Samsung Yepp YP-T9 Digital Media Player Review

Samsung’s designer credentials have gone from almost non-existent to highly respectable in the past couple of years. The company, once derided for producing cheap and cheerful tat, is now beginning to challenge the big boys such as Apple and Sony. This new-found design nous is filtering down to the company’s other products and the most recent range to benefit from an overhaul is its MP3 players. But, having been so completely bowled over recently by iRiver’s gorgeous Clix player, Samsung’s 2GB YP-T9 was going to have its work cut out.

It gets off to a pretty decent start though, with looks that are certainly more Armani than M&S. It’s small and slim too – not the most anorexic player around perhaps, but it does fit nicely in your hand and is pretty light at just 49g. The slightly larger size also allows the inclusion of a rather swanky 1.8in colour screen and decent, thumb-sized controls on the front.

..Despite the irritations, the T9 is a good player. However, it suffers in comparison with some very hot competition. It looks smart, but if looks were all that mattered you’d buy a Nano. It has media playback capabilities, but so does the iRiver Clix with its bigger screen. It sounds good too, but iRiver and Sony are streets ahead on that front. And the price, though competitive at £93.84 for the 2GB player, isn’t amazingly cheap either. Of course it does have Bluetooth, which none of the others do, but this is not the killer feature that the T9 needs it to be to pull it ahead of the competition. 8/10

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