After a decade of loyalty to Sony, I surrendered my Xperia smartphone in favor of a Google Pixel last year, and it looks like I’m far from alone. But first...
I had several Xperias before switching to Pixel. It was the lack of updates that did it for me. Offer 7 years of updates in a repairable package and I’ll buy an Xperia again. At this point the only two trains that look acceptable with their own pros and cons are Pixel and Fairphone.
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.
I had several Xperias before switching to Pixel. It was the lack of updates that did it for me. Offer 7 years of updates in a repairable package and I’ll buy an Xperia again. At this point the only two trains that look acceptable with their own pros and cons are Pixel and Fairphone.
I recently ordered a display and a battery for my Fairphone 4. Replacement took me about 10 minutes. She’s still humming on /e/OS!
I keep hearing about /e/OS, I might give it a try! How is it for the banking apps, does it work as standard Android, or is there any issue?
No issues here, I use it for banking almost daily.
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.
5 years? That must be new. 🥹
I don’t think Sony had said they will do that though.
Just as likely they will pull their phone from Europe lol