The Walkman music phones have been very kind to Sony Ericsson’s bottom line. Net profits jumped
by 91% over the same quarter last year, from 75 million Euros to 143 million Euros. The profits came from a 41% improvement in sales, reaching a total of 2.27 billion Euros, or about $2.29 billion American.
The joint venture between Sony and Ericsson sold 15.7 million handsets in the quarter, a jump of 33% from a year before. Of those, 3.9 million were Walkman phones.Sony Ericsson rides Walkman phones to very strong quarter