{"id":331850,"date":"2025-08-10T00:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T00:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/331850\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T00:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T00:39:12","slug":"sony-reassures-fans-that-it-is-not-done-with-xperia-smartphones-just-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/331850\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony reassures fans that it is not done with Xperia smartphones just yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Sony has moved to reassure fans about its Xperia series following recent speculation about the smartphone brand&#8217;s future. Speaking during the company&#8217;s August 7 earnings briefing, Sony Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Tao Lin described Xperia as &#8216;a very important business for us&#8217; and confirmed that the company intends to continue developing smartphones under the brand going forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Quoted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/japan.cnet.com\/article\/35236485\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external-link-new-window\" rel=\"noopener\">CNET Japan<\/a>, Tao Lin explained that Sony still sees the smartphone as a foundation for future innovation across its other communication technology businesses. In other words, Sony considers Xperia smartphones a cog within its broader businesses. With that being said, Tao Lin decided against confirming whether the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Xperia-5-VI-Sony-shares-bad-news-for-those-awaiting-new-Xperia-5-release.887341.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Xperia 5 would be returnin<\/a>g to the Xperia lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">As it stands, Sony appears to have no interest in challenging the likes of Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/SAMSUNG-SM-S938B-Smartphone-Factory-Unlocked\/dp\/B0DVB31XRZ?tag=nbcnewsnet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" class=\"external-link-new-window\">or Samsung<\/a> in the US with the Xperia 1 VII. Potentially, the company could return to the mid-range market with the Xperia 10 VII though, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Sony-Xperia-10-VII-discovered-in-new-leak-after-Xperia-1-VII-release-with-no-new-Xperia-5-in-sight.1039186.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"noopener\">was spotted in late spring<\/a> as the XQ-FE44. Currently, the Xperia 10 VII is anticipated to arrive this October. Please see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Sony-Xperia-1-VII-now-official-before-WH-1000XM6-release-with-upgraded-cameras-and-Walkman-audio-components.1014650.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"noopener\">our Xperia 1 VII launch article<\/a> for full details about Sony&#8217;s most recent flagship smartphone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Notebookcheck-Team.212978.0.html?&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Bmode%5D=show&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Buid%5D=278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/csm_alex_alderson_photo_98f8faaa46.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Alex Alderson\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Notebookcheck-Team.212978.0.html?&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Bmode%5D=show&amp;tx_nbc2journalist_pi1%5Buid%5D=278\" class=\"j_name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Alderson<\/a> &#8211; Senior Tech Writer  &#8211; 12924 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2018<\/p>\n<p>Prior to writing and translating for Notebookcheck, I worked for various companies including Apple and Neowin. I have a BA in International History and Politics from the University of Leeds, which I have since converted to a Law Degree. Happy to chat on Twitter or Notebookchat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sony has moved to reassure fans about its Xperia series following recent speculation about the smartphone brand&#8217;s future.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[17467,86527,24876,547,86526,24877,86528,14998,6080,6082,341,26236,53,32504,32438,16,15,119090,119092,44477,119093,119097,119091,119094,119095,119096],"class_list":{"0":"post-331850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-benchmarks","9":"tag-graphics-card","10":"tag-laptop","11":"tag-mobile","12":"tag-netbook","13":"tag-notebook","14":"tag-processor","15":"tag-reports","16":"tag-review","17":"tag-reviews","18":"tag-sony","19":"tag-sony-xperia","20":"tag-technology","21":"tag-test","22":"tag-tests","23":"tag-uk","24":"tag-united-kingdom","25":"tag-xperia-1","26":"tag-xperia-1-vi","27":"tag-xperia-1-vii","28":"tag-xperia-1-viii","29":"tag-xperia-10-vi","30":"tag-xperia-5","31":"tag-xperia-5-v","32":"tag-xperia-5-vi","33":"tag-xperia-5-vii"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115001685622579044","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}