Sony To Cut An Additional 1,000 Jobs From Their Mobile Division

Unlike Samsung or LG, Sony isn’t doing particularly well for themselves in the mobile market. While they might still be somewhat thriving back in their home market of Japan, over in the US and other parts of the world, Sony phones seem to be taking a backseat to other brands. In fact last we heard, Sony was planning on trimming their portfolio in a bid to reduce costs.

Now according to a report from the Nikkei daily business (via Reuters), it looks like Sony is looking to trim the fat further from its workforce. It seems that Sony has plans to cut another 1,000 jobs from its smartphone division, although these cuts will mainly affect Europe and China. These 1,000 jobs are in addition to the layoffs from last year, meaning that 2,000 employees could potentially lose their jobs.

Ultimately it seems that Sony plans to trim their workforce in their mobile division down to 5,000, essentially reducing it by 30% by the end of the fiscal year ending in March 2016. No doubt the trimming of their mobile division is a bad sign as it means that Sony does not see a very bright future for their handsets or their position in the market.

In fact in a bid to help save money, Sony had previously announced that they are looking to extend their product lifecycle, so instead of releasing two flagship phones every year alongside a slew of low-mid range handsets, they might focus on one flagship and will focus on mid-high range handsets instead.

Tyler Lee
Categories: Cellphones
Tags: Sony