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The looks of recent iPhones/Pixels/Samsungs are what make me even more of a fan of Sony's smartphone designs than I already am. The Xperia 1 for example: https

The looks of recent iPhones/Pixels/Samsungs are what make me even more of a fan of Sony's smartphone designs than I already am. The Xperia 1 for example: https://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-1/ https://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-... It has a clean, simple look. Three cameras, but they're understated in positioning. No notch, just a small balanced bezel on the top and bottom. A side-mounted fingerprint scanner (where your thumb/ring finger/middle finger naturally rests). A simple, flat display with only very slightly rounded corners. Sony has been acing smartphone design for years, by simply doing their own thing and not jumping head first into every trend. I wish they did better on marketing and software, because hardware-wise they're killing it. They deserve to be more popular.

oneeyedpigeon 7y ago
The iPhone SE that the author discusses reminds me a bit of classic sony design, particularly the flat sides and the volume buttons. It's probably my favourite iPhone from a design perspective. But the Sony phone you link to just looks like the current round of generic looking smartphones with horrible curved/rounded edges - not only do those look worse, imo, but they make a phone much more awkward to hold.
- Ambroos 7y ago
  Funnily enough, Apple did a design thing where they tried 'what would Sony do', and that design turned into the iPhone 4: https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone-design-inspiration-iphone-4-looked-old https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone...
basch 7y ago
Sony needs to become a software platform company. They have all the parts and they need to tie them together. Their speakers, phones, headphones, playstation, tv, camera, laptops, and vue need full integration. Sony would be very wise to drop VueOS/Shell that runs on all its devices. Sony is in the best position of any company in the world, probably even ahead of Samsung, to outplay Apple and Microsoft at the hardware/software integration game.

oneeyedpigeon 7y ago

The iPhone SE that the author discusses reminds me a bit of classic sony design, particularly the flat sides and the volume buttons. It's probably my favourite iPhone from a design perspective. But the Sony phone you link to just looks like the current round of generic looking smartphones with horrible curved/rounded edges - not only do those look worse, imo, but they make a phone much more awkward to hold.

Ambroos 7y ago
Funnily enough, Apple did a design thing where they tried 'what would Sony do', and that design turned into the iPhone 4: https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone-design-inspiration-iphone-4-looked-old https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone...

basch 7y ago

Sony needs to become a software platform company. They have all the parts and they need to tie them together. Their speakers, phones, headphones, playstation, tv, camera, laptops, and vue need full integration. Sony would be very wise to drop VueOS/Shell that runs on all its devices. Sony is in the best position of any company in the world, probably even ahead of Samsung, to outplay Apple and Microsoft at the hardware/software integration game.