Criteria and absurd wishlist
Affordable, might find it used in a shop in the u.s. or from a reputable source online
Full Root
“Secure”
Quality build
Removable battery/sim/storage
Headphone jack
Tablet or phone
Runs something better than Android 7
Criteria and absurd wishlist
Affordable, might find it used in a shop in the u.s. or from a reputable source online
Full Root
“Secure”
Quality build
Removable battery/sim/storage
Headphone jack
Tablet or phone
Runs something better than Android 7
Sony Xperia 1 series is amazing, fully open bootloader, takes less than a minute to root, no artificial restriction from rooting with AOSP-like ROM, and still have both SD card and headphone jack but still flagship specs of the respective release year of each recent model lol
Ouch, an Xperia 1 IV is a bit pricey, best I can find is about $300. As a comparison, my current Pixel 5 is about $150. (Yea, not comparable phones at all, but for my use-case it doesn’t matter).
Nice phone though, thanks for the recommendation - I’m always looking for my next bootloader unlocked phone. Other than being glass backed (which I’m willing to live with, but what’s so wrong with plastic!!) the Xperia line looks great.