Sony Ericsson feels margins pinch Sony Ericsson has started to feel the margins pinch from its shift to lower-priced handsets, although it is still managing to keep a more successful balance than most of its rivals. Strong demand for its phones were the highlight of mixed third quarter results at Samsung, which remains hobbled by weakness in the semiconductor …
SE seriously fouled up their Rolls-Royce model and now appear to have abandoned it. And at the same time, their bottom line starts looking anaemic.
Come on SE, your best product was the P910i - big screen, intuitive interface, didn't crash every 5 minutes. The P1 is rubbish - small screen, looks more like phone than a PDA.
That's what you get for treating your flagship early-adopters like dirt. After 14 months and with firmware issues still unresolved, the closest to management communication beleaguered p990 owners have got was an announcement relayed second-hand through a PR operative that support would cease forthwith. One can only hope that new management will adopt a more enlightened approach.
No wonder P990 owners are protesting. See http://digg.com/gadgets/Dissatisfied_Sony_Ericsson_smartphone_customers_speak_out http://digg.com/software/Unhappy_with_SonyEricsson_s_treatment_Open_Letter_to_the_new_CEO and http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=334979
Ignoring the customers who spent time and money on your flagship product, then dropping support for their device, THEN expecting them to cough up for the P1i is a real insult.
The following 'Open Letter' says it all
http://www.bli.com.ar/openletter/open.html
If you've suffered through the UIQ 3 fiasco, the letter above is for you.
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