1. SONY Xperia Z3 Compact
2. Android 6.0.1 stock (I guess CyanogenMod has abandoned the Z3c, but it seems SONY hasn't surprisingly enough.)
3. The link posted earlier ( http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2014/10/01/xperia-details-hi-res-audio/ ) includes the Z3 Compact. I think in this respect it may actually basically have the same sound-related hardware as the Z3.
BTW, it sounds just amazing through my external DAC (a Fiio E18K.) Just... They gave it a super tiny USB cable that assumes all Android devices have their USB connection on the bottom and quite a lot of SONY devices put it on the side. -.- (One of these days I'm going to have to build a custom cable probably because I can't find any third party ones that work.)
EDIT: BTW, you talk about things being disabled at the software level. Perhaps this is something Xposed Framework can deal with? Food for thought maybe? Obviously not something everyone can use, but maybe a solution for at least some people?
EDIT2: I just updated. It only mentions the Z3, but shows the SONY API and offers the option to enable it on my Z3 Compact, so I believe it must have been included by default. It seems to work as far as I can tell.
1. SONY Xperia Z3 Compact 2. Android 6.0.1 stock (I guess CyanogenMod has abandoned the Z3c, but it seems SONY hasn't surprisingly enough.) 3. The link posted earlier ( http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2014/10/01/xperia-details-hi-res-audio/ ) includes the Z3 Compact. I think in this respect it may actually basically have the same sound-related hardware as the Z3. BTW, it sounds just amazing through my external DAC (a Fiio E18K.) Just... They gave it a super tiny USB cable that assumes all Android devices have their USB connection on the bottom and quite a lot of SONY devices put it on the side. -.- (One of these days I'm going to have to build a custom cable probably because I can't find any third party ones that work.) EDIT: BTW, you talk about things being disabled at the software level. Perhaps this is something Xposed Framework can deal with? Food for thought maybe? Obviously not something everyone can use, but maybe a solution for at least some people? EDIT2: I just updated. It only mentions the Z3, but shows the SONY API and offers the option to enable it on my Z3 Compact, so I believe it must have been included by default. It seems to work as far as I can tell.