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Originally Posted by Igottago
Im seriously considering this phone, might even buy it outright. Are there good cases available?
Also, one of the big draws for me is the audio features and hi-res music capability. Can anyone comment on how it is as a music device?
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I've been using the Walkman app a ton. I'm coming from an old Samsung as well, but agree with Sliver in that it has waaaaayyy better built in sound. Headphones are better sounding. The front speakers are stereo and sound really good but I would give a slight edge to the HTC M8, but that's probably because the Sony is waterproof.
Sony PC Companion comes with Media Go. You can use it for transferring and organizing your music. You can also rip CDs into mp3s. I have iTunes and it imported all my music and playlists. Transferred to the Z3 and the Sony Walkman app will play all the songs, including the ones purchased from iTunes (which I always had trouble with on Android before).
In the Walkman app you can turn on a setting that balances the volume on your mp3 playback. I know I have a few older mp3s that are quieter and with this turned on I don't notice the difference in volume.
The Walkman app also has "Throw" built into it. What this means is I can connect wirelessly to our home receiver and play my music over the home stereo system. Controlling everything from my phone - even the volume.
So yeah, I'm really happy with the Z3 as a music device.