Sony posts $17.3bn revenue for fiscal Q1 2013August 1, 2013 - 11:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sony has announced its fiscal Q1 2013 earnings of 1712.7 billion yen ($17.3 billion) in revenue, up 13 percent year-on-year primarily due to favorable foreign exchange rates, a rise in financial services revenue, and of particular interest — an increase in smartphone sales, The Next Web reports. The company’s operating income increased 30.1 billion yen year-on-year to 36.4 billion yen ($367 million), while it posted a net profit of 3.5 billion yen ($35 million), reversing the loss recorded during the same quarter a year ago. Sony’s mobile products and communications unit (which includes mobile phones and personal computers) posted a 36.2 percent increase in sales to 389 billion yen ($3.9 billion) — due to a “significant” increase in the unit sales of smartphones and an increase in the average selling price of smartphones. This led to Sony recording an operating income of 5.9 billion yen ($60 million) for its mobile and PC unit during the first quarter, reversing the previous year’s loss of 28.1 billion yen in the same period. However, Sony’s games unit recorded a widening in its operating loss to 14.8 billion yen ($149 million), primarily because of an increase in research and development expenses related to the upcoming introduction of its PlayStation 4. The games unit posted essentially flat sales year-on-year at 117.9 billion yen ($1.2 billion) due to a decrease in unit sales of PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable (PSP) and PlayStation 2. The company said sales to external customers declined 7.2 percent year-on-year. Sony hasn’t been the most well-known Android manufacturer, but the company has made attempts to differentiate itself from its competitors by adding waterproofing to its Xperia Z smartphone — which is also a huge leap from its previous devices in design and size, TNW says. Sony’s recent unveiling of its PlayStation 4 has also met with a lot of positive response, striking a clear win against Microsoft in their next-gen console faceoff at E3 – which could help it gain back some of the revenue lost for its games unit. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. |