Most of us have difficulties at remembering cell phone names, because every company has its own way of denominating products. Sony Ericsson makes no difference from other major producers as most of the formats used for naming mobile items rely on five or six characters with both letters and figures. There is a specific meaning attached to every character in the title of Sony phones: the initial stands for the phone series, and this feature is general. Thus, the first figure defines the sub-category, the third indicates the progression made from the former product release while the last can either be a 0 or an 8. The closing specifications also tell something about Sony phones.
The 8 or 0, for instance, refer to the features of the products in relation to the market it was produced for. Or, the number can set apart Sony phones distinguished by features but identical in design. The final lowercase letter designates the market for which the Sony phones models are produced: thus, the ‘i’ represents the international brand, ‘a’ is for America and ‘c’ for China. In case the name of the product includes an ‘im’ particle, then, this will refer to the i-mode branding.
There are other ways of naming Sony phones, since more recent formats or design rely on a pattern made of three characters such as the P1i for instance. The capital letter tells the series of the phone, the number refers to progression as related to the previous releases and just as in the above model, the lowercase letter describes the target market. Code names are also attributed to Sony phones particularly to those that are in the process of development or improvement. Most such names are taken from the female tennis player sponsored by Sony Ericsson. For more details on the code names, you should access the lists of names available on various web pages.
The information encoded in the names of Sony phones is not easy to decipher by the average buyer who knows nothing of previous models, series or sub-series. Retailers usually have extensive lines of Sony phones from various generations, and buyers can select according to price tags and designs. In fact, these are also the elements that producers work on when releasing a new model, even if technical superiority is also touched upon.
Co-authored by: Big Button Cordless Phones.
