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Sony has a few

https://electronics.sony.com/audio/walkman-digital-recorders/c/walkman-mp3-players?srsltid=AfmBOoqclCc7Q2ne0PQqXUogxq6Lmea_cGlmVmQHGwOUkbfewoEJV8Lg

What do you mean by ‘there’s no open source scene’?

I don’t understand what open source has to do with this.

Am I missing something? In the US I can’t buy the 1V and get the bootloader unlocked by Sony. Or did that change?

The hardware of Sony phones has been so attractive over the years. I had the Z3 & XZ1 years ago and they were great.

However, the software is lacking. They don’t commit to long term OS/security updates.

The price is also far too high for just a slab.

This means that there are no ROMs that support recent flagship Sony devices.

Honestly they don’t have to lower the price. If they just opened up the software I would make the jump.

I’m holding onto the OnePlus 7 Pro for dear life because newer devices feel like such a compromise; great hardware and software is locked down to hinder ROM development or great ROM support and weak hardware.