It's weirdly interesting. With that display, octo-core, 4 GB RAM, and Android 11, it's probably better thought of as a tablet with good audio capabilities.

Quote from: Hunter2020 on June 18, 2022, 16:44:51Music player in this day and age?  Isn't that y people carry cell phones around, and when they in the car, the car already got dedicated mp3 player...

Dedicated music players have isolated DAC and amp sections and less interference from the other onboard hardware, in addition it allows them to have higher power outputs and capabilities than phones (which mostly don't even have headphone jacks nowadays sadly....) They have lower noise floors, crosstalks, less distortion, and can drive more demanding high end headphones.

Music player in this day and age?  Isn't that y people carry cell phones around, and when they in the car, the car already got dedicated mp3 player...

Might wanna specify the ess 32bit DAC chip, 9038 is a pretty high end chip and they're using an ess opamp too~ no info on what Qualcomm soc they're using though.