The best-sounding smartphones of 2023
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- 10 Feb 2024
Bases on your phone specs the Moto Thinkphone speakers destroy the iPhone and every other phone with a -21.6 Excellent rating. Am I missing something?
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- 12 Jan 2024
Anonymous, 02 Jan 2024Walkman/DAP cannot do many things that phone can do, such a... moreSony's Walkmans outside of that cheap one can run some games and streaming apps though. They run Android after all
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- 08 Jan 2024
KAVELAB, 07 Jan 2024I seriously don't understand why the iPhone is seen as... moreSame idea here. Their sound isn't real unlike Samsung which is similar to the actual sound coming from the source.
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- 08 Jan 2024
Anonymous, 07 Jan 2024Its not like everybody listens only through loudspeaker, t... morePhones do not determine audio quality for wireless headphones or earbuds, phones only determine audio quality for wired headphones using headphone jack. And phones with a headphone jack are extremely rare these days, so there's not much to review
A few examples of modern phones with headphone jack: budget devices (sound quality is not a priority), Sony flagships (poor audio quality compared to entry-level Sony Walkman), ASUS ROG phones (audio quality is not a priority). There are occasional phones from smaller manufacturers, but audio quality is rarely a priority (LG was the only company I know of that put "quad dac" into phones and, as far as I know, they had very good audio quality, but LG Mobile got shut down).
As for wireless headphones, they should sound identical connected to any supported devices (devices that support the best audio codecs that wireless headphones/earless buds support).
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- 07 Jan 2024
Its not like everybody listens only through loudspeaker, there are many who use ear buds, headphones.. So kindly please review thar too
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- 07 Jan 2024
I seriously don't understand why the iPhone is seen as the best sounding smartphone of 2023. It has a good frequency response curve, yes, but the actual sound when listening to it sounds nothing alike the graph. Bass is very artificial and sounds like water droplets, and the midrange and high notes are highly compressed and distorted. It sounds like the speakers are about to be blown.
The S23 Ultra is much better in this regard than the iPhone, it may have less bass, but at least the bass isn't terribly artificial, and the sound is clean with many details. Maybe a bit too much compression still, though.
The Xiaomi 13 Ultra sounds very pleasant, possibly not the loudest, but not compressed at all. Bass is surprisingly deep, but there's a 10KHz peak, unfortunately, which makes it much worse than it could've been.
However, the ROG Phone 7 should be number 1 in this ranking. It is the only smartphone with the capability of producing deep bass notes (hear yourself in Track 5), and also sounds good otherwise (clear and no distortion). Yes, treble is a bit far back, but you can easily solve this with the built-in equalizer. ROG phones have always had the best speakers, looking forward towards the Phone 8 (even though they removed the front facing drivers).
As for the other flagships, the P60 Pro isn't too bad, but it has badly implemented bass enhancement. The Honor Magic 5 Pro is good too, but doesn't have any bass. The Pixel 8 Pro is too compressed and distorted, and the RedMagic 9 Pro is the worst one here by far.
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- 07 Jan 2024
Zendroid, 29 Dec 2023Why isn't Sony on the list? They have crazy good speak... more"If you can get a real work in this area, you would have knowledge in life and about technology. But obviously you only know how to act dumb online."
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- 07 Jan 2024
Zendroid, 06 Jan 2024Try to watch Tokyo drift on a Sony, and you will literally ... more"Keyboard ninja wannabe gets you nowhere. Now go out and get a job working with phones. So you can talk knowledge instead of guesses."
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- 06 Jan 2024
Minu, 05 Jan 2024And the Achilles heel of Sony-branded phones is their awful... moreTry to watch Tokyo drift on a Sony, and you will literally see what raci means with yellow skin. It's seriously that bad! Doesn't matter what streaming service is used. Sony makes Asian skin, yellow.
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- Anonymous
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- 05 Jan 2024
The A34 is truly an all rounder device.
Great Camera, Amazing Display, Great Sound performance, Powerpul chipset and And a very good battery performance.
Even though the price is relatively high in many countries.
And no charger in the box makes it worse.
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- 05 Jan 2024
Sarlex, 05 Jan 2024Infinix Note 30And It sucks. From my personal experience, it just doesnt sound like a JBL tuned device. Loudness is average, bass is quite weak, there is not much depth in the sound. Though highs are pretty clean. Though overall sound quality far from good,even in the budget segment, i've seen and heard better sounding phones, some of them even dont have the stereo setup, just a bottom firing one. Still they sound better somewhat
Overall i'll give it 5.75 out of 10.
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- 05 Jan 2024
Zendroid, 04 Jan 2024Yeah, my colleagues Samsung and iPhones silenced my pro-i. ... moreAnd the Achilles heel of Sony-branded phones is their awful connectivity, especially in remote areas, they're basically paperweights
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- 04 Jan 2024
Anonymous, 02 Jan 2024Walkman/DAP cannot do many things that phone can do, such a... moreI agree! However, the point was that Sony could have easily put the audio circuit from the cheap Walkman into the Xperia phone - but they decided not to.
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- 04 Jan 2024
Minu, 30 Dec 2023And their speakers, despite being far from loud, makes up f... moreYeah, my colleagues Samsung and iPhones silenced my pro-i. Played the same yt videos, Sony couldn't be heard. And the Sony can't filter noise from voice on standard calls, but only if you are recording video. People always asked if it was windy when I called.
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- 04 Jan 2024
Well, I will release, I will use, phone body to make some Bass in phones. Cooling Chamber integrated, water proof, Passive Subwoofer Engineering can solve this problem. At least, 1 Meter Distance, Phone Owner will get, satisfied Bass Frequencies from their phones without not so much affected, Battery Consumption of Phone...Now, you know Future High Tech...
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- 03 Jan 2024
I will be blunt and to the point.
This sort of testing shows almost nothing.
A short sentence of the reviewer preference would be worth more.
Audio measurements when done well and exhaustively give a narrow look into the essence. THD, directionality, noise level?
Such apparatus is expensive and testing time consuming, not to forget it requires specific skill.
I say just skip it and give subjective score through listening music, podcasts and gaming. Would be worth infinitely more than what you are doing right now.
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- Anonymous
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- 03 Jan 2024
AnonD-641645, 02 Jan 2024It's a little conflated, I know. In all fairness they ... moreGenerally of a speaker can handle louder output volumes, it's likely gong to sound better at lower volumes.
It's going to be down to physical size of its drives and other parts in engineering to create the sound.
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- 02 Jan 2024
Ottonis, 01 Jan 2024I agree. However, some guy on YouTube tested the sound qual... moreWalkman/DAP cannot do many things that phone can do, such as videos play back, games. Better audio quality can provide better feelings to user