Apple Music What is the lowest cost device that supports Apple Music and has a headphone jack?

[Charlie.V]

What is the lowest cost device that supports the latest version of Apple Music (Android is ok) and will support offline downloaded playlists with a ministereo / headphone jack built in? No sim or other capabilities needed.

I work as a sound tech and need to be able to play playlists off of Apple Music through the PA at venues I work at.

Using my iPhone is very impractical because that means my phone is tied up to that one location the whole night and also I need to carry around a dongle. I used to use a iPod nano but now my client expect me to be able to download specific playlists and take requests in venues with WiFi.

Thank you

 

[Marsikus]

Maybe just using cheapest dedicated iPhone, though with dongle.
Latest IPhone with audio jack is 6s, I am not sure can it run Apple Music or not.

 

[iGeek2014]

Maybe just using cheapest dedicated iPhone, though with dongle.
Latest IPhone with audio jack is 6s, I am not sure can it run Apple Music or not.

iPhone 6S is good through iOS 15 so it shouldn’t have any problems with Apple Music.

 

[BrianBaughn]

I can imagine with most iPhone 6S models in existence the battery would be just about kaput.

An iPad will work but that dongle will still haunt you.

 

[cardfan]

Last gen iPad. 9th I think. Picked up one for kiddo as headphone jack is essential. Because it’s always charging. Or needs to be.

 

[BenTrovato]

What about the iPad pro 10.5? Still a pretty snappy device

 

[fanboy-ish]

Well, if Android is ok, then something from Samsung's A series, or Xiaomi's Redmi series, Motorola's Moto E series, Vivo's Y series, TCL's 20 series. They are all inexpensive and they all can run Android, have access to the Google Play Store and have a headphone jack.