I have an ASUS Zenfone 8 and I love that even the latest version still has a 3.5mm out, but I just started poking around in the settings for my Samsung Galaxy tablet and realized that Samsung Galaxy devices get Dolby Atmos. (Movies have never been better!) It got me thinking, what phones do other auditorily-inclined people use? Does AptX/LDAC support matter to you? Does audio go into your purchasing decisions at all?

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    1 year ago

    POCO F3. It genuinely shits on phones 4x as expensive (at the time of release anyways). Still holding up several years later.

    MIUI has some annoying quirks but so do any phone OS’s including vanilla Android.

    This old cheap Chinese phone also supports LDAC. No headphone out but an IFI Go Link can even drive my 470 OHM headphones.

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    1 year ago

    - iPhone 15 Pro

    - Samsung S23

    Both with Tempotech Sonata HD Pro Dongle DAC and IEMs. Had a V30 years ago and it was a blast. Sold it after joining Apple-Branch in my company which gave me tons of iPhones for testing. Shouldn’t have sold it…

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    1 year ago

    iPhone 15 pro max with buds 2 pro for on the go convenience.

    IER-Z1R and tazh1es/wm1a at home.

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    1 year ago

    iPhone 14. Because my iPhone 8 died and new phones are all the same cost. Also I’m knee deep in a 60GB Apple Music library and don’t have the energy to learn a new phone. Even with how scummy apple is.

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    xperia 1 v. i like the form factor, and i’ve been using the xperia since the xz2. the screen is great, has dual sim and memory card if i wanted. it has a headphone jack and ldac which is nice. pairs nice with my ecosystem at home, my car and at work.

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    1 year ago

    Surface duo 2 and use a bluetooth dongle or USB amp. The phone is not great by itself to power any headphones or IEMs but has great processing power.

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    1 year ago

    Usb-c and being able to run my Qudelix 5K wired was one of the things that motivated me to upgrade to an iPhone 15.

    Though really the iPhone’s AAC is perfectly fine too.