Sony Ericsson G702 (BeiBei) – take two, fail

Mobile-review have posted a very interesting article about the Sony Ericsson G702 (beibei). Here is the final paragraph from the article.

Since there is the Sony Ericsson G900 out there that comes with UIQ 3.0 (which should seem no different from the 3.3 release to the average user), a better camera (5 Mpix), slightly bigger casing and, more importantly, a comparable price tag (it will by the time the G702 arrives), we are not sure why they would need to bring a slew of similar phones to the market and put them up against one another without own product portfolio. Sometimes it’s better to put your ambitions aside and start working for real instead of replicating someone else’s handsets, hoping that they will do well in terms of sales. I’m sincerely disappointed, and it’s not the first time by the way, by the strategy Sony Ericsson is currently applying – it’s a dead-end for this particular maker, period. Very soon you will see some pictures and specs leak out, this time around new entry-level Cyber Short phones will take center stage, along with some plans for folder-type phones and a couple of fashion-conscious products. Once they’ve spread across the Web, we will give them a thorough review; thankfully, low-end Cyber Shot is something along the lines of the G702 –phones brought to life just for the sake of it. Seeing how active Nokia is, as far as its SuperNova range is concerned, Sony Ericsson’s reactions seem extraordinarily weak. And this is a pity – the company had and still has all what it takes.