The best-sounding smartphones of 2023

The top speakers among (Android) tablets

Below we have rounded up all the tablets we reviewed in 2023. There is no shortlist because it's a short list of devices anyway. We have not reviewed any iPads, so the choice is limited to Android tablets.

Both Samsung and Huawei have followed Apple in creating large-screen tablets in 2023 (13 inches and up), and these two devices undoubtedly have the largest speaker drivers. The Huawei MatePad Pro 13.2 is our top pick in this category.

Among the more reasonably sized devices, the OnePlus Pad certainly stands out with the Xiaomi Pad 6 trailing not much behind. These, however, are not cheap tablets, so if we had to pick our budget pick of the year in terms of sound output, this would be the Redmi Pad SE.

Wrap up

We sure hope you've enjoyed revisiting all these devices all in one place as much as we did. If your top picks differ, let us know in the comments which ones you liked best. Again, make sure you listen to these recordings on your best set of headphones and have them at max volume.