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Sony Ericsson teaches us how to turn fans into enemies with XperiaBlog

Categories: Android, Sony Ericsson
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, October 24th, 2011 at 11:09 AM
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Seriously, Sony Ericsson, it’s a miracle you have any fan sites these days and you just want to shut them down? Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that you don’t make halfway decent phones – the Xperia Arc is OK, but how’s that stacking up against the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Nexus, DROID RAZR or the HTC Sensation series? Instead of shutting down fan communities like Xperiablog.net, and ultimately turning them into your enemies, you should embrace them. They’re the small handful of die-hard fans you have left, really.

 Since Xperiablog.net’s founder didn’t want to tackle this problem, the following response was given:

We do not have the resources to fight Sony Ericsson on this and therefore this is the last you will hear from us. Sony Ericsson has made great strides in its Xperia portfolio, especially in listening to the community. This makes it all the more confusing as to why Sony Ericsson would want to shut us down. We genuinely believe that 2012 could be a bumper year for the company, we just wish we could have been there along for the ride.

Sony Ericsson was probably just doing its thing by protecting its trademark, but surely it could’ve come to terms with Xperiablog.net and handled things differently. It’s a shame, as Sony Ericsson has just lost a pretty good resource for some Xperia fanatics. Poor form.

[Via: Xperiablog via TechCrunch]

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  • Anonymous

    This is sad on numerous levels.  I used to be a big SE fan but one too many letdowns and I’ve moved on (Mmm… GS II).  A part of me really wants to see them do well again, but moves like this are disappointing

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, SE really needs all the fans that it can get. I feel bad for the folks who were running Xperiablog.net.

  • Miniman200999

    The Xperia Arc is “OK”? What?! I think you need to stop comparing spec. sheets against spec. sheets my friend. The Xperia arc even though on a single core processor is one of THE blazing fast phones around in the smartphone market today. 

    Dual Core doesn’t mean everything, neither does the raw-pixel count, what matters is the user experience that is received from handling and utilising the phone. What matters is the optics that is used to produce the camera hardware itself, what matters is how the manufacturer uses a given processor to its maximum potential. 

    If you’ve ever had an experience of using the Xperia arc, you would know that if done right, a single core processor can obliterate its competition without the need of using dual-core processing power. I think you as a writer need to talk about the point instead of criticising the company’s phones. Rated by several sites, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is currently one of the top three phones in the world today. Mind it. 

  • KO

    I was surprised to see this be news here but….what? The Arc is OK? lol  Im embarrassed to say I gotta share the same last name with this moron. Brown pride turns to brown shame, dont ever write anything involving Sony phone products, have fun with your dual crap, Im sure you’re the type that thinks megapixels are what determines how good a camera is and Super (saturated) AMOLED is amazing.

    Typical causal tech nerd that gets lost in the spec hype marketing games, learn something sucka.