Sony"s Hirai Mixes Camera With Phone Geeks to Catch Apple

For Kazuo Hirai, creating Sony Corp. (6758)’s flagship smartphone was too important to be left to the company’s mobile-phone experts.
Taking aim at a $310 billion market dominated by Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy and Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone, Sony’s chief executive officer sent dozens of hi...
Sony"s Hirai Mixes Camera With Phone Geeks to Catch Apple