The company announced a new flagship Xperia 1 handset at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday, which has an HDR OLED screen, optimized using Sony’s Bravia TV technology. 2018 ‘worst year ever’ for smartphone market: surveyMitsuya Kishida, president of Sony Mobile Communications, said Sony had a rich heritage of meeting the technological demands of professional filmmakers in both sound and vision. The company has also brought the 21:9 screen ration to two mid-range smartphones: the Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 plus. “We are unconvinced that the 21:9 ratio is differentiated enough despite Sony’s strong credentials in content,” he said. Huawei, which is challenging Apple for the number 2 spot in smartphone sales, behind leader Samsung, created a buzz with a folding smartphone.

Source: The Express Tribune February 26, 2019 07:40 UTC