What phones have near (or better) iPod sound quality?

Inazuma · 6 Apr 2008 at 17:23

Hi all,
I'm still looking for that perfect phone :rolleyes:

I need it to double up as my mp3 player (my iPod broke). I would like to know your experiences with phone sound quality. I've done a lot of reading, but (understandably) few comments talk about sound quality. The phones I'm looking at are: Samsung G600, G800; Sony K810i, w810i, w880i and w910i. Can anyone comment on the sound quality (through earphones I mean; not the phonespeaker) of these? And of any other phones that you think have good sound quality.

knip · 6 Apr 2008 at 17:26

My n82 sounds pretty darn good, even up very loud.

Tute · 6 Apr 2008 at 17:29

The music quality is very good on my 5310, and (like the N82) has a headphone socket.

I wouldn't recommend it though, it's just about it's only good feature.

Oliet_No1 · 6 Apr 2008 at 19:56

I had a W960i - and my new N95-2 beats it hands down. My 2p's worth....

Ripper · 6 Apr 2008 at 20:17

Why don't you get an iPhone?

hyper_piper45 · 6 Apr 2008 at 20:27

Ripper said:
Why don't you get an iPhone?

My thoughts exactly

Hxc · 6 Apr 2008 at 22:51

For reference, I have a W810i, and the sound quality is fairly poor, despite being a walkman phone. However, and that's a big however, it very much depends what headphones you are using it with! The default in ear ones that come with it, while better than most pack in headphones, arn't that great, and will not show up the constant hiss and occasional clicks between songs, whereas more expensive and higher quality 'phones, show it up quite strongly.

Tunney · 6 Apr 2008 at 23:21

To be honest, most high-end Nokia/SE phones sound just as good if not better than iPods.

There's nothing particularly fancy about the sound quality of the iPod and Apple source their audio chips from the same places as the other handset manufacturers.

Christo · 7 Apr 2008 at 09:49

hyper_piper45 said:
My thoughts exactly

Beacuse its not a great phone

Inazuma · 7 Apr 2008 at 14:56

Why don't I get an iPhone? Far too expensive for my student wallet

Plus I don't really need all the features it has.

Anyway, I've gone for the Nokia 5610. Would have preferred something slightly thinner and stylish.. but whatever - it apparently plays music well and has a flash camera. That suits all my needs

G-MAN2004 · 7 Apr 2008 at 17:56

Chrisp7 said:
Beacuse its not a great phone

Sure it isn't.

Arjun806 · 7 Apr 2008 at 22:15

w890i maybe?

It's small, looks nice, and as it's a Walkman phone I'd assume that it has good sound quality.

nade · 7 Apr 2008 at 22:27

Arjun806 said:
w890i maybe?

It's small, looks nice, and as it's a Walkman phone I'd assume that it has good sound quality.

I upgraded to one of these and thought the sound quality was great. However, I returned it after 5 days because it's too small for my big fingers. It was a total pain to try and text quick.

However, don't let that put you off, that's just my opinion and my experience with it. I've gone back to my old K800i which has much bigger buttons.

Christo · 7 Apr 2008 at 23:19

*Evil laugh* said:
Sure it isn't.

Its a great media player/internet mini tablet but without 3g and some physical buttons it isnt the best option for a 'phone'. ipod touch combined witha normal phone = the best setup.