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What phone do you use and why? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by Samuel_HB_Rowland@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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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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[–] Toymachina@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Audio does not go into purchasing decision, using phone only with bluetooth earphones (Sony WC310) for workouts and cycling for the convenience.

As for more serious listening or longer sessions, I use dedicated DAP and wired Sennheiser IE80, it's 1st gen FiiO X3 that still performs like day 1 after 8 years. Due to some sort of magic battery is still going strong.

As for phone went with Motorola ThinkPhone. Literally dream phone, clean stock Android, insanely well built with IP68 and even MIL-STD-810H standard, extremely fast due to SD8+ Gen 1, and display is probably the best I have ever seen. Not as bright as latest iPhone or Galaxy, but colors are straight up more natural and accurate.