Sony to slash smartphone workforce

Re:Sony to slash smartphone workforce by cobookman on Saturday March 30, 2019 @04:23PM (#19531607)

Look at the razor phone sales....i'm not sure it'd actually of been a best seller.

I think the issue is what makes a good gaming platform doesn't make a great phone. Look at the nintendo switch, it'd make for a poor phone...yet its a great gaming device.

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Re:Sony to slash smartphone workforce by jimmaswell on Saturday March 30, 2019 @04:48PM (#19531749)

But the 3DS form factor would've made a great phone I think. Make the top screen capacitive and keep the bottom pressure-based.

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Re:Sony to slash smartphone workforce by mj_olnir on Saturday March 30, 2019 @05:31PM (#19532002)

Interesting, though most people want a phone that can be held in portrait mode with a single hand. Hence the xperia play's slider design and popsockets for larger phones.

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Re:Sony to slash smartphone workforce by phendrenad2 on Saturday March 30, 2019 @05:05PM (#19531844)

Does the razer phone play Playstation games though? Don't underestimate the power of exclusives.

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Re:Sony to slash smartphone workforce by IshKebab on Sunday March 31, 2019 @06:35AM (#19534829)

But most people use the switch as a console, not as a Gameboy-type thing.

All they would have had to do it provide a decent selection of games, and include two low-cost Bluetooth controllers and an HDMI dock with every phone.

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Re:Sony to slash smartphone workforce by Pxtl on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:00PM (#19533006)

Gaming devices have buttons and directional pads.

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