We put the Apple iPhone 15 through our rigorous SBMARK Audio test suite to measure its performance in both recording audio using the built-in microphones and playing audio through speakers.
Overview
Key audio specifications include:
- Two speakers (one upper front, one lower side)
- No Jack audio output
- Dolby Atmos technology
- Spatial audio playback
Playback
Pros
- Good performance in all attributes, with great consistency between them
- Excellent tone rendering overall, enriched by a deep extension in the low range
- Excellent dynamic performance overall
- Excellent spatial performance
Against
- Distortion and compression at maximum volume and when watching movies
- The stereo is still reversed in the music app, as in all iPhones
Registration
Pros
- Good tonal performance overall
- Good performance when recording loud content such as concerts
- Good dynamic performance
- Good artifact management overall. Wind noise reduction needs some tuning but works decently
Against
- Midrange performance is too use-case dependent and can sound slick or nasal depending on the app and use case
- The SNR could be higher, as the main speech content is often somewhat masked by ambient noise
- Poor audio zoom performance
The differences between iPhone models in terms of audio playback and recording are generally minimal. The same is true now with the release of the iPhone 15 series.
Given the similarities between the models and the fact that the iPhone 15’s overall score was just two points lower than the 15 Pro Max’s, which is well within our margin of error, we direct you to the full iPhone test results 15 Pro Max for everyone. iPhone 15 audio performance details.
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