Over the past few months,
much ink has been spilled over whether
Nokia (
NOK) or
BlackBerry (
BBRY) have a chance to stage a strong recovery. After a dismal two years,
Sony’s (
SNE) chances in the smartphone market have largely been written off. However, over the past month
the new Sony Xperia Z has shown remarkable strength in Europe and some Asian markets. In the second half of February, the Xperia Z
sold out in Japan and France during its launch. And this wasn’t a small volume sell out — the phone shifted 140,000 units at Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo in one week.
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