Sony Ericsson issues second profit warning of the year, hopes to break even in Q2

by Darren Murph, posted Jun 30th 2008 at 11:23AM

Although Sony Ericsson just churned out a rather impressive array of new handsets this month, it seems the outfit is still having trouble securing record-setting profits. Truthfully, it's struggling to break even, as evidenced by the second profit warning of 2008 that was issued last week. SE is pinpointing "disappointing European sales of its mid- and high-end mobile phones" as the reason it will likely not see a profit in Q2, and some analysts are suggesting that shipment delays and a dearth of low-end handsets also carry a share of the blame. 'Course, the hotly-anticipated Xperia X1 could certainly make for a lovely Q3, but only time will tell if enough folks shell out for it to make a difference.

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slamEVIL @ Jun 30th 2008 1:04PM

“disappointing European sales of its mid- and high-end mobile phones”

I think SE sat on their ass too long when it came to throwing 850mhz in to the mix. A lot of Americans dig their phones but could use them (3g) if we wanted to.

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