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Coby MP826

Coby MP826
alaScore 74

327 reviews

May, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 327 reviews of Coby MP826. The average rating for this product is 2.9/5, compared to an average rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers really like the battery and sound. The price and performance also get good views, whereas many are critical about the memory and reliability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Coby MP826 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 74/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Coby MP826

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 253 user reviews of Coby MP826 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 2.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the design and sound. The performance and price also get good views. There are some mixed reviews about the battery, while many are less positive about the storage and portability.

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durability, reliability, portability, storage

46% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2024

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Case

 

Overall a good product. I would suggest buy a higher level grade of earphones with this device. You'll enjoy the sound better. You MUST buy a stylus for this product. Dealing with the touch screen with your fingers will drive you nuts. This device is...

1) The displays on all the menus are great ; 2) Decent battery life. (at half charge I got at least 2 hours or so of play time)

1) No way to add memory (No scan disc port) ; 2) Touch screen is too precise, you would need to buy a stylus to get better control ; 3) Its device software (for organizing your files and such) isn't the greatest

Dec, 2014

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Coby 2.8" Black 4GB MP3 / MP4 Player MP826 Review

 

Overall a good product. I would suggest buy a higher level grade of earphones with this device. You'll enjoy the sound better. You MUST buy a stylus for this product. Dealing with the touch screen with your fingers will drive you nuts. This device is...

1) The displays on all the menus are great. 2) Decent battery life. (at half charge I got at least 2 hours or so of play time)

1) No way to add memory (No scan disc port). 2) Touch screen is too precise, you would need to buy a stylus to get better control. 3) Its device software (for organizing your files and such) isn't the greatest.

Dec, 2014

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Coby 2.8" Black 4GB MP3 / MP4 Player MP826 Review

 

Overall a good product. I would suggest buy a higher level grade of earphones with this device. You'll enjoy the sound better. You MUST buy a stylus for this product. Dealing with the touch screen with your fingers will drive you nuts. This device is...

1) The displays on all the menus are great ; 2) Decent battery life. (at half charge I got at least 2 hours or so of play time)

1) No way to add memory (No scan disc port) ; 2) Touch screen is too precise, you would need to buy a stylus to get better control ; 3) Its device software (for organizing your files and such) isn't the greatest

Dec, 2014

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Touchscreen stopped working

 

Colby, shame on you.

Worked great for 8 months

The touchscreen stopped working after 8 months. Do not buy this product

Oct, 2012

Consumer review (newegg.com)

DONT BUY

 

Ok to play music

Stopped working in 3 1/2 months I called and Coby said they only warranty for 90 days. Dont buy this Coby doesnt think to highly of their product. 90 warranty is a joke

Apr, 2012

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Don't waste your money.

 

Does what it advertises, if you can count doing everything poorly as working..

Terrible device, I want my money back but Newegg won't refund RMA this device for some reason. Thought I'd give the little guy a try and boy do I regret spending the $60. This performs like a $20 gas station MP3 player and not an ounce better. Touch...

Feb, 2012

Consumer review (newegg.com)

A nice MP3/MP4 Player

 

I bought this for a Christmas gift for a friends daughter and she loves it. It was really easy to get setup for her and customize it for her liking. Also she liked how long the battery life is on it and how well the video comes out on it. So I am glad...

None.

Jan, 2012

Consumer review (newegg.com)

About what you'd expect

 

the ear buds that the device comes with offer the quality of sound you would expect from a free throw-in set of ear buds...though i will say that they are the type that will stay in your ears if you intend to use the product for lifting weights (which...

Radio has great reception from what I can tell Anyone who doesn't need a MAC OS to use a computer can use this device and create playlists, though it's not as "user friendly" as an ipod user might have come to expect. Easy to put music and and get...

None that i can think of, the device does what you would expect, but doesn't have many frills, which is what stopped me from giving it 5 stars.

Jan, 2011

Consumer review (newegg.com)

Update...

 

I wish there were more colors to choose from in the E-book text color selection. This is not a big deal for most people, but since I'm used to running sound systems I'm quite annoyed about it. The earbuds that came with this, the right side produces...

Works well with WMV videos, even made a 3.5 hour compilation of all 28 episodes of Freeman's Mind to test it.

When playing videos at over a 512K bitrate, the back of the player starts to get warm. When playing at 3.6M bitrate, it gets alarmingly hot. In all formats that I've tried, the videos start skipping a few frames every second, or two when they are above...

Jul, 2010

Consumer review (newegg.com)

I forgot some...

 

I've been having a few issues with it locking up/crashing on me, and I'm not quite sure why. I expect Coby to fix these issues with a firmware upgrade soon.

Comes with the USB cord, so you don't have to buy it seperately. Included in the package is a set of "High Performance Isolating Earphones". Looks like a black version of their CVEM79 earbuds. They work great, and drop exterior noise by around 20db....

I mentioned that there needed to be a few extra bass boost settings. Those are the MSEQ settings. Need a bass boost 3D version. I also said the User EQ didn't seem to work, I was wrong. It was just hard to notice unless you went from no-EQ to the user...

Jul, 2010

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