what smartphone is best for listening to music?

sammyvinesammyvine Posts: 3,015
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whats the best high end smartphone...

the speakers arnt that important to me...its just listening to music using high quality earphones

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 995
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    Apple's EarPods are really good quality. I find they sound better than most earphones.
  • sammyvinesammyvine Posts: 3,015
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    TescoJeans wrote: »
    Apple's EarPods are really good quality. I find they sound better than most earphones.

    phone i meant....not earphones...
  • Joel's dadJoel's dad Posts: 4,886
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    sammyvine wrote: »
    phone i meant....not earphones...

    Everyone raves about the speakers on the htc one. Not heard them tbh
    But you would have to put up with the home software crap
  • SoundboxSoundbox Posts: 6,241
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    Joel's dad wrote: »
    Everyone raves about the speakers on the htc one. Not heard them tbh
    But you would have to put up with the home software crap

    You mean the Blinkfeed home screen?

    Just set the main Android widget screen as 'home' and you will never see it again (unless you swipe left).
  • jabbamk1jabbamk1 Posts: 8,942
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    The Vivo XPlay is the best smartphone in the world for audio.
  • jonner101jonner101 Posts: 3,410
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    check out the smart phone reviews on http://www.whathifi.com/
    The give an opinion on sound quality for all the well known makes.

    See if you can try your own headphones on some in store as well if possible.

    There is still a good case if your budget lets you for a dedicated mp3 player, as I find that you need switch the phone to air plane mode to stop any interference if used as a music player.
  • sammyvinesammyvine Posts: 3,015
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    jabbamk1 wrote: »
    The Vivo XPlay is the best smartphone in the world for audio.

    can u get that in the uk?
  • sammyvinesammyvine Posts: 3,015
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    jonner101 wrote: »
    check out the smart phone reviews on http://www.whathifi.com/
    The give an opinion on sound quality for all the well known makes.

    See if you can try your own headphones on some in store as well if possible.

    There is still a good case if your budget lets you for a dedicated mp3 player, as I find that you need switch the phone to air plane mode to stop any interference if used as a music player.

    you mean buy an ipod and phone?
  • jonner101jonner101 Posts: 3,410
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    sammyvine wrote: »
    you mean buy an ipod and phone?

    That is one option, but there are plenty of non apple alternatives.

    It would also depend if you bothered about iTunes etc.
  • jabbamk1jabbamk1 Posts: 8,942
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    sammyvine wrote: »
    can u get that in the uk?

    No.

    Unless you import it.
  • sammyvinesammyvine Posts: 3,015
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    jabbamk1 wrote: »
    No.

    Unless you import it.

    so basically the best smartphone for music available in the UK the htc one?
  • jonner101jonner101 Posts: 3,410
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    sammyvine wrote: »
    so basically the best smartphone for music available in the UK the htc one?

    Its going to be a personal preference really, best thing is to see if you can actually try your own set of headphones on the different devices.

    The source quality and headphone quality are probably more important than the subtle differences between phones and mp3 players
  • sammyvinesammyvine Posts: 3,015
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    jonner101 wrote: »
    Its going to be a personal preference really, best thing is to see if you can actually try your own set of headphones on the different devices.

    The source quality and headphone quality are probably more important than the subtle differences between phones and mp3 players

    i buy most of my music from the itunes store....
    is the itunes store music quality good?
  • SexbombSexbomb Posts: 20,005
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    TescoJeans wrote: »
    Apple's EarPods are really good quality. I find they sound better than most earphones.

    No they are shite.
  • corfcorf Posts: 1,499
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    What best are you looking for?

    You say speakers don't matter,But there is probably very little difference between headphone or Bluetooth sound from the various phones.

    So what differences are there? Software, music stores and ease of use. The best is probably an iphone if you already buy from iTunes, but in reality when you are ignoring the headphones and speakers they are all very similar.
  • sammyvinesammyvine Posts: 3,015
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    corf wrote: »
    What best are you looking for?

    You say speakers don't matter,But there is probably very little difference between headphone or Bluetooth sound from the various phones.

    So what differences are there? Software, music stores and ease of use. The best is probably an iphone if you already buy from iTunes, but in reality when you are ignoring the headphones and speakers they are all very similar.

    Yeah have thousands of songs from iTunes.....
    Downloaded and bought. Was gonna buy an htc one but it makes sense to get an iPhone doesn't it because all my music is from itunes
  • sammyvinesammyvine Posts: 3,015
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    Sexbomb wrote: »
    No they are shite.

    I agree
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 149
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    I have the HTC One which is really good for headphone audio.The only drawback with android phones is that you cannot use the volume controls on most headphones.They only work with Apple products for some reason.
  • Mark in EssexMark in Essex Posts: 3,836
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    I also found changing the music app helped the sound quality as well.

    I was more than happy with the default music player on my Galaxy S3 but could not believe the difference in sound when I changed to Poweramp.
  • Mark in EssexMark in Essex Posts: 3,836
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    sammyvine wrote: »
    Yeah have thousands of songs from iTunes.....
    Downloaded and bought. Was gonna buy an htc one but it makes sense to get an iPhone doesn't it because all my music is from itunes

    There is no problem syncing Android with iTunes and it also does it over wireless with the right app (inc playlists).

    I would not bother using iTunes but I've got an iPod Mini that I use for the gym.
  • unklesamunklesam Posts: 1,005
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    I've been around a few phones and for me iPhones are the best for music, decent volume and decent quality.
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