Quote from: AndyChow on March 21, 2024, 18:22:39Why? Seriously, who wants a giant speaker on their phone? And how dare they call it "8D stereo"??? It's a single speaker, it surely can't be stereo. Mono only, single loud speaker. Why not use headphones or connect to Bluetooth speakers?
Ridiculous.
As someone who Owns the WP33 Pro, a louder speaker than the one listed in the article, it's actually not as bad as you think it is.. comparing it to ANY normal Phone speaker is a difference between Night and Day, it's So Much Better.. but you also never have it above about 40%... The only time to have it louder is when your outdoors. It also differs with what your listening to, as many music sites have different compression rates, YouTube will sound different to YT Music, and that is different to Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, they all have different compression rates so it all sounds different. The best Sounding is Tidal (for obvious reasons you can learn about, but it does cost to listen to the best overall sounding music app), that all be said, with my daily phone you can't tell the difference what do ever between the different services but with my WP33 Pro, i can tell a difference, its that clear to me.
Sure it's a brick sized phone, but I got large hands so it all works out 😂
(And it could be listed for say 128db like the WP36 says but the real output is around mid 90s depending on the environment. It could hit 128db but only under specific conditions. In turn mine at 136db, could under specific conditions reach that high but many reviews showed it hitting high 90's at best. The only reason they could list it as higher is because well Theoretically it could hit that number.)
Also from the looks of the 'Reverse Charging feature' similar to the WP33 and WP33 Pro, there is NO headphone Jack. The device if not listened to with Bluetooth, can only be listened to through the speaker.
I personally don't have an issue with this, because the speaker sounds that good and if I got people around me, I daily drive Shokz headphones with me everywhere I go.