The best-sounding smartphones of 2023
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Anonymous, 01 Jan 2024I think that making a margin in the smartphone, a little ro... moreRight. But I think any display above 6.5 inches is difficult to operate single handedly, I got a large hand myself being 6'1" tall, still find difficult to operate my Mi10 singlehandedly. Anyways that's a race the mobile manufacturers are blindly running to win. Customer feedback has become a thing of past. External storage is also important and it still dragging at MicroSD, no presence of UFS as of yet
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- 02 Jan 2024
I'd like to know what budget phone has best wireless audio, could be an older flagship doesn't matter.
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jayDAWG, 02 Jan 2024Your right, I don't understand why loud sound means be... moreIt's a little conflated, I know. In all fairness they published 2 articles, one ranking loudest phones (without regard to quality), and this article which ranks best-sounding phones, which they admit is subjective. The problem is they also pulled the loudness scores from the other article so at a glance it seems that the rating ('good', 'very good' etc.) refers to quality, but they still refer to loudness only.
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Anonymous, 31 Dec 2023why would casuals care about quality more than loudness ? ... moreYour right, I don't understand why loud sound means best speaker. They don't talk about the quality. It's quite a shame GSMarena would do this.
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- 02 Jan 2024
My rog 6 sound so much better than my s23 ultra and it's pretty strange that rog 7 rank lower here.
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- 02 Jan 2024
I've compared Iphone 12 Pro Max and Xiaomi mi 11 ultra. And Xiaomi has more clear and detailed sound while Iphone sound was dull. You can easily see it in speaker frequency responce graph.
Only tiktok music sounds acceptable on Iphone. If you try to listen metal or rock music you'll get a messed sound.
So as 15 pro max has simillar frequency responce graph to 12 pro max, I don't agree, that Iphone have best speakers on the market.
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- 01 Jan 2024
can't say i am much interested in built in speaker output quality as i only get phones with a 3.5mm so can play out of any kind of quality speaker i choose. i can also use an app that offers the best possible use of any sound chip the phone has.
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- 01 Jan 2024
Thank you gsmarena as i did ask and you provided, keep up the good work.
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- 01 Jan 2024
I sure wish you still tested quality with headphones, which is the only way I listen to music on my phone. The only thing I care about with the speaker is how loud it is so I don't miss any calls or texts.
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- 01 Jan 2024
Anonymous, 01 Jan 2024Good morning 🌅I wish you the best from xiaomi team. We love you, buy xiaomi
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- 01 Jan 2024
Also Sony Xperia 1 V has excellent speakers.
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Yuri84, 01 Jan 2024It would be great if there was an extra category for phones... moreI agree. However, some guy on YouTube tested the sound quality of the Xperia 1V over the 3.5mm jack and found it to be less than stellar. It was way inferior to Sony's cheapest digital Walkman that costs >50% less than the Xperia Phone.
So, despite being a premium flagship smartphone, touted for its great audio, it's inferior to even the cheapest dedicated audio playback devices.
LG used to build devices with terrific, outstanding, fantastic audio quality, e.g. in their VX0 series.
But LG phones are history...
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Naveen Chaudhary, 31 Dec 2023It was started by HTC, or we can say the front facing stere... moreI think that making a margin in the smartphone, a little room for the fingers for a better grip of the smartphone, is a plus, not a minus!
Especially if you put FRONT-FACING speakers there.
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- 01 Jan 2024
Good morning 🌅
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David, 31 Dec 2023I have never understood why anyone cares about the speakers... moreMost people watch content on youtube/ tiktok/ instagram/ … on their phone using the phone speakers
I’m pretty sure the guys who listen to music using quality headphones/ earphones with 3.5mm jacks are in the minority.
Anyway, you’ve got many bluetooth and USB DACs to chose from if you really want quality
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Josephkarthic, 31 Dec 2023you must be 15 year old commenting like that bcoz you never... moreAnd you must be an old liar since you cant even prove your claims.
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Yuri84, 01 Jan 2024It would be great if there was an extra category for phones... moremy old Redmi Note 3 pro have 3.5mm with dedicated amp that sound decent.
Xiaomi remove that dedicated amp in Redmi Note 5 and its noticable sound duller
something that ended pushing me to buy Dongle DAC.
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- 01 Jan 2024
moving from Xiaomi Poco X3 nfc to Samsung A54,
i realize that the poco speaker is a fair bit louder but the two speaker is noticably uneven sounding
A54 have more even sound and better quality/tuned sound but can't go as loud.
i wonder if Mi13 manage to be a good and louder.
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- 01 Jan 2024
It would be great if there was an extra category for phones that use headphone jack. Just a list of phones with jack and any notes on audio quality (doesn't have to be super detailed lab tests, I noticed some phones have very audible distortions with simple headphones like Shure SE215).