Sony ships 9.6m Xperia units during calendar Q2 2013, up 30% over last year

Sony has reported its quarterly results for the three months to 30 June 2013. The good news is that strong sales of smartphones has helped the company to record a $35m net profit, compared to a loss in the same period last year. The number of Xperia units sold during the quarter was 9.6 million, the highest ever smartphone shipments for Sony during a single quarter and a 30% increase over the same period last year. This has no doubt been helped by the success of the Xperia Z and, in Japan, the Xperia A.

The Mobile Products & Communications (MP&C) segment saw sales increase by 36% to $3.9 billion driven by the higher units of Xperia smartphones sold as well as higher average selling prices, reflecting Sony’s recent push for more premium mobile products. MP&C includes the PC category too, so if this was stripped out, the mobile growth would have likely been higher. Overall a good set of numbers and let’s see if Sony can break through that 10 million Xperia shipment number next quarter.



Via Sony.

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