Remember the last time
Sony (
SNE) had a hit smartphone? That’s a trick question because Sony has never had a hit smartphone. But there’s a first time for everything and unnamed sources have
told Digitimes that
Sony’s new Xperia Z smartphone has sold out of its initial stock in Japan, France, Germany, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The
Digitimes report backs up previous reports we’ve read about showing the
Xperia Z selling well not only in Japan and France but in Italy and Spain as well. The Xperia Z’s strong sales are somewhat surprising given Sony’s previous lack of success in the smartphone realm and the fact that
Sony launched the device in the same quarter that both HTC (
2498) and Samsung (
005930) launched flagship Android smartphones of their own.
