Sony Ericsson has reported sales of EUR1,193m for the second quarter in 2011, a 32% decline from EUR1,757m of sales in the same quarter previous year, and a 4% increase from the previous quarter same year.
The company said the decline is due to supply chain constraints from the Japan earthquake.
The quarter ended in a net loss of EUR50m, compared to a net income of EUR12m in the same quarter in the previous year, and EUR11m in the last quarter.
Loss before taxes for the quarter was EUR42m, compared to an income before taxes of EUR31m for the same quarter in the previous year, due to lower volume.
The gross margin percentage for the quarter was 31% with an improvement of 3 percentage points year-on-year that included restructuring charges, and a decrease of 2 percentage points from the previous quarter.
Sony Ericsson president and CEO Bert Nordberg said their shift to Android-based smartphones continues with smartphone sales accounting for more than 70% of their total sales during the quarter.
"We have shipped more than 16 million Xperia smartphones to date. We have introduced eight new Xperia smartphones this year and we continue to see strong consumer and operator demand across the Xperia smartphone portfolio," he added.
Units shipped during the quarter were 7.6 million, a 31% decrease year-on-year and a 6% decrease sequentially, due to a decrease in volume caused by constrained supply of critical components and an anticipated decline in the number of feature phones shipped, the company said.
Sony Ericsson estimates that its share in the global Android-based smartphone market during the quarter was approximately 11% in volume and 11% in value.
