What you need to understand is all those devices were not developed by Sony. Just because they have the name sony on top doesn't mean they are 100% sony products. 2012 Xperias were developed entirely by Sony Ericsson, after Sony bought SE they just rebranded those phones and sold them as SONY.
It takes 2 years to develop a phone from conception to production. The Xperia Z was also only partly developed by Sony. It had been Sony Ericsson fashion to release phones 1 year behind competition because of several reasons. So do not judge SONY based on what another company (SE) did.
Honami is the first 100% Sony developed product. And as you can see, it blows away the competition. This is what you can expect now for every single Sony phone that launches after Honami.
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It reminds me of your response to the xperia-z screen woes.......something on the ground of 1 batch made my 1 co other by sharp and stuff.
Once a company puts it's logo on it..........it's a done deal. sony could very well have taken a 6 month hiatus then? Sony is responsible for the phone it releases irrespective of where the screen is made and whether the product was a result of a JV which ended a year ago.
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but the fact remains that sony has got it's strategy completely wrong. 1st a flagship waterproof phone with a "less than" perfect screen. Now a 6.4 inch behemoth of a phone called z-ultra and a 20mp phone.
What they really needed to do was on the lines of lumia 925. release a upgrade to z&zl with all the problems related to screen fixed.
only a knowledgeable guy such as yourself,part of < 0.01% of mobile-users, would know why xperia-z screen was not doing well because of a certain "screen supplier" and because it was " designed by Sony Ericsson" and even <0.01 % people would buy these excuses.
Now this honami phone , as per photos , is even bigger than xperia-z which was the upper limit for even a big guy like me in respect of one-hand usage.......is going to be a bummer despite best - screen,camera,software,hardware and packaging.