Sony Ericsson shipped 18% more phones in 2007 than 2006, breaks 100 million units

Sony Ericsson, the retarded red headed step child who I want to love but can’t, had an amazing year shipping over 103 million devices. Compare that to a hair under 75 million last year and you’re talking 18% growth. Market share is at the brink of entering the double digits, but not quite there yet at 9%. Average selling prices of 2007 compared to 2006 are down over 20 euros, but this is to be expected as the areas where most of Sony’s growth is occurring is in the low end.

My message to Sony Ericsson: Get your shit together, you’re better than this and you know it. Your devices are slick, your dumb phone OS is gorgeous, yet UIQ is disgusting and consumers don’t feel like you’re hungry for that #1 spot that Nokia keeps on enjoying. Give us some standard ports (3.5 mm, USB) already and listen to your fans because on the internet I regularly hang out on, it isn’t Nokia vs Apple, it is Nokia vs Sony Ericsson.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

Yong

Yea, standard earphone jack… when will SE ever learn.

Geez, all the “Walkman” hype and no 3.5mm jack.
Topy

Their high end is absolutely horrible k850i is okish now after updates, but they really need to get those up and i would expect more form their Walkman phones thought i hope hey do good because i have had many Ericcsons and liked a lot of them. Would just think that they would be able to do big screened monsters.
PlayerKill

I completely agree here, Stefan. The dumbphones are very nice, especially since they added the send and end keys in their new phones. However, UIQ is horrible… Also, the only brands I consider interesting are indeed Nokia and SE. Devices like W890i would have been really lovely if only it had 3.5mm port.
Brad

I agree the worst phone I ever had was Sony-Ericsson P990 what a junk
newtype2011

Nokia should take a page out of SE’s book for the low-midrange, and SE should just take Nokia’s whole book regarding high end handsets. SE is just down right horrid when it comes to making a premium solution. This is good for SE, but I don’t see more people walking around with/talking about their phones -
MicahH

I don’t buy SE because they are low-end junk, for the most part. They look great, but if only they could match the insides with how the outsides look. Also, like others say, need a few more features – 3.5mm/usb, etc.
Nirmal

Well, if Nokia claims to sell some 1 billon sets, praise all around, when sony says, then its like concentrate on improving. Good example of double standards.
I dont think 3.5 mm jack is the most important thing. How about telling Nokia to increase the speed of its slow responding N-Series?
fenris

Oh, but they have these fast processors, so they can’t be slow, it says so on the specs – so that stands to reason! And it says in all the press- releases from nokia that their units are breaking new ground and offering an improved user experience. Specially, the conductive rubber in the 3.5mm jacks are gloriously hifi, and should be a breathtaking experience. Furthermore, everyone who don’t know how to compare with anything else using actual standards will say UIQ is slow and is just junk. And the specs are lower than “other” units, so it’s got to be slower everywhere – stands to reason again. So that’s just how it is, objectively.

So really, what’s there to write about, other than the truth, untouched by facts or rational argument? Does nokia get any criticism on the intertubes, for example? I haven’t seen anything, and no other bloggers or roaming investigators are trashing their units day in and day out – so that means the units are factually proven to be better than SE’s units, although it’s beaten by the hugely best- selling iPhone according to secret Apple sources. Again – stands to reason! Unquestionably.
Nirmal

@Fenris,
How can this be? If no one writes against Nokia day in and Day out, then thet are proven to be better than SE. Great thought! applause!