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From the website, big and bold: "iPhone. Now in stereo."

Honest question, not having owned an iPhone before - is this really the first iPhone that can produce stereo sound through the speakers? If true, that seems like a crazy thing to advertise given how standard a feature it has been in most phones for so long. On the other hand, if iPhones have had stereo output already, why shout about it now?



It's stereo in the sense that there's a speaker on the top and bottom of the phone, so that when watching media with the phone in landscape orientation you can hear good stereo audio. I'm not aware of another phone that does this; I'm sure they exist, but it's not a common feature.


It's been available for a few years on several Android phones:

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-phones-with-front-stereo...


Sony Xperia Z2 HTC ONE (M8,M9, etc) Nexus 6, 6P

I'm sure many others.

I can almost see that distortion field works...


Where is Apple claiming they invented stereo speakers in phones? The line is literally just "iPhone. Now in stereo."


I'll admit Apple's marketing is great.

I've owned several Nexus devices, but not the 6.





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