Smartphones Heavily Decrease Sales of iPod, MP3 Players

[gti88]

Wearing something like a Galaxy Note in a pocket is somewhat awkward.
And switching songs on a touch screen when it's not in your hand, is pretty difficult too.
That's why a dedicated mp3-player is still needed.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

With a Smartphone, you don't need a watch, iPod, MP3 player or calculator. I'm not surprised.

When the Galaxy Note 3 comes out, you won't need a tablet, either. I hear it's HUGE. That should piss off the iPat market. I can't wait! 😀

 

[jurassic1024]

Smartphones Heavily Decrease Sales of iPod, MP3 Players, and Cameras

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[jurassic1024]

[citation][nom]gti88[/nom]Wearing something like a Galaxy Note in a pocket is somewhat awkward.And switching songs on a touch screen when it's not in your hand, is pretty difficult too.That's why a dedicated mp3-player is still needed.[/citation]


Hold Volume buttons to skip songs when it's in your pocket. The setting is under Settings> Display at the very bottom (and in your app too i think), assuming you're running ICS or JB (not sure about ICS).

Skipping songs via volume rocker works with my LG Optimus 4G LTE running Cyanogenmod 10 and PowerAMP app.

 

[Wamphryi]

In all honesty my S3 is far from the most inspiring music player I have encountered. As much as I love the phone it's music playing capabilities are far from its strongest feature. It is OK in a pinch but that is about it.

 

[Traum]

The results are hardly surprising at all, and I foresee the middle tier of the mp3 player market seeing the biggest sales decline, having its market share further eroded by the mainstream smart phones. On the other hand, the low end market should probably survive due to people looking for something small and cheap, where sound quality isn't all that important -- eg. when people are working out, running chores around the house, etc.

The most interesting segment, however, should be at the high end. If PMP manufacturers can capitalize on a growing head-fi crowd by providing PMPs that have huge storage capacities in small packages, direct support for lossless audio formats (FLAC and others), featuring capable DACs, that would still provide some good room to grow. Right now, I don't think there are very many players in this field other than Cowon.

 

[bustapr]

Id actually vastly prefer to use an mp3 player or ipod with buttons over my phone when Im doing exercise. touch screens and lock screens are too distracting. much rather press the "next" button to switch songs. my old sony mp3 player still lasts a week on full charge and barely weighs anything.

but I get why sales are going down. just hope mp3 players dont dissapear.

 

[mydrrin]

[citation][nom]Traum[/nom]The results are hardly surprising at all, and I foresee the middle tier of the mp3 player market seeing the biggest sales decline, having its market share further eroded by the mainstream smart phones. On the other hand, the low end market should probably survive due to people looking for something small and cheap, where sound quality isn't all that important -- eg. when people are working out, running chores around the house, etc.The most interesting segment, however, should be at the high end. If PMP manufacturers can capitalize on a growing head-fi crowd by providing PMPs that have huge storage capacities in small packages, direct support for lossless audio formats (FLAC and others), featuring capable DACs, that would still provide some good room to grow. Right now, I don't think there are very many players in this field other than Cowon.[/citation]

There is a reason. Few people are willing to pay large amounts for a dedicated player. Seems the most likely one to fall by the wayside.

 

[kyuuketsuki]

In other news, water is still wet.

 

[overclockingrocks]

I've owned a lot of dedicated MP3 players and my first device to play MP3 was a CD player with MP3 support that I had back in high school. With that said I never thought I would use my smartphone to play MP3's until I bought my S2X. I threw about 10GB worth of music on it and I just rotate the mix every so often and I'm good to go. I use winamp for Android so it helps with the sound quality issues some people experience. When I'm listening to music on it (say on a car ride) I've also paired it up with either a pair of Numark Red Wave headphones or if I'm just going to be out and about and don't want to risk my more expensive pair I have a pair of $50 Sony MDC700's that I'll throw on. Either way if you change the EQ settings in winamp it can help get sound quality just as good as an Ipod.

I think as time goes on the dedicated MP3 player will die out as if I really really care about sound quality for music (if I'm in my car and I'm driving say on a long road trip) then I'll simply bring along some CD's that I've burned using FLAC files as a source those along with a decent deck amp and speakers will blow away anything I could simply just connect up with cables or bluetooth

 

[ajrm]

[citation][nom]LukeCWM[/nom]I agree with you that the DACs in smartphones suck. But I'm not convinced that portable music players' DACs are significantly better. However, portable music players generally do have less junk noise sent through the headphones from other internal processes. Smartphones certainly are worse in that front.But you used the phrase yourself, "when quality of sound doesn't matter." For better or worse, I think that describes an incredible majority of mobile users. There are a few dedicated audiophiles that prize their portable systems with portable DACs and headphone amps, but for the rest of us, it just doesn't matter. (For fun, Google "Altoid Headphone Amplifier" to see what some are doing.)When I use portable sound, I really don't care that it isn't the supreme in fidelity: I just use my smartphone's headphone out into the best $18 in-ear headphones I've found. I'm either washing dishes or vacuuming or exercising, and fidelity isn't that important. But when I'm in front of my desktop computer, it's a completely different story: I use a dedicated asynchronous DAC and a dedicated headphone amp for some decent headphones.[/citation]

TOtally agree with you.. When I'm in front of my desktop computer I dont bother with silly headphones.. Bookshelves all the way..

[citation][nom]jurassic1024[/nom]Hold Volume buttons to skip songs when it's in your pocket. The setting is under Settings> Display at the very bottom (and in your app too i think), assuming you're running ICS or JB (not sure about ICS).Skipping songs via volume rocker works with my LG Optimus 4G LTE running Cyanogenmod 10 and PowerAMP app.[/citation]

I do the same thing when riding.. Hold Volume buttons down to change track.. CWM 10.1!!

[citation][nom]Traum[/nom] If PMP manufacturers can capitalize on a growing head-fi crowd by providing PMPs that have huge storage capacities in small packages, direct support for lossless audio formats (FLAC and others), featuring capable DACs, that would still provide some good room to grow. Right now, I don't think there are very many players in this field other than Cowon.[/citation]

HOw i wish that day comes soon... tired of listening to crappy music on my Phone...