And the tracks are downloadable, too, so you can listen to your music even when you leave a Wi-Fi or cellular coverage area. You pay your $5 to $10 a month, and you get access to nearly every popular song ever recorded. It has a big and beautiful touchscreen display and unlike older portable hi-fi players, the Hidizs AP80 has several modern features, such as support for Bluetooth AptX (no wired headphones needed) and USB-C charging.Who needs a standalone MP3 player in 2021? In my opinion, the answer is "almost no one." Any iPhone or Android phone is an audio player that works with subscription music apps like Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music or YouTube Music. The Hidizs AP80 is one of the best bang-for-your-buck portable hi-fi players you can find.
Android phones, too, can play whatever music files you can load them up with. This means that owners of the X3 will enjoy better and more realistic.Now, truth be told, if any of that applies to you, you still don't need an MP3 player - your iPhone can still sync music files from iTunes (on Windows) or the Apple Music app (on Mac), and it probably has more storage space than your old iPod ever did. Calling the FiiO X3 an ordinary MP3 player would be like calling B&H an ordinary.
But that's exactly the point: This 2019 refresh can run iOS 13 and 14, and it can pull music from iTunes (on Windows) or Apple Music (on the Mac). The iPod Touch is basically an iPhone without the phone, with a 4-inch touchscreen and a camera borrowed from the iPhone 6 era. But if you've gotten this far, here's what I can recommend, almost two decades after the iPod was first released.There's only one iPod MP3 player left in Apple's lineup, and, sadly, it doesn't have a scroll wheel. They're not all great, and they generally come with some caveats.
But they aren't the only options. It's also a nice fallback portable MP3 player option for kids if you don't want to spend up for an iPad, which starts at $300 and isn't pocketable.Yes, the iPod Touch and the Mighty Vibe are really the only two products I can recommend in this category with any degree of enthusiasm. But it's the most capable and flexible option here, especially for those who are already in the Apple services universe - or refuse to leave their iTunes-based MP3 library. And, because it's got the App Store, you can also opt for alternate services like Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube and the like (so long as you can access a Wi-Fi hotspot), in addition to or instead of the Apple Music app.At around $180 for 32GB (add about $100 for 128GB, or $200 for 256GB), an iPod Touch isn't cheap, and it's getting long in the tooth.
It costs $24 a year, above and beyond the price of Apple Music.If you opt for either of these options, make sure you keep a local backup of your files, just in case these services go away.Note that Amazon shuttered its "MP3 locker" service in 2018. Then you'll have a solid audiophile option that's good for the road, without the need for a standalone music player.Your MP3 collection in the cloud YouTube Music and iTunes MatchIf you've got a digital music collection that includes one-offs and live tracks that aren't available on the mainstream services, you can upload them to online services, where they can live alongside subscription tracks and be shared among multiple devices (including smart speakers).YouTube Music, formerly known as Google Play Music, offers this service at no additional cost for up to 100,000 tracks.Apple users can opt for iTunes Match, which lets you upload your own digital music to live in tandem with Apple Music tracks. And later in 2021, Spotify is planning a higher-quality offering called Spotify HiFi.If you like what you hear, consider upgrading to a decent headphone DAC (that's "digital to analog converter") like the Audiofly Dragonfly and a serious wired headphone.
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