Audiophile brand Moondrop teases its first smartphone, the MIAD 01

22 April 2024
Features dedicated 4.4mm and 3.5mm headphone jacks.

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I'm hoping this is gonna be a premium phone with a premium SoC, because it's easy to find cheap phones with a headphone jack but hard to find premium phones with a headphone jack. They should also try to undercut the main competitor, the Sony Xperia series. I think the ideal price point for this phone is $600-$900.

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    Cpt.Power, 23 Apr 2024Haha like you can replace a cable which been bound to the e... moreThis is false... Look up literally any iem with a 2-pin 0.78mm connector, or MMCX connector, or any headphone with a 3.5 or 1/4"... Countless in-ear monitors/earphones/headphones exist with swappable cables with those connectors, and you can easily buy said cables on amazon from companies like tripowin for $5-10.

    You can also buy balanced and unbalance cables for iems for example. I could buy both 3.5 unbalanced, as well as 2.5/4.4 balanced for my iems.

      Cpt.Power, 23 Apr 2024No i am not maybe you. Something like Bose, Yamaha and s... moreWith an iem You can just unplug the cable and plug in a new one

        0odle-noodle, 23 Apr 2024Hi, Sony user here (own XM3s and have tried XM5s), they sou... moreHaving Kraken headphones by Razer company and have to say opposite from reproduced sound to inboud microphone they are pretty awesome.

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          • 23 Apr 2024

          Moondrop nothing + another design blinking beeping device

          MIAD 01 simply says "Coming Soon"

            Cpt.Power, 23 Apr 2024Haha like you can replace a cable which been bound to the e... moreMost IEM's have removable cables, and most OEMs either also have removable cables, or are super easy to disassemble and it takes less than 10 minutes to replace the cable.

              Cpt.Power, 23 Apr 2024Well i can. Wireless audio from Yamaha, Senheiser, Bose, s... moreHi, Sony user here (own XM3s and have tried XM5s), they sound better when you use the cable. The only good thing about the wireless is that I can be away from my phone, control my music while away from my phone, and I don't have to worry about pulling the cable out when I'm active.
              Also, bluetooth STILL isn't good enough to use the microphone and the speaker at the same time without severely compressing the audio.
              TLDR; you're wrong, cables rule, and bluetooth is inferior.

                MindTheGap, 23 Apr 2024It's funny to see that most commenters here are keep t... moreLike most audiophile products, this thing will likely also cost an arm and a leg, so users might stay with it for many, many years, so while having a powerful processor probably won't matter now, down the road in like 5 to 8 years, having that extra power will be a godsend, because as time goes on, app and system updates can and will weigh down this device. Users won't want to upgrade to a new product just because theirs is slow.

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                  LOVE PENGUIN, 23 Apr 2024Snapped your IEM cable? replace it! $5! Broken AirPod batt... moreYour opinions are irrelevant, outdated and stupid.

                    Cpt.Power, 23 Apr 2024Like i would believe to that. Here in Slovakia i run a ph... morea phone shop retailer ran by an inexperienced person.
                    li-ion batteries can't last longer than 3 years without degradation. do you believe in such decieving words from so called "company"? nice trolling, try harder next time.
                    people like you are the reason why phone market has gone boring over time. 5-6 years?? i doubt that.
                    just admit that you hate having holes in smartphones. i doubt you'll wet yourself after you see portless phones

                      Cpt.Power, 23 Apr 2024Well i can. Wireless audio from Yamaha, Senheiser, Bose, s... moredo you think everyone can spend hundreds of dollars just for the wireless earbuds that sounds like $10 wired earbuds?? 😂😂😂😂 what a joke.
                      i guess you are rich enough to buy wireless earphones yet cheaping out on wired stuff. your point does not stand with your battery hazard for your ear canal.
                      no matter how you boast that wireless is better, you would still get latency when you game or video editing. i doubt you did none of these.💁🏻‍♂️

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                        Cpt.Power, 23 Apr 2024Haha like you can replace a cable which been bound to the e... moreDedicated portable Hifi players by the likes of Fiio, Astel&Kern, Sony uses a snapdragon based android device as the player. Most of those players have circuit designed with it's respective DAC and tuning by each brand. The only difference with the upcoming moondrop phone is that, it has a phone attena/gsm attena.

                          Cpt.Power, 23 Apr 2024Bro you funny said battery will last like 3-5 years without... moreOnce I got a cheap wired earbuds from Sony. The cable broke after maybe a couple of weeks in normal use. So, that was poor quality control and poor construction and materials used by Sony.
                          I also have some other wired brands, which didn't broke in > 10 years of use.
                          So have in mind, that not only user's weight or bad handling is a factor but also the build quality of the earphones, including their cables.
                          Well-designed, quality earphone cables are meant to last, and last long, I may add.

                            PetrovBG, 23 Apr 2024If you're lucky, they may last 3-4 years, but still wi... moreIn the past 3-4 years I owned two pairs of (wireless) LG tone and both got broken: after falling down the capsule just fell apart and the one earphone just stopped working - exactly same problem in both pairs.
                            I also have wired Sennheiser (don't remember the exact name) earbuds that are > 10 y old have cost around the same as the wireless LG tone. They are still rock solid and work as a horse - with phantastic sound quality. And even better: they don't try grab all my phone contacts every time I power them off and send my private information it to some foreign servers.

                              Anonymous, 23 Apr 2024cool, seems like a lot of people are interested too with 14... moreWe will see. After all, they follow popular demand, so the more people post here in this comment section and ask for a review, the higher the chances we will eventually get a review.
                              It will certainly also depend on the fact whether or not Moodrop will have review samples to send to reviewers and whether or not this phone will be available globally.

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                                Cpt.Power, 23 Apr 2024Haha like you can replace a cable which been bound to the e... moreWhere have you been? Wired earphones with unpluggable cables have been here for quite a while. This company (Moondrop) is among those that makes these type of wired earphones.

                                Here's another one from a different manufacturer.
                                https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/7hz-salnotes-zero-universal-iem.25980/reviews

                                  First of all, kudos to the company for providing a phone that is aimed at audiophiles.
                                  That being said, I truly hope they have not only covered the DAC but also the ADC and got some decent mic / mic preamplifier inside.
                                  Back in the day, a few of the Nokia Lumia phones were famous for having dual staging mic circuitry, so the phones were heavily resistant agaings ultra-high dB levels, allowing to record pristine audio even at extremely loud concerts.

                                  I really hope this phone will get tested thoroughly here and elsewhere. In my humblle opinion there has been an overall decline in attention to audio quality among most phone makers lately.

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                                    cool, seems like a lot of people are interested too with 142 comments for the better or worse
                                    sadly gsmarena would rather feature articles with known brand name but low engagement in their front page instead this, all of their current frontpage offering isn't nearly got as much interest as this

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                                      Cpt.Power, 23 Apr 2024Haha like you can replace a cable which been bound to the e... moreIEM cables are replaceable. They're not bound. They're plugs.

                                        crispcketlicker, 23 Apr 2024You literally can.Detachable on yes. But your casual Vendor will not sell it they will have complete devices but not spare parts.

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