> Sony tried to compete with the bet camera, best DAC and I don't think those phones sold. They were also priced like it -- and worse, many of them weren't ava

> Sony tried to compete with the bet camera, best DAC and I don't think those phones sold. They were also priced like it -- and worse, many of them weren't available through US carriers, which is prohibitive to a market that often won't spend Kaz Hirai money all at once on a phone. You're otherwise restating my point, though. Many of the niche hardware features don't have to be built into the device if you just offer more baseline extensibility.