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Super-loud $150 boombox phone gives my $1,500 Galaxy S24 Ultra a valuable (music) lesson\u060c<\/p>\n

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Mobile World Congress 2024 is now over and, like every year, we have seen some exciting new announcements.<\/p>\n

The one that came across my feed is called “Nubia Music”, and while it doesn't sound like the name of a smartphone, it's definitely a \u20ac150 budget phone that Europeans will be able to buy at from April.<\/p>\n

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The Nubia Music proves that smartphones with personality are still exciting<\/a> – at least for me – the cool kid who rocked a Nokia XpressMusic in 5th grade. Kids, Nokia was basically Apple, but before the iPhone<\/a> existed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Nubia Music comes with two important features, which might be the only two reasons why it exists: the first is actually not one but two headphone jacks for listening to music through wired headphones<\/a> and sharing your experience with a friend.<\/div>\n

The $150 Nubia Music has a “loud” design and a speaker “6x louder” than your iPhone\/Galaxy.<\/h3>\n
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For kids, wired headphones are like AirPods but with wires that hang out the bottom and plug into your phone. They were used as instruments of torture in the early 2000s. The torture elements involved having to untangle the headphones every time you took them out of your pocket.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Despite the lack of “Pro<\/a>“, “Max” or “Ultra” in the name, Nubia Music's second notable feature is a real “party trick” that I wish my Galaxy S24 Ultra, Pixel 8 Pro and iPhone had 15 Pro Max know. how to achieve – a \u201cspeaker 6 times louder (compared to your average smartphone)\u201d.<\/p>\n

In case you're wondering, those who have had the chance to hear the speaker sound in a noisy environment (at MWC) claim that it does indeed sound much louder than a set of speakers from conventional smartphone.<\/p>\n

Now, let's be honest… Nubia Music will most likely be forgotten shortly after you finish reading this article, but it's a great conversation starter for a story I've been meaning to write for a while now – one about the mediocrity of smartphones . the speakers are\u2026 <\/p>\n

When they don't need to be!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Listening to music on my Galaxy S24 Ultra, my iPhone 15 Pro Max and my Pixel 8 Pro: Apple wins but progress in smartphone sound quality should be much greater<\/h2>\n

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\u201cMoth To a Flame\u201d by Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd sounds best on the iPhone 15 Pro Max, but I need a lot more volume when I'm in the shower!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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My $1,300 Galaxy S24 Ultra is “extra” enough to have an S Pen but not a pair of great speakers, while my $1,000 Pixel 8 Pro sounds even poorer compared to my iPhone 15 Pro Max at $1,200, which sounds good (although not spectacular). ).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

I've generally been “satisfied but unimpressed” with the sound of my flagship phones for a while now, but for the purposes of this story I had to put my impressions to the test.<\/p>\n

And after listening to a lot of music on my Galaxy S24 Ultra<\/span>, Pixel 8 Pro<\/span> And iPhone 15 Pro Max<\/span> back to back (you can do this by changing the output device in your Spotify player), including some original tracks I produced, my first impressions were as follows:<\/p>\n