The best-sounding smartphones of 2023
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- kevinmcmurtrie
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- 30 Dec 2023
Most phones use distortion tricks to simulate louder sound. The bass will be multiplied with a higher frequency. Treble will have dynamic range compression. These work well to some degree but they can also sound strange.
iPhones, to me, have always sounded awful. The fake bass sounds like dripping water and the treble is shrill at all but low volume.
The ROG Phone 7 has excellent enhancement effects, probably because the speakers are better to start with. Faked frequencies down to the 50Hz range usually sound convincing for movies and some music. It doesn't get super loud but it doesn't get too shrill either.
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- AnonF-1006353
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- 30 Dec 2023
SizN80, 30 Dec 2023Busy listening to a podcast in bed while skimming through t... morePeople claiming this are probably already half-deaf by the whole audio processing algorithm and the horrible lower-treble peaks in the frequency response. Phone speakers just won't cut it - no matter how much dsp and overtone-fakery goes into it. Physical laws can't be bent. The only halfway honest approach are front firing speakers like on sony phones but even they're too limited.
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- Morak
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- 30 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 29 Dec 2023And the winner is still LG. Despite it leaving the market ... moreSure, but they still won't give LG their flowers
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- SizN80
- rup
- 30 Dec 2023
Busy listening to a podcast in bed while skimming through this on my 15 Pro Max, “In this top segment, the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max has emerged as the undisputed leader in terms of speaker quality.” Absolutely agreed! Apple have done an amazing job on the Pro Max series with their speakers, my old 13 Pro Max was also great but the 15 Pro Max has been a significant improvement.
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- Google DD Cat
- Iby
- 30 Dec 2023
Haidy, 30 Dec 2023I miss HTC 🥺I thought back in 2011 they would legitimately rise to rivaling Apple with their own mid century modern furnished stores that also had cafe bakeries, I was so amazed at one of their models that had FM radio and a kickstand - Bring HTC and LG back but only under the condition they are legally obligated to provide radio internetless FM
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- babak
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- 30 Dec 2023
if its about speakers the top i ised so far are xiaomi 11 pro plus and infinix note 30 vip.
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- rRadD
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- 30 Dec 2023
iPhones' speakers are top notch -- from 11 Pro Max to 15 Pro max, they're just getting better and better.
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- Nick Tegrataker
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- 30 Dec 2023
Anonymous, 29 Dec 2023It's not about the loudness, but about the frequency r... moreiPhone's speakers have a very prominent dip in both the 300-600Hz range as well as beyond 10000Hz, so female vocals may sound quite muffled and highs are pretty much non-existent.
Recessed mids and highs are very easily noticeable even on a phone speaker, so according to the frequency chart you're referring to, iPhone is nowhere near as good as something like, let's say, Vivo X100 Pro which has a lot more linear response.
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- CbE
- 30 Dec 2023
Where is Moto phones
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- Minu
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- 30 Dec 2023
JanCapek, 29 Dec 2023Is S23 really that much better than S22, which was really t... moreChances are, the standard has become alarmingly low with a 1 year gap lol
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- 30 Dec 2023
Zendroid, 29 Dec 2023Why isn't Sony on the list? They have crazy good speak... moreAnd their speakers, despite being far from loud, makes up for that with their proprietary apps
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- Anonymous
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- 30 Dec 2023
Rikka, 29 Dec 2023Compact phones wise, yes the S23 has some good speakers, sa... moreThis is spot on.
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- 30 Dec 2023
I miss skeumorphic and frutiger aero images, fortunately the article header image represents it well
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- 7hs
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- 30 Dec 2023
Nobody cares about loudspeakers on a phone
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- Anonymous
- Rk2
- 30 Dec 2023
S23 users, do you recommend enabling Dolby Atmos?
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- jiyen235
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- 30 Dec 2023
Aierlan, 30 Dec 2023Dxomark measure most of the aspects you mention and ROG hon... moreyeah keep spouting about dxomark, they've ranked pixel higher than the S23U and the 15 Pro Max has a better timbre and dynamics than the S23U? Some people just follow numbers way too hard, it's like judging a phone based on how much GSMarena rates it. Absolute sheep
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- Aierlan
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- 30 Dec 2023
Rikka, 29 Dec 2023Compact phones wise, yes the S23 has some good speakers, sa... moreDxomark measure most of the aspects you mention and ROG hones and Blaxckshark do indeed come out top but iphones do overall still do well for speakers. Xiaomi's top phone for audio was still the Xiaomi 10s which was much better than the 13 ultra but the 13 ultra is still good and an improvement on the 22s ultra and other recent Xiaomi flagships. Gsmarena's ratings seem a little more subjective although their conclusions are largely in line with dxomark scores
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- Anonymous
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- 29 Dec 2023
Lister, 29 Dec 2023Oh boy, iHaters will not be pleased about this result. Appl... moreThe moto edge 40 pro has better and louder speaker but was excluded lol