Music quality over headphones, which phone ?

MoodyB · 26 Mar 2009 at 11:56

Hey all,

I'm currently looking to change my mobile to one that has, hopefully, good sound quality so I don't need to carry an mp3 player around with me as well. Just wondering if anyone here has done the same move & what they think of their phones audio quality over headphones.

Only problem is, I dont want a touchscreen phone, so the XpressMusic is ruled out along with a majority of recent / upcoming handsets.

So far I've ruled it down to the LG Kf750 Secret, Samsung i8510 or N85.
Anybody care to share their opinions ?

Shamikebab · 26 Mar 2009 at 12:52

Well I have the C905 and I find it quite satisfactory for music, the music player is well designed and easy to use. The only downfall is that the phone does not have a 3.5mm socket but the supplied headphones seem better than most.

Vegetarian · 26 Mar 2009 at 16:02

What about this?

http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/all-phones/nokia-5730-xpressmusic

MoodyB · 26 Mar 2009 at 19:13

Vegetarian said:
What about this?

http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/all-phones/nokia-5730-xpressmusic

That's a possibility, although I hate the look of it tbh. Suppose that doesn't matter when its in your pocket. Just hope it does better than the 5320 XpressMusic in the Rightmark audio tests, which was average to say the least, and is worse than the phones I'm considering.

If only they made a non-touchscreen version of the 5800 I'd be happy

MoodyB · 26 Mar 2009 at 20:21

Shamikebab said:
Well I have the C905 and I find it quite satisfactory for music, the music player is well designed and easy to use. The only downfall is that the phone does not have a 3.5mm socket but the supplied headphones seem better than most.

I'll probably demo the 905, but the proprietory connector / dongle Sony use needs abolished. Never realised the W995 is due out soon, so might hang on for that if I can.

Mobius 1 · 26 Mar 2009 at 21:06

what about this? i know its a motorola.. but its packing some features. wifi, music player, 3.5mm jack, 5mp camera wih xenon flash, linux OS, huge battery life

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_zn5-2432.php

james.miller · 28 Mar 2009 at 09:46

MoodyB said:
That's a possibility, although I hate the look of it tbh. Suppose that doesn't matter when its in your pocket. Just hope it does better than the 5320 XpressMusic in the Rightmark audio tests, which was average to say the least, and is worse than the phones I'm considering.

If only they made a non-touchscreen version of the 5800 I'd be happy

if your worried about righmark benchmarks then stop looking at phones and buy an mp3 player if that's your bag, no phone out there lives up to a decent mp3 player.