I doubt AT&T is just letting that go. I certainly hope so, so I can switch to that from my iPhone.
Ooh.
I continue to drool.
SEMC Blog only says that it will be announced in November. It doesn't say it will be for sale in November.
please please please come out in november.