CES 2013 – the week that was, Calum MacDougall
Hi all – a quick note on the week that was,
I’m still feeling the strain of being on my feet all/every day during CES 2013; meeting with partners and media and speaking to people on the show floor was tiring stuff, but as always, the fun far outweighed the fatigue 
The response in Vegas was phenomenal; a palpable buzz from bloggers, media, analysts and show visitors alike that surpassed even our (high) expectations! Now we’re looking forward to launching our Android smartphone, Xperia Z in the coming weeks, into the hands of consumers across the world.
Someone from the team asked me to share my top highlight/favourite memory from the week. Too many to choose from really, but if forced I’d actually pick the raft of 12 awards, that by my reckoning made Xperia Z the most-awarded product of CES 
Winner
Popular Mechanics | CES 2013: Editor’s Choice Awards | http://bit.ly/VMdbTH
TechnoBuffalo | Best of CES 2013 | http://tchno.be/WFKbsM
Laptop Magazine | Best of CES 2013 | http://bit.ly/RJU10f
Tech Radar | Best of CES 2013: Best Cell Phone | http://bit.ly/WzWoPM
Stuff | CES 2013 Hot Stuff | http://bit.ly/VYxxGr
Gotta Be Mobile | CES 2013: Best Phone | http://bit.ly/XoKkE3
PC Pro | CES 2013 Greatest Hits: Best smartphone | http://bit.ly/WY32Ad
Mobile Geeks | Best Smartphone
Ubergizmo | Best of CES 2013
Computer Act!ve | Best of CES 2013
Contender/finalist
TechnoBuffalo | Reader’s Choice | http://tchno.be/ZIowr3
CNet | Best of CES | http://bit.ly/VP1yrk
Wow. What a tally! Without being overly immodest, it is just great to see a product which the team has put so much care, attention and love into be recognised in this way. It’s a fantastic start to what we think will be an incredibly exciting year.
There’s no rest for the wicked, even before CES we began planning for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona so keep an eye on us during the event, and see what else we have in store…
We’ll also be bringing you more live content from the ground and who knows, hopefully I’ll retain my guest blogging slot!
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By James Bluem
And what about your former so called flagship smartphone!? When will the Xperia arc s user recieve the firmware maintenance updates and bug fixes Sony promissed months ago?
Where is the smartphone experience we paid for!?
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By David Hallowes
@ James Bluem
Well said. Sony’s entire policy seems to be one of marketing and sales, or ‘spin’.
It seems most Sony smartphones experience problems. The new Xperia V is having terrible problems with freezing, sudden catastrophic battery drainage, alarm clock malfunction and WiFi problems ever since launch in December, 2012. No word on a fix or indeed anything at all from Sony, apart from an acknowledgement 2 weeks ago to say they are looking into it.
I commiserate with you. Could I trust a Sony phone? Would I take the chance? Would I rely on their commitment to customer service and satisfaction? Frankly I expect the new Z to experience the same problems on release. As for the various mobile media, they are useless. If they were any good at their jobs they would know about these issues and publish them to warn potential customers. Absolutely disgraceful Sony.
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By Neil Ziyang
Goodluck with the sales of this product, i am gonna get it as soon as it gets to New Zealand , it looks like the perfect phone i’m wishing for.I really love sony products, all beautifully designed and most of all NOT APPLE. Best smartphone i’ve seen yet.
got the HX 850 55″ TV , NEX 5R , Xperia S , VAIO T13 what more do i need? Xperia Z ofc. -
It seems that sony has forgot all previous Xperia phones. No 4.1 update for 2012 Xperia Sola and U line up. Prospective buyers of Xperia z also beware..tomorrow you will be facing this same problems.
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By David Hallowes
Quote: ‘It’s a fantastic start to what we think will be an incredibly exciting year’.
Why have any awards been bestowed on a phone that has not yet been released to for sale? Surely some months should go by before awards are given so that products like the Xperia Z can be evaluated in real world conditions to see if they work properly or are full of bugs and problems like other Sony phones?
The real start to Sony Mobile’s year in 2013 began with the global launch a few weeks ago of the Xperia V. Since then hundreds of owners of that high-end 4.3″ smartphone have had nothing but trouble with WiFi and alarm malfuntions, sudden catastrophic battery drainage and freezing of the phone. You can read the dozen pages of reported problems and total lack of product support or even communication from Sony Mobile with those unhappy customers on the following link. It does not make happy reading!
http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/362041#362041That is the real story of Sony Mobile, and the same sort of problems are being experienced by owners of other phones too. Any phone nearing a year old is no longer provided with updates either. Sony just forgets about its customers once it has their money. It does not provide support and solutions for frequent problems on its phones when they happen, which seems to be all the time.
Because of this disasterous approach to its customers’ service and satisfaction Sony Mobile deserves to fail. I say that sadly because the products do look great on paper, although Samsung’s S4 will launch soon with a 2GHz processor and a similar 5 inch screen and others similar products are appearing now too.
The only thing that should matter is how phones operate or fail to operate properly as intended and as sold in the real world. For this reason people would be well advised to delay acquiring the Xperia Z too early and to wait and check online on Sony’s blog pages and other independent sites for some months after launch to see if the same sort of harware and software problems develop in the Z as they have done on other Sony phones.
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All-time talking about newest phone and IGNORING customers with one-month-old phones makes me very sad. I give to Sony my monthly salary for Xperia V and what i get? Full of bugs phone…
All this awards only for press. Worry about reputation, Sony. -
When we can buy 1st?? somobodey know?? Please i am waiting…
