Weakness in the global smartphone market, Sony reduced performance expectations of fiscal year 2015-Sony, Japan earthquake-IT information

On April 21, according to foreign reports, Sony on Thursday unveiled preliminary results of fiscal year 2015. The company cut its operating profit forecast of the year 9.4%, due to weakness in the global smartphone market affected company camera module requirements.

Sony said the company now expected the 2015 fiscal year, operating profit of 290 billion yen (about US $ 2.64 billion), compared with a previous estimate of 320 billion yen. Weak sales expectations to match the camera module, Sony will report to camera modules in business the 59.6 billion yen in goodwill writedowns. This derogation is also reflected in the Suo Nixiu performance is expected. Sony camera modules, whose clients include some of the world's leading smartphone makers, such as Apple and so on.

Thomson Reuters survey, analysts had on average expected the market, Sony's operating profit was 341.7 billion yen fiscal 2015. Sony released April 28, 2015 fiscal year earnings.

Market research firm Gartner expects global smart phone shipments will fall this year for the first time the number of units increase percentage increase.

Sony also said the company is working on the recent Japan series of earthquakes hit the southern graphics sensors to assess damage from the factory to the company.

全球智能手机市场疲软，索尼下调2015财年业绩预期 - 索尼,日本地震 - IT资讯

4月21日消息，据外电报道，索尼周四发布了2015财年初步财报。该公司将当年的运营利润预期下调了9.4%，原因是全球智能手机市场的疲软影响到了公司摄像头模块的需求。

索尼表示，公司当前预计，2015财年运营利润将为2900亿日元（约合26.4亿美元），低于此前预计的3200亿日元。为匹配摄像头模块销售疲软的预期，索尼将在财报中对摄像头模块业务计入596亿日元的商誉减损。这一减损同样体现在了索尼修正后的业绩预期当中。索尼摄像头模块的客户包括了一些全球知名智能手机制造商，如苹果等。

汤森路透的调查显示，市场分析师此前平均预计，索尼2015财年的运营利润将为3417亿日元。索尼定于4月28日发布公司2015财年财报。

市场调研公司Gartner预计，全球智能手机出货量增幅将在今年首次降至单位数百分比增幅。

索尼同时还表示，该公司正在对近期日本南部地区发生的一系列地震给公司图形传感器工厂带来的损失进行评估。