That’s not necessarily true, look at the Hiby R3 Pro II for instance. Even older players like the FiiO X3 II or the iPod 5.5 Gen (which is considered audiophile by many).
It’s niche hardware: a smartphone in a flip-phone formfactor (with a headphone jack). Of course they’re not producing them for <$100. Ars Technica costed out other phones in a similar market category ( last paragraph here ) and by that standard it’s middle-priced, or a bit above.
Looks like one of those flip phones with large keys for elderly people. Looks like it’s running Sailfish OS.
It’s also at least $500…
I somehow doubt that
What.
Yeah audiophile grade mobile players are fucking huge. So unless they made a breakthrough in audio hardware design, that’s just not true.
Or maybe it’s because “audiophile-grade” isn’t an actual thing.
That’s not necessarily true, look at the Hiby R3 Pro II for instance. Even older players like the FiiO X3 II or the iPod 5.5 Gen (which is considered audiophile by many).
LG waves hi from the grave
LG G6 with Quad-DAC!
The oldest initial users of the C64 are elderly now. Those folks were adults in the '80s when the machine came out.
And those of us who were kids at the time are now late forties, early fifties or thereabouts. Riiight about the age eyesight starts to go…
I have some of c64 stuff in my storage. Computer, disk drive, and monitor
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It’s niche hardware: a smartphone in a flip-phone formfactor (with a headphone jack). Of course they’re not producing them for <$100. Ars Technica costed out other phones in a similar market category ( last paragraph here ) and by that standard it’s middle-priced, or a bit above.