[gwbas1c]

> I picked up an Xperia

I had an Xperia for awhile. I liked it while it was new, but after a year the back started peeling off.

Pretty lousy for a phone that was supposed to be waterproof. At that point I realized that the Japanese change out their phones every 6-12 months, thus Sony didn't realize that the market demands much longer reliability in a smartphone.

[toastal]

They do a good job contributing upstream to the kernel & are one of the few phones out there that still allow users to unlock the bootloader & they support headphone jacks + microSD cards.

[gwbas1c]

Honestly, if mine didn't fall apart after reasonable use, I'd probably still be an Xperia user today.