Top 10 smartphones with a good speaker

If we evaluate smartphones in this price category by the level of maximum volume, Nokia 3.1 has very few direct competitors (the corresponding figure is 86 dBA). Another thing is that the frequency response of the multimedia speaker of this phone has a strong bias towards high frequencies, which makes it impossible to call such an acoustic path a particularly high quality one at all desire. But the call or the alarm on Nokia 3.1 will be difficult to miss, yes.

Also, the disadvantages of the phone in question are the not too good gaming performance and the insufficient universality of its identification system. The latter is especially insulting, since the smartphone has an NFC module.

Of the benefits, we note support for 5 GHz Wi-Fi, a personal tray for a memory card, and the model’s membership in the Android One family.

The dual front camera should be considered a peculiar feature of this smartphone, thanks to which it demonstrates good results when taking selfies, and also copes with the task of recognizing faces faster and more accurately. Another factor in favor of choosing a Galaxy A8 2018 is an IP68-protected housing. Really rare feature in this price category.

As for the acoustic talents, the phone can produce up to 85 dBA, and with virtually no rattling at maximum volume. Of course, the main speaker of the device is not different in bassiness, but its frequency response at mid and high frequencies is fairly linear. Finally, the very location of the sound source on the side is more ergonomic when watching a video, as well as in the case of a game using a smartphone. We consider the main disadvantage of the Galaxy A8 to be low-frequency PWM (242 Hz in total). With low brightness, sensitive users may get tired of their eyes.

Year after year, Moto's smartphones consistently demonstrate a high class of acoustic paths, and testing models from the latest update of the G line only confirms this fact. Most interestingly, the most balanced sound among them has a modification with a capacious rechargeable battery. At least, its frequency response is closer to the notion of “linear” (if you do not take into account the low-frequency range), and at its maximum the Moto G7 Power version is capable of producing sound pressure of about 83 dBA.By the way, besides the excellent autonomy, the recommended smartphone has another advantage over the “relatives” - a higher modulation frequency of the screen backlight (555 Hz vs. 100 Hz for Play and “just” G7). Well, the mass of the most convenient brand-name brand chips can also serve as a weighty argument in favor of choosing this particular model.

LG is well known for the high-quality sound of its flagships, and in this case, its specialists forced the speaker to work 100%. The result was an exemplary music smartphone, a feature of which is a speaker with a very large acoustic camera that allows you to compensate for characteristic distortion at maximum playback volume (up to 81 dBA). Moreover, if the phone is put on the surface of the same table, the latter will resonate, further enhancing the low frequencies. As a result, sound pressure is not a record one, but the G7 ThinQ basses “pump over” better than any competitors, not choking on the abundance of drums. Actually, even a column is not required for this smartphone.

What the G7 ThinQ has some problems with is the chamber part, and they are caused by the budget of the sensors there. Yes, smart post-processing algorithms and cool optics in many cases save the situation, but they are not able to fully compensate for the lack of dynamic range.

They still did it! The iPhone 7 has lost an ancient 3.5mm jack, and now headphones should be plugged in via a Lightning connector or use wireless models. As an option - the use of a special adapter. The appearance of the second speaker and, accordingly, full-fledged stereo with open listening can be considered as a kind of compensation. By the way, the volume at the same time increased and at the maximum the telephone path provides a pressure of about 78 dB.

Improved cameras, especially the quality of shooting in low light conditions. We are not going to talk about the low resolution of the screen, which is traditionally sad - it fully complies with the company's ideology and the same weak battery. It's sad, because the performance of the updated platform would be enough even for QHD.

Apple smartphones will also delight their owners with high-quality and, more importantly in our case, powerful sound from the speakers (up to 87 dBA). The path of the last iPhones is stereo, medium and high frequencies are linear, but with a clear margin in the direction of the latter. As a result, listening to the iPhone Xs at maximum volume is uncomfortable.

Traditionally, Apple did not change the design of the previous model line by adding the letter 'S', but these devices have plenty of internal improvements. For example, the video recorded on them finally received stereo sound, an analogue of HDR + mode appeared when taking pictures, the degree of background blur can now be changed after the fact, etc. Even dvuhsimochnost recognized by Americans permissible, but it is implemented on the basis of technology eSIM, which in our area does not work.