The US market has three big gatekeepers named Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. They charge huge money to certify devices to work on their networks. No certification and phones won't work properly for mission-critical stuff like VoLTE, VoWiFi, and in some cases 5G. Without these features, no-one will buy the phones.

You also need to be selling a big number of those phones to eat the cost of all that certification. And what do you know, the telcos operate the stores that sell the lion's share of phones in the US market.

All that adds up to niche handsets only working on 1 or 2 of the telcos, or only partially, and only selling direct to consumer or on Amazon or Best Buy or wherever in negligible numbers.

And that's why you can't buy a Fairphone at retail in the US.

The smell of fresh bread is like a hug for your nose.

A breadmaker which also makes jam.

That is not the slobster I was expecting.

SIM tools :)

Thanks mate, your work is deeply appreciated the world over.

You're absolutely right that a PlayStation - like a Kindle, or even Apple devices - is a big subscription box.

I'll echo what others have said: Build a PC to connect to your TV and switch to that for a few years. You can even keep using the PS5 controller. Keep the PS5 around for exclusives and you won't have FOMO + you can enjoy many years of PC exclusives as well as new, upcoming, early access indie darlings.

Nice one!

I am distinctly underwhelmed in general by the XM4.

Have a look at Technics A800/AZ60/AZ60MK2/AZ80, all support simultaneous use of LDAC and multipoint. I recall something else working with both simultaneously too, possibly Huawei TWS.

They do step down a quality tier to do so, and low bitrste LDAC is generally considered poor, but it's otherwise all there and possible.

LDAC and Multipoint do in fact mix, just not on Sony products.

It is in fact a real thing.

Sure, it can be useful for bypassing staggered rollouts of app updates.