Philips GoGear Ariaz SA2ARA

493 reviews

May, 2013

Positive
Usability (19)
Design (8)
Battery (8)
Value for money (4)
Sound (4)

Negative
Connectivity (5)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 493 reviews from magazines and websites. Comments about the sound and value for money are generally positive. The battery and design are also appreciated, whereas there are some mixed opinions about the headphones. Some have doubts about the connectivity.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other MP3 Players the Philips GoGear Ariaz SA2ARA is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 88/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review by: SurekDesign (cnet.com)

Good choice for this price.

First of all it's a responsible, rock-solid player and good partner in traveling, sport and so on. The Full Sound technology making this a must-have. I just love the design of this player, especially the metal housing, and the ergonomic interface. It...

Playback time with one charge is convincing. Sound Quality with FullSound on is great ; Equalizer is great and Smart Shuffle lists are really smart ; 8GB for this price is great. FM recieving and recording quality is amazing

There is no Linux or Mac version of the Philips Songbird software. The Win version is buggy. Can't add playlists easily. Editing playlists on the device is hard and slow

Oct, 2011

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Consumer review by: ronin1369 (cnet.com)

A decent MP3 Player; with multiple - abilities.

It's good, durable, basic MP 3 / video player, as long as you don't wish to add the personal frills. That some of the other MP 3 Players offer, for around the same price.

Good full sound, & decent video resolution

Program files show up in the menu, with no way to hide them. The Philip Songbird application is a bit awkward & tedious to use, when loading this device. There is NO way to personalize the Device (change the theme on the player, re-organize the menu l

Oct, 2011

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Consumer review by: traviewtech (cnet.com)

Great sound, Easy to use A++

This mp3 player is a good value for the price it came with some Phillips in ear headphones which are great. I find it easy to use the menus and it has some great features like FM radio,voice recording,photo viewer and i find the buttons are in the...

Great full sound quality ; Easy to use menu ; Loads of space ; Plenty of features ; Nice screen size and quality

Hard to push buttons ; THAT'S IT

Oct, 2011

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Consumer review by: scheh02 (cnet.com)

Small but big.

I have to clear something up first. Reason i bought this little nifty gadget is the good FM-Radio. Not for the Gb's of space or anything. I had read some Dutch reviews and this device turned up as not only a good sounding Mp3-player but also a good...

Very good sound quality ; Super easy menu's ; Long battery life ; High Quality FM Radio with RDS

No touch-screen like iPod Nano(but i dont need it becouse i've allready got an iPod Touch) ; Slow USB data transfer

Oct, 2011

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Consumer review by: Lytavis (cnet.com)

Fantastic all-around experience

I bought the GoGear RaGa 4GB player for me with gift cards I received for Christmas. I loved it immediately. It charges pretty fast through the USB connection and the sound quality is excellent. My 7 year old wanted to use it during a recent trip and...

It's easy enough for my 7 year old to use and sturdy enough that it's won't break when he drops it

So far, I like everything about this MP3 player

Jan, 2011

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Consumer review by: SurekDesign (cnet.com)

Good choice for this price.

First of all it's a responsible, rock-solid player and good partner in traveling, sport and so on. The Full Sound technology making this a must-have.

There is no Linux or Mac version of the Philips Songbird software. The Win version is buggy. Can't add playlists easily. Editing playlists on the device is hard and slow

Jan, 2011

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Consumer review by: SurekDesign (cnet.com)

Good choice for this price.

There is no Linux or Mac version of the Philips Songbird software. The Win version is buggy. Can't add playlists easily. Editing playlists on the device is hard and slow

Jan, 2011

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Consumer review by: Meelis-Sileem (cnet.com)

Good soundig player with FLAC and album art.

I like it. You Will be very happy with the player if you: * Re-encode older flac files (from year 2006) with MediaMonkey to flac-1.2.1b (newest) (by using MediaMonkey it keeps tag info). * Insert JPEG album art with Philips SongBird. * Send files...

Sound is pretty natural, clean and better than my computer int audio / and crisp if fullsound is of ; Album art with FLAC files ; Player looks nice (scratched dark gray metal) ; It has all external buttons ; Is small and very portable ; Battery life ok

Maybe a little low volume output with AKG K702 headphones (200 mW 62 ?) ; Low file write speed (2,53 MB/sec) ; Need's full format before new file sent if u saved or deleted files not throw Philips Songbird ; No album art or tag info without SongBird

Jan, 2011

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Consumer review by: Meelis-Sileem (cnet.com)