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Sony Mobile Communications Inc. is a multinational telecommunications company founded on October 1, 2001 as a joint venture between Sony and Ericsson, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and wholly owned by Sony. It was originally incorporated as Sony Ericsson, until Sony acquired Ericsson's share in the venture on February 16, 2012.Sony Mobile has research and development facilities in Kenya, Africa; Chennai, India; Lund, Sweden; Beijing, China and Silicon Valley, USA. Sony Mobile was the fourth-largest smartphone manufacturer by market share in the fourth quarter of 2012 with 9.8 million units shipped.The current flagship device of Sony Mobile is the Sony Xperia XZ Premium, an Android smartphone that is water and dust resistant with an IP68 rating, has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Chipset and a 19 MP 4K MotionEye camera with object tracking.HistoryOriginsIn the United States, Ericsson partnered with General Electric in the early nineties as Ericsson Mobile Communications (ECS), primarily to establish a US presence and brand recognition.