Discounts for Buying a New Sony Phone?

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Don't forget that JP Xperia are also different to HK Xperia and TW Xperia, so where you get the Xperia 1VI from also matters heaps. (I had to do a lot of reading but gf has now gotten a red 1 VI after her 1 II started dying and support would be dropped too).

Yeah, the HK/TW version has better 5G band compatibility within Australia, specifically because the JP version is missing band n7 and n26, and likely some CA combos involving those. I still ended up getting the JP version because it ended up being cheaper back when the Yen was weak + tax free, plus it supports Osaifu-Keitai so I've got my Suica card working great in Google Pay.

As for getting the Xperia 1 VI to work, root/bootloader unlock is not required. At least the JP and TW versions are known to work out of the box on VoLTE on all 3 major Australian networks. Beware that there's at least one user who reports it doesn't work for them on Boost (Telstra MVNO).

With that said, I still recommend not buying an Xperia if you're not into phone tinkering. For instance, the call waiting/barring/redirect settings don't work in the Phone app on Telstra for some reason, and as mentioned before it's not possible to confirm E000 functionality (but it more than likely works)