

For those who are traveling and don’t have access to a plug socket, that could be a major boon. The other major benefit of most decent MP3 players is that the battery will far outlast a smartphone on even the lowest power settings.

It's cheaper than your average smartphone, so ideal for those who don’t want to risk dropping their phone when they’re out for a run straight-forward to use and free from all those attention-distracting aspects of connected life, like text alerts and social media notifactions. They're still out there – and it's probably because the humble MP3 player has some very real benefits. However, that's not to say the single-function MP3 player has disappeared into thin air completely. Finding the best MP3 player these days is a bit like looking for a needle in a 4G haystack. Dedicated MP3 players have been squeezed out of the market by more connected digital devices – smartphones and tablets – that offer music-on-the-go plus so much more.
