Features dedicated 4.4mm and 3.5mm headphone jacks. Moondrop has taken the wraps off its first smartphone, the MIAD 01. The name stands for Mobile Internet...
They’re gonna want to recoup all their investment as fast as possible. And, with the typical pricing of “audiophile” players being fairly steep, having one that’s also a phone in function, the only way to do that is to price higher than they can their other products.
I could be wrong in that prediction, of course. But I don’t see them trying to step into the phone market at the budget range.
Fair enough, very valid points, especially since this is unlikely to be (completely) a rebranded generic aliexpress phone. And to be fair some digital audio players cost an insane buck (see FiiO M series), so if this is kind of a middle ground, the price could be steep.
And to be fair they did put out an astronomically proced keyboard with a dac inside that had PCB drift issues.
They’re gonna want to recoup all their investment as fast as possible. And, with the typical pricing of “audiophile” players being fairly steep, having one that’s also a phone in function, the only way to do that is to price higher than they can their other products.
I could be wrong in that prediction, of course. But I don’t see them trying to step into the phone market at the budget range.
Fair enough, very valid points, especially since this is unlikely to be (completely) a rebranded generic aliexpress phone. And to be fair some digital audio players cost an insane buck (see FiiO M series), so if this is kind of a middle ground, the price could be steep.
And to be fair they did put out an astronomically proced keyboard with a dac inside that had PCB drift issues.