In a surprising audio test comparing the iPhone 14 Pro to other flagship phones like the Galaxy S25 Ultra and Pixel, the iPhone emerged victorious. The author highlights the iPhone's superior balance, depth, and control, showcasing its ability to deliver a more realistic and enjoyable listening experience, even at high volumes.
Reserving a Galaxy S25 gives you $50 Samsung Credit, extra savings of up to $1,250, and a chance to win $5,000! I stumbled upon this promotion, and when you have a direct comparison like that, it's even more impressive. This is not some slight advantage that only audiophiles can hear. Just yesterday, I was streaming Narcos Mexico's theme song (Rodrigo Amarante - Tuyo) on Netflix on a few phones in the office. It was all flagship devices, playing one after the other.
The moment the iPhone started playing all heads turned.It was impressive, not just because how loud it is, but how the loudness is controlled. 'So far away' by Avenged Sevenfold this track sounds surprisingly flat and monotone on the Galaxy and Pixel. The drums lack their thump completely. You cannot fully articulate the emotional contrast of the vocals and the other instruments. The iPhone, however, is more pleasant than both the Galaxy and Pixel. Unlike the other two phones that prioritize the highs and elevate them to unpleasant highs, here the sound is more balanced between highs, mids, and lows. The iPhone controls the highs as well, but also adds a lot more depth to the lows and mids, so you have a full, juicy, incredibly real sound on a phone. Since nothing is exaggerated, you can enjoy this track WHILE blasting it on full volume on the iPhone.'Enter Sandman' by Metallica is an absolute classic but because of the heavy involvement of the drums it is a challenge to play on a smartphone. The Galaxy and Pixel simply cannot deal with that challenge. At full volume, this is pure ear torture and you need to turn the volume down, with the lows completely falling apart. The iPhone, - not least because it's slightly quieter - is able to achieve a somewhat better balance and you can hear the vocals cleaner, but there is a lot of hiss to the sound. However, forget about feeling anything when the 'One day, I don't know why, it doesn't even matter how hard you try...' line kicks in. Both phones fail to deliver that emotional punch.The iPhone 14 Pro is far from perfect, but it is better than the other phones. A bit cleaner, with slightly more depth and control. It is not always the loudest, but it is easily the best balanced phone. I recently read a report about Apple's audio testing processes for the first time to the media. I wasn't there, but I read the report very carefully. The lab equipment is not much different from what I have seen when touring other phone makers. You have your silent room (fun fact: did you know that you can go crazy if you stay there for too long?), you have your typical equipment. The difference is Apple does not just use automated testing, it has real people listening to the way its gadgets sound and making changes based on that.The results from my improvised audio tests certainly attest to that. It's one thing to try and have the loudest phone on the market. It's a different thing to have a phone that pleases the human ear. Just a few years back, we had some truly amazing-sounding smartphones. The Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate blew us all away with its dual speakers, achieving a level of clarity we have not seen matched on another phone so far. Even further back, we had the JBL Sound Boost Moto Mod, which you could slap on the back of the Moto Z phone to get what was essentially the equivalent of a tiny Those were the good old days, as they say, but sound quality remains an incredibly important aspect of a phone that you only truly appreciate when you compare it to a different phone. The realization can be a shocking one. Here is to hoping 2025 brings us another incredibly well-sounding phone (the S25 Ultra is right around the corner!), but at the moment, the iPhone 14 Pro reigns supreme in the audio department
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