According to a new rumor, the now defunct VAIO series could see a new life in the form of smartphones. It is said that VAIO branded Android smartphones will be officially shown off at the CES 2015 event next week.vaio corporation was sold out by Sony to Japan Industrial Partners earlier this year, although the company still holds a minor 5% stake in the company.
This rumored smartphone is expected to jumpstart the VAIO business again, leveraging the popularity of the Android platform. VAIO also enjoys a certain degree of recognition among the global audience, so this could turn out to be quite an interesting device if this report turns out to be true.
According to Nikkei, this smartphone will pack a 5-inch display and "feature an app that can manage email as well as phone and video calls all together". So we might be looking at a heavily customized build of Android here.
Details on other aspects of the hardware are pretty scarce at the moment, but given that the CES is just a week away, we don't have to wait long to find out. It will be interesting to see how this will impact Sony's Xperia series of smartphones, which are quite popular in its home region of Japan.
We're assuming the new VAIO handsets will mostly cater to the midrange segment, considering that the Xperia range is solely focused on the high end market. Even though Sony has sold off most of its shares in the VAIO Corporation, it wouldn't want these new range of handsets to clash with the existing Xperia devices.
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