Can Sony really climb to be the #3 smartphone maker in the world?

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They better have a strong plan if they really want to achieve the goals they have set. They don’t have a ton to build on at this point, ranking 9th in the world in the second quarter of 2013.

 

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Sony Corp will move cautiously in tackling key overseas smartphone markets such as the United States and China as it strives to become the third-biggest smartphone maker in the world, CEO Kazuo Hirai told journalists on Friday.

Hirai has identified smartphones as a pivotal product for turning around Sony’s loss-making electronics business, but its flagship Xperia handsets have not yet made much of a splash beyond Japan and Europe, which account for 60 percent of sales.

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