05-12-2022, 01:59 PM | #31 |
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C'mon, guys, are these serious questions?
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05-12-2022, 03:20 PM | #33 |
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Speaking of old mp3 players, even though I damaged the socket on it for charging it (and can't charge it), I still have my old Microsoft Zune player. That thing was the perfect mp3 player. The ergonomics and UI were perfect.
We could have a contest for who has the oldest handheld gizmo; I still have some ancient Palms and a Dell Windows Mobile, along with several Game Boys. No worries about the Palm batteries going bad since they use regular AAA or whatever batteries. And I even have my old Creative (remember the Sound Blaster cards?) mp3 player. Heavy and built like a tank. Last edited by hobnail; 05-12-2022 at 03:24 PM. |
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They only ones I can seem to find, on-line and in person, have horrible interfaces, larger sizes, and the screen resolutions suck. I'm usually the one in the family playing with the demos in the electronics departments, and know for a fact that what looks good in advertising is a below-par experience in person. You saying that they exist doesn't fill me with much hope that they actually do exist. |
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05-12-2022, 03:53 PM | #35 |
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Nobody mentioned that Android, like Windows, becomes slower and slower every month you use it. iOS products tend to run at the same speed as when you bought them. Long time owner of both.
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Apple device do indeed tend toward high performance, no doubt, but that problem with Android in this context can be significantly mitigated, because presumably you'll install the player software you like, then stop messing with it. Not as much need to upgrade or patch an inactivated device that you're only using as a PMP. Stay off the net, side load your media and it should run the same til the hardware fails. |
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05-12-2022, 04:03 PM | #37 |
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You say that but Apple was sued over intentionally slowing down old iPhones a few years ago.
https://www.techradar.com/news/apple...one-on-purpose https://www.npr.org/2020/11/18/93626...hone-slowdowns Maybe Apple has "better" code to keep things from getting bogged down from clutter but I don't remember Google intentionally slowing your phone down as it ages. Edit: This wasn't towards ApK if that wasn't clear. |
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05-12-2022, 05:14 PM | #39 |
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I have a Fiio X3 2nd gen and as a music player it blows away the iPhone 6s, 8, and Se 2020 as well as the iPod 7th gen and it cost less then all of them and it uses microSD for storage so I don't have a fixed amount. I've compared the same music on all of these and yes, the Fiio sounds better.
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05-12-2022, 05:48 PM | #40 | |
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None of my Android devices have gotten slower. The operating system is Linux which is very good these days and the apps are running in a Java virtual machine, which is very good about reclaiming memory. My main complaint in this area is that when you remove an app you can never be sure if all of its bits and pieces have been removed. |
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It is completely fair to compare an android phone and an iPod touch because they are roughly the same size, cost roughly the same amount and do pretty much exactly the same things. If you don't need the phone part of an adnroid phone you just don't put in a SIM card and it'll work just fine. Apple is killing the iPod touch because it doesn't make much sense these days. Most people have a smartphone and most people don't want to carry around two devices especially when one literally does the same thing as the other but better in every conceivable way. I imagine most people would rather get more storage in their iPhone than buy a separate iPod touch. |
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Comparing the output from his iPhone audio out to the Android phone audio out, at the same output levels, the distortion numbers were a lot higher for the Android phone which suggests it's DAC was scraped off the bottom of the figurative barrel. At one point, he was also the owner of a Sony MiniDisc player and he is still a bit of an audiohead so your mileage may vary. One of the reasons for getting the Android phone was to replace his older music player with one that he would not be too afraid of forgetting in his car. Essentially, a throwaway device so cost was rather important. |
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