Best-sounding phones and tablets we tested in 2025
The top speakers among flagships
The iPhone 17 Pro Max topped our Top 5 flagship list for best speakers of 2025.
With all other phones on our list being Android, the top spot among these was snatched by the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max - a device that unfortunately didn't make it out of China this year.
The globally available Android flagship with the best speakers was the Honor Magic7 Pro, which was also the loudest flagship smartphone we tested in 2025. Spoiler alert: the Magic8 Pro, which is about to see a global release in January 2026, keeps up this great performance.
The Huawei Pura 80 Ultra was another great performer here, while the Galaxy S25 Ultra was perhaps last on this list, but still had a solid showing through and through.
And finally, an honorable mention is the OnePlus 15, as it almost made the cut to Top 5.
The exhaustive list of devices considered for this category includes the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max, Apple iPhone Air, iQOO 15, Realme GT 8 Pro, RedMagic 11 Pro, OnePlus 15, OnePlus 13, nubia Z80 Ultra, Oppo Find X9 Pro, Xiaomi 17 Pro Max, vivo X300 Pro, Google Pixel 10 Pro XL, vivo X200 Pro, Honor Magic7 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra, Xiaomi 15 Ultra, vivo X200, Huawei Pura 80 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy S25+, Oppo Find X8 Ultra, RedMagic 10 Air, Sony Xperia 1 VII, vivo X200 Ultra, and the nubia Z70S Ultra.
