AGPTEK A02 MP3 Player with Bluetooth 5.3, 1.8'' 32GB Portable Music Player

This is a great inexpensive MP3 player! I was looking for a wireless MP3 player to use with Bluetooth earbuds at the gym to replace my ancient iPod nano and wired headphones. I also own a non-Bluetooth version A02S. This player is labeled A02XT on the back, and appears to be a newer version of the model as it had several additional side buttons which do not show in the pictures on the Amazon webpage nor on AGPTEK's website. There are now Volume Up and Volume down buttons on one side, and a Back button on the other side in addition to the 5 buttons shown on the front. These make changing volume and going back one screen so much easier and intuitive than with the prior A02 player on which you needed to manipulate several buttons on the front to go Back one screen or change volume. Bluetooth setup was very easy and haven't had any random disconnects. Sound quality is excellent. Be aware that the volume maxes out when using Bluetooth at a medium loud level, not super loud. You can copy songs from an iTunes playlist to this player, and have it play in the same order by doing a copy and paste (not drag & drop) of songs in the iTunes playlist into one of the Playlists in the folder on the MP3 player which can be seen in the Finder. If you select that Playlist to play songs on the MP3 player, the songs will play in exactly the same order as in your iTunes playlist with no change in sequence. It does take some time to transfer songs from your computer to the MP3 player especially you try to fill all 32GBs with songs. I did cause the player to freeze up when I erroneously pressed the Back and Vol down buttons together. To unfreeze, hold Play/Pause button about 10 seconds, screen goes off, then powers on, and all is good, no loss of files. I haven't tried any of the other capabilities (voice recordings, photos, etc) but I only purchased the player to play songs, and it does this perfectly.

I've had several versions of Agptek since about 12 years ago, when I purchased Agptek A02 (non-bluetooth). Sice then I also bought Agptek A02ST (with bluetooth), and now this one, Agptec A02XT. I also bought Agptek A09X, which I did not like at all, mainly for being too big and too heavy. All of my Agptek A02 models share identical body, and very similar controls and operating system (with minor tweaks). The noticeable improvements from ST to XT version are change from micro USB to USB-C, much more reliable bluetooth connection, and internal memory increased from 16GB to 32GB. I paired 5 different bluetooth headphones and earbuds with it on first attempt, and they all communicate properly with the player to control volume, pause/play/ skip forward or back etc. What I love about Agptek A02 line of products is their small size and light weight (perfect for running and gym), reliability, durability and storage capacity with added external SIMM card. By the way, I stuck a 256GB card full of music in this player, and it read it flawlessly, so the manufacturer's recommendation of up to 128GB is very conservative. All of my music files are in mp3-320kbps format. It can play lossless flac files too, but I see no reason to do it on a portable player of this class. Sound quality is very good, but not HiFi, with some barely audible electronic hiss in the background. I like the controls wheel (it's not a scroll wheel), that you can feel with your fingers, so you can easily operate it in total darkness. And the battery life is absolutely amazing. I find the user interface easy to use, although definitely old school. So, if you are not comfortable with organizing your files in folders, copying them from a PC, and browsing through them, this player may be not for you. In summary, for under $30 (plus whatever you choose to pay for the SIMM card), it is a bargain.

I bought two by this brand the AGPTEK A02 and the AGBPTEK Touch and I returned both because they equally sucked and ended up frying my brand new SD card. I really liked the look of the touch but I also wanted something with physical buttons that I wouldn't have to look at to skip through songs, but they were both just absolutely terrible. They use the same interface and the sound quality on both was abysmal. When I tried the first device in my car it was so awful I was terrified my speakers got blown out or something because when I tried the second device it was the same - the bass was so buzzy you couldn't understand anything - tested with the same song on both - then I tried my phone bluetooth (again, same song) and it was just fine. I tried them on my earbuds, same issue. I tried adjusting the sound style on the devices and it didn't really make a difference, the only way to listen to either one bearably was to basically adjust the bass on my car settings so low it was practically off and at that level what's the point of listening to music. The speakers on both units were also horrid quality, which didn't matter because I wasn't planning on listening to music on the actual device anyway, but if I had wanted to use it as a backup they aren't worth having as a feature. I checked the SD card on my computer and the songs played fine so it wasn't anything to do with the song quality or the SD card, I was in a crunch about to leave for a road trip and decided to take both of them anyway since it's really what I bought it for, but that turned out to be a mistake. About an hour in while trying to change songs from one playlist to another on the external card as it was playing on the device it froze up and restarted. When it booted back up it was back on the same track and it wouldn't let me go forward/back/switch to anything else it just kept freezing and restarting. I tried the SD card on the other device and it said card not found. Ended up just breaking down and paying for ANOTHER month of Spotify just to get through my trip, which is what I was trying to avoid in the first place. When I got home I plugged the SD card into my computer and it said it was corrupted, so somehow the player fried my brand new card that I literally just bought to use with it.

This is a pretty good player for the money. Bluetooth works well with a variety of devices, and format support for music is really quite good. FLAC files and OGG files both play well, along with AAC and MP3. No support for ALAC, but that is an apple specific niche. Audio quality coming out of it is acceptable. I find that it does sound better over bluetooth (closer to smartphone quality), but over wired connection it's still serviceable. The EQ settings are better left alone for most tracks. There is some difficulty with Album artwork, but I was able to write a script that would resize it to 900x900 and re-embed (use mpegg) and that made it display. However, I also have the Led Zeppelin bug, where all albums show in one. The other features aren't notable, except for the FM radio, which works well with wired headphones or an antenna (like a reel antenna) attached. Screen quality has limited viewing angles but it is fit for purpose. Overall, not a bad player if you know how to tag and manage your music. USB-C is not fully compliant, so don't try this with a 20w charger. Use a laptop or a 5w. For the price of a USB pen you can have an mp3 player that is ultralight and enjoyable enough to use, and you won't cry if something happens to it.

I find there are some pros and some cons. The pros are it works right out of the box and is plug and play. File transfer is really easy. The battery life is OK. It seems to work good, I have had this a couple weeks and no issues yet. The price is pretty good, if your'e just starting back into MP3 players and don't want to heavily invest yet. The cons I would say are it is very lightweight, and it feels like one good drop and its done. Sometimes when charging and scolling through the menu I get a red battery indicator, which is strange, but overall no issues yet. I wish the software had a way to bookmark audio files but it doesn't. It feels like at some points it is going to fail, either from a drop, hardware or battery failure. Overall, I purchased this looking to just get an MP3 player and get away from my phone. I was not sure if I was going to really use one or not so I didn't really want to spend alot of money on one, it is a decent price for entry level MP3. After a couple of weeks of use it is still going strong, no real issues that I have seen. I recommend this to anyone who is looking for a starter MP3, but not sure about it and not sure about spending alot of money up front. Just be prepared to upgrade or replace when it goes out.

I'm starting to try to move away from streaming and back towards physical media and one of the first things I wanted to step away from was Spotify. I browsed around quite a bit and saw this little MP3 player highly recommended time and again and at $30 I figured I'd give it a shot. When it arrived, I was /extremely/ skeptical because it's so lightweight, I was worried it was going to fall apart at the slightest breeze. However, I've been really pleased with it so far! Setup was really easy and moving music on and off is incredibly simple. The playlist feature is still getting the best of me but I'm not too worried about that yet. It was simple enough to connect my wireless earbuds and there hasn't been any sort of connection issue. I also can get it to connect to the bluetooth in my car even though it says that shouldn't be possible which is a great bonus since I can still use the hands-free volume and change song features! Another bonus I just figured out today is that there's a built in speaker. I only skimmed the manual so I didn't realize until the music started playing before my headphones had a chance to connect. I'm not overly concerned with sound quality but the speaker definitely isn't the best, it gets loud but it's fairly tinny, but I didn't expect this feature so I can't complain much and it'll be nice for times when I don't want to wear my headphones for a bit. Overall, I've been thoroughly impressed and I'm very happy with this purchase!

Great product. Battery life is amazing. It can hold many song (I have 34 right now). The sound is good but I don’t recommend listening to music without headphones. It’s pretty small but it fits in any pocket. It’s easy to navigate and the performance is good. The screen scratches easily. Btw, use internet archive to download songs, don’t buy them.

***Update after 3 month**** The freezing continues to happen - and pretty frequently. Once it was very difficult to even reset it with the paper clip. It also almost always requires me to open the bluetooth settings before my earbuds will connect - no matter which ones I use. It would be really nice if something more along the lines of an iPod, but updated with more storage was available! ***** I got this to replace my almost dead iPod nano. The difference in quality is HUGE, so just be prepared. The player is light weight (plus for my pocket at the gym), but the plastic and dial feel very cheap - so I'm trying to be very careful using it. It feels like it might break easily and it took so long to set up, that would be a disappointment. The transfer process is slow because the player has only usb2. I do appreciate the increased storage. I ended up building my playlists on the card I bought in the hopes of being able to reuse it if this player breaks. I also have a back-up copy of the playlist on my laptop - in case. The speaker is useless other than to let somebody know what song you are talking about, or quickly see it if is one you are thinking of. It is very tinny and distorted - to the point of being unbearable. If you want to build a custom playlist rather than doing the add to playlist for each song (my playlist for the gym is just under 2k songs - so that was a big NO), you must copy the song to your playlist using a computer. It isn't as smart as the iPod where it just keeps a list of the song titles and not a copy of the song. So I ended up moving the songs so as not to take up the space for 2 lossless copies. You are still able to see the song under the artist and album categories even if some of the songs are in the playlist and some aren't and some are in internal storage and some are on the card, so that is good. The player has frozen a couple of times, but there is a hardware reset on the back and I was able to reset each time and it went back to working. I just now keep a paper clip in my gym bag because working out without music makes the time drag! It was a little confusing to figure out how to shuffle my playlist, but I finally found how in the instructions in a weird location. You actually have to do it while a song is playing. I am still going through my shuffled playlist without having to restart it (I did restart it when I added songs to get the new ones in the rotation) across many days and even having turned the player off and back on. I think the sound is good with my wireless earbuds, but true audiophiles probably wouldn't - even with songs in the lossless format, but I was pleasantly surprised with the sound quality. I also appreciate having a wired headphone capability for times like travelling where wireless isn't preferred. The battery last longer using wired headphones. Overall, this is pretty much what I expected for the price and I don't regret getting it gym workouts and casual listening.

Está bastante bien el mp3, la verdad si me sorprendió. El sonido se escucha muy bien con los audífonos, ya sin ellos la calidad si no es la mejor, pero es aceptable. Pensé que sería un poco más grande, pero está perfecto de ese tamaño. Si lo recomiendo si no quieres gastar en productos tan caros como los de Sony :v, además de si solamente quieres escuchar música sin tener que pagar nada. Eso si, no he probado el bluetooth porque la verdad no me interesa ya que prefiero audífonos de cable.

Bit small but my 9 year old loves it, ear phones aren’t any good for kids , recommend to buying headphones. Easy to handle, good products and fast delivery

Great little radio mp3 player. Worth the price

lack of detail design such as unintentional switching of radio station or songd

Good feature and satisfactory product Received in good condition