You can get a lightly used one for around $800, if there are some good sales this holiday season the price will drop even further.

My completely unsubstantiated conspiracy theory is that Sony had a warehouse full of phones that were semi functional but didn’t pass QA, and they jury rigged this thing as a way to repurpose them, so even if they only sell a hundred K or so it’s still a win

If China were to invade Taiwan and take over TSMC, Would they even be able to use the fab? It seems like Russia exploiting Ukraine’s resources would be a lot simpler a task.