iPhone 4 versus 4S - which has better SQ

yeah well recent posts here have the SIII with markedly worse measured performance with resistive loading. not conclusive till more have been done as the test setup could be eroneous, but at least from what has been done so far the SIII loses to apple in all audio specs, some by quite a margin and some are quite poor indeed.

SGS3 has TERRIBLE audio quality and output impedance. (over 3 ohms) Unacceptable for a premium phone, sold mine.

Iphone 4 has slightly lower output impedance than 4s, that said i doubt you could tell the difference between the two.

don't forget about the massive disaster of itunes and syching every little change you make.  Go with a droid so you can just drag and drop everything, done. 

I was an apple hater until I actually tried one. I had the Moto Droid and HTC Droid Incredible. Both were cool phones but they both sucked for audio. Now that I have had an iPhone 4 for over a year I absolutely love it. It doesn't quite have enough power output for must full size headphones, but has always had plenty of power for all the IEM's I have tried. The SQ is top notch both on paper and in real world usage. Like has been said, the 4 has slightly better SQ on paper than the 4S, but most people would probably never be able to tell the difference. Go for either.

I wonder how the iPhone 5 (and iPod 5) will compare with the iPhone/iPod 4/4S) in terms of SQ.

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Originally Posted by jasonb 

I was an apple hater until I actually tried one. I had the Moto Droid and HTC Droid Incredible. Both were cool phones but they both sucked for audio. Now that I have had an iPhone 4 for over a year I absolutely love it. It doesn't quite have enough power output for must full size headphones, but has always had plenty of power for all the IEM's I have tried. The SQ is top notch both on paper and in real world usage. Like has been said, the 4 has slightly better SQ on paper than the 4S, but most people would probably never be able to tell the difference. Go for either.

I love the Iphone 3g, 4g, 4s with Airplay. SQ is top notch for the price.  

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Originally Posted by Barry S 

I have an iPhone 4 and 4s in the house--can't detect any difference in SQ. Nada, zip.

Neither could i. Actually i don't know anybody that has been able to distinguish them. What you can easily discern is that 64 gigs allow for mucho more music than 32 ;)

They both are awesome for audio purposes. Just pure aural bliss.

Unfortunately no other smartphone has achieved that level of greatness.

Last iDevice (iPad 3) is terrific as well. so let's see what the iPhone 5 would have in store.

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Originally Posted by mosshorn 

I hate sounding like an Apple hater, but unless you absolutely NEED IT, get a GSIII. Better sound, more options, and isn't as sue happy and vampiric as the big A.
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The GSIII does not have better sound than an iPhone, in fact it has shockingly bad sound (at least the USA version) - both specs-wise and in actual usage.  I'll be returning mine at the end of the return window since I can't stand listening to anything on it.

Drew

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Originally Posted by Artmuzz 

I am thinking of buying a secondhand iPhone 4 but not sure whether to buy a 4 or 4S.

If you're buying this for music, why don't you just get an iPod Touch? Could probably get a new one at the price of a second-hand iPhone.

Plus, I'm sure there's no difference in the sound.

Has there ever been a test to compare the current iPhone with the current iTouch? Do they have the same dac and amp?

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Originally Posted by josephsart 

 

If you're buying this for music, why don't you just get an iPod Touch? Could probably get a new one at the price of a second-hand iPhone.

 

Plus, I'm sure there's no difference in the sound.