The best-sounding smartphones and tablets of 2024

01 January 2025


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Apple think it’s cool to put way better speakers on the Pro Max than the Pro. Thanks Apple (even though the speaker is better than the S24 Ultra)

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    • Anonymous
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    • 01 Jan 2025

    Lenovo tab plus is the best tab if u listen to sound quality

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      • Anonymous
      • PGr
      • 01 Jan 2025

      Through my Kefine Klean iems, the Magic6 Pro and Nord 4 sound awesome as well

        Would you pick a phone based solely on sound quality of the speaker? Why not use a bluetooth speaker for it?

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          • 01 Jan 2025

          Niku, 01 Jan 2025Fun fact: Asus ROG Phone 7 family still is the undisputed k... moreAs a rog 7 user, i can confirm that rog phone series definitely should be on top of the list. This list is joke.

            Smallworld, 01 Jan 2025I still don't understand why GSMA equates loudness to ... moreYou're right and make perfect sense. A loud phone doesn't have to be the "best sounding" as the title suggests.
            They're giving frequency charts as well so this brings some clarity to the table, still not enough though.

            Its pretty tough to evaluate loudspeaker output because we also evaluate the microphone that is recording the speaker, in a way. And not all microphones behave the same as human ears.

            A comment behind mine also says the same thing: A Xiaomi 14 sounds better than iPhone Pro Max but its brilliance is not visible in the rankings.

              Not having the Xiaomi 14/14 Ultra as the best ones in each class automatically disqualifies this list for me. The most pristine FR in their respective classes and also the phones with the least distortion.

              The Xiaomi's speakers attract me more than their cameras, THAT'S how good these speakers are. I have listened to the iPhone Pro Max speakers (12 PM, 13 PM and 14 PM sound the same as each other and also the same as new ones imo), they distort heavily at higher volumes and look at the horrendous 500 hz dip on the 16 Pro Max/16 Plus and compare that to the Xiaomi 14 Ultra. Leaps and bounds ahead of the iPhone, through and through and in actual samples it sounds even better, not to mention the basically complete lack of distortion.

                I still don't understand why GSMA equates loudness to speaker quality????

                A speaker can be loud but with a poor quality and screeching sound. It's so weird.

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                  • 01 Jan 2025

                  Eric Tsai, 01 Jan 2025According to frequency response curves, only ROG series can... moreYet one sounded way inferior than other... Take a listen with good headphone

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                    • 01 Jan 2025

                    Niku, 01 Jan 2025Fun fact: Asus ROG Phone 7 family still is the undisputed k... moreAccording to frequency response curves, only ROG series can compete with iPhone 16 series.

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                      • 01 Jan 2025

                      Anonymous, 01 Jan 2025The s24 and s24 plus sound so bad with absolutely no bass a... moreTotally agree.

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                        • Uen
                        • 01 Jan 2025

                        S24U...that is definitely a joke...

                          Based.

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                            • 01 Jan 2025

                            Where is iqoo 13

                              That Xiaomi Pad 6s Pro 12.4 being 2nd is a really good sign knowing the fact that it is not even nowhere near the price of the iPad Pro 11 (2024). You can buy 2 6s Pro (256GB) for the price of 1 iPad Pro 11.

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                                • 01 Jan 2025

                                The s24 and s24 plus sound so bad with absolutely no bass at all. Its wild how you guys are even able to let it slide. Same with their 8bit screens.

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                                  • 01 Jan 2025

                                  Fun fact: Asus ROG Phone 7 family still is the undisputed king of smartphone speakers, especially when paired with its dedicated built-in subwoofer cooler, which casually demolish nearly every tablets in quality region

                                  Then followed by the 9 fam which basically the same, except downgraded a bit (still #2 anyway), L that GSMArena didn't even bother to test the 9 with its built-in subwoofer cooler

                                  TLDR they clowned us by simply slapped everything into it but the 9 ✌️

                                    For flagships I think it has to be the Honor magic 7 pro (at least this is by far the best of the Chinese non gaming flagships). Getting back towards the quality of the Xiaomi 10s which had similar awesome symmetrical speakers. Maybe that will be a competitor for this year though as it will only get the global launch this year

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                                      • 01 Jan 2025

                                      In the phones I've used, iPhone 16 Pro Max and Xperia 1VI have best speakers.

                                        Hanif Fikri, 01 Jan 2025Iphone is the last one since I couldn't adjust equaliz... moreiPhone is last because you can't tune the speaker poorly with EQ?

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