Sony will do the bare minimum that they are forced to. So 5 years due to the EU. Repairability idk about that. Parts are hard to source outside of Asia for Xperia phones.

They removed the drm on phone released after 2019 with the start of the current Xperia 1/5/10 lineup.

• The naming is dreadful. What comes after the Xperia 1? Why the Xperia 1 II of course! I swear only their console division is capable of clear and sensible naming.

Their phone division is run by their camera division and unfortunately the naming makes sense in that situation

• They've fallen seriously behind in software support. This will be mitigated by EU legislation forcing longer support, but it'll still be behind Samsung/Google.

I think only Samsung and Google are doing 7 years of updates. Plus fun fact Sony releases Asop builds of newer versions of android 3 years after eol. But for some reason they won't extend updates for their gms roms

I hope they improve the amp for the jack at least.

No it did. I'm just confused about what this community is.

Yes if you get the global one since the ones that are the Japanese carrier/us model

I think so except for certain Uwb radios if I remember correctly.

There was the Sony Xperia 5 series which is smaller than the 1

Supposedly 5 years due to the eu

Yes they usually have an American model for sale

I mean Sony uses an even more stock version of android that Google doesn't even use.

Yes. But the American model is locked because of fucking Verizon

Yes

I mean you can buy it rn from hi-fi go still I think.

Np hope you have a great day!

Good luck with that. I hope I can get one as well

Rcs isn't a open source but an open standard. Two very different things.

Open standard: anyone can use the standard but could be proprietary/closed source

Open source: anyone can edit/review the code and forket it if they want to.

The issue with RCS currently is that Google won't release the API for it on android and only allows Samsung to use it for their app. Another part is that their encryption is based on signal and released a white paper about it.

Now it's understandable why people would distrust Google. But apple is currently trying to add e2ee to the open standard (google also tried in the past but failed).

Mind you the only reason apple is even implementing RCS is because China is forcing them to. Since any new 5g devices must support rcs to be certified in china.

I hope this helps. Also have a android turtle from the blob!

Oof I feel you

I just hope Sony doesn't fuck it up.