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Verythin:
Hello,

long time user, first time poster here. This thread has me excited.

Writing all the following here on this forum seems pointless because all you know this. But I will anyway.

I had a Sansa Clip+ for years, it never let me down. It got stolen earlier this year. Bought a used one that I found for a really good price, considering the money they go for these days. That one died a few weeks ago. Been using my phone since but couldn't be more frustrated - the size, the weight, the battery life, the fact that you can't operate it blindly in your pocket.

Am searching around for a decent player but, as you know, there aren't any. Five years ago usable affordable players could be bought everywhere. Nowadays there are either just toys, cheap in every sense of the word - or overly expensive"audiophile" players that certainly aren't better than the Clip+ was.

I found this thread and I can't tell you how happy I'd be if this product really came to life. If you made an affordable player that can do Rockbox you'd have a monopoly on good players, an instant best seller. The market is definitely there, everyone reading this forum would buy one. The number of interested first-time posters in this thread is proof of this.

Development is probably (mostly) done, but for the future, here are the things I'd like to see in a player.

Size:
- size of the Clip+ (although Rockbox is hard to read on that tiny screen…)
- so maybe a bit bigger, but certainly not bigger than the AGPTek A02
- if it is very small it has to have a clip

Hardware:
- MicroSD slot (for Sandisk cards, too, as AGPTek only seems to support Kingston brand cards)
- tough non-scratching screen
- no touch screen! It has to have buttons/keys for blind use in the pocket
- Bluetooth is not required, but wouldn't hurt
- no FM radio (I have no use for it)
- no fancy hi-res color display (fine if it has one, but only if it doesn't alter performance) (and no blinking flashing screen gadgets!)
- durable hardware (I had to solder the phone jack on the Clip+)
- replaceable battery
- no planned obsolence of any kind
- no included headphones - no one uses these cheap phones, so save the resources and save yourself and the customers the expense
- USB 3.0
I'd love a durable, reliable, easy-to-use no-nonsense player with just the bare audio functions and no fancy stuff, which brings us to …

Software:
- playing all file formats, obviously
- no microphone in / recording function - never had the use and accidentally activated this on other players before, creating long useless files, annoying. Everyone has a phone for this.
- no album cover display (I see people want this, I personally have no need)
- no video (same, I would not watch any sort of video on an audio player)
- folder navigation
- folder playback in proper order of songs (why do modern players not do this? I returned an AGPTek because of it, but I read that even the FIIO M3 has problems doing this)
- proper alphabetical listing of folders
- no limit of number of folders
- album repeat
- resume playback where you last stopped
- m3u playlists
- display of umlauts and additional characters: ä, ö, ü, Ä, Ö, Ü, ß
- works with Linux

Rockbox use would be awesome, but if someone could at least make a player these days that comes with a decent, well-designed, user friendly software (like the Clip+), that'd be great.
Like probably most people on here I'd be willing to pay a bit more if I knew I'd get a durable, well made product with great, easy-to-use software - and not a poorly made player that would predictably die in less than two years.

hunterleo:
Thank you guys for the precious opinions!

The new players fixed most of your issues and will be available within 1 month! AGPTEK ROCKER is its name!

Verythin:
Awesome news before the Holidays!

JimZipCode:

--- Quote from: hunterleo on December 23, 2016, 01:28:48 AM ---The new players fixed most of your issues and will be available within 1 month! AGPTEK ROCKER is its name!
--- End quote ---

Can't wait!

amega:
very exited please update us!!!

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