What do you guys feel about the quality of sound from the speaker (the regular one, NOT the handsfree loudspeaker)?
I find mine sounds worse than my last phone, the Desire.
The speaker quality on the sensation in general seems to be bad all around. I agree with ya there, came from a mytouch 4g and its internal and handsfree were far better.
I think the quality also can varry from Rom to Rom . I've ran roms with very good quality and others with poor quality sound in the speaker.It's strange but I do believe the Rom makes a difference. That had been my experience at least.
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The quality is not very good, even bad. Both quality and loudness.
It dosen't realy matter to me, I'm always using the beats earphones.
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Anyone else finding the loudspeaker very quiet? I just exchanged my G2 which had crappy speaker quality but at least I could hear it when driving.
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Mine definitely isn't very loud and it also crackles at full volume
I have my volume all maxed out, and while it doesn't crackle, it could definitely be louder.
Yeah mine is quiet also but beer than the g2 I took back
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I was finding the loudspeaker to be incredibly quiet - til I realized it was using the earpiece to output all audio! A reboot fixed that, but I'm at a loss for what caused it (I'm pretty sure it had been working in Angry Birds right before I killed my battery).
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My speaker volume iz pretty damn loud. Duznt crackle but I'm very happy with how loud it iz especially from what the g2 had. Also the volume in the headset iz way better than the g2. Very satisfied with the speaker volume
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I just tested my speakerphone on a call and playing music. The speakerphone is pretty bad. very tinny sounding, I was afraid to turn it up past half volume b/c it sounded like it was ready to start crackling. I'm not familiar w/HTC speakerphones but compared to my cliq xt the speaker on the mt4g is pretty bad.
I'm curious to know if there is a way to replace the speaker with a better one somehow.
Mine sounds "crackly" when turned-up all the way. Also, not very loud and tinny compared to other phones I've owned. What's your experience? Do I have a defective unit? Thanks.
Mine is better than my inspire (even after fix) and on par with my captivate. No crackle on the high end, maybe a defect.
Mine sounds pretty loud and clear. Not as loud as the Atrix but still loud and better than the Captivate.
Thanks for your replies, gonna swap mine out.
Let us know if that fixed it
I've been very impressed with my phones front and back speakers...
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My speakerphone experience on the Infuse has been noticeably better than on the Captivate. It's much louder and clearer.
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Why the hell are HTC so bad at producing phones without decent speaker systems. Everything is soo tinny and cheap sounding (NO BASS)
I Currently own a HTC Sensation and its the same £500 (cost).
Its really bad
+1 really, i too hate it, bought sensation after looking at a great presentation of sensation's ad on HTC website where there was a word "multimedia + music" shown as animation, still can't believe HTC mentions this kind of performance as music oriented! I use my great old N70 m.e for music, what a sound it produces, makes me feel ashame for HTC!
I really don't get it. They're very good for some things, so when it comes to things like speakers, why on earth do they manage to stuff it up so much?
I also have an HTC HD7 phone and the rear speaker on that IS INCREDIBLY loud!! Sensation speaker is a joke.
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The speaker and sense refreshing way too often are the reasons I'm going to look at a galaxy when the s3 comes out
Might not be the speaker.......
I noticed the same thing when I got my Sense 6 months ago. Since.... I have installed Volume+ from the Market. It helps, but it's not the cure all. Not sure if the limitations are the speaker, or the main board. I looked at the Galaxy S II, and the new Razr...... The sound is a little better, but to me.... the quality of the materials used on the HTC are sturdier. That's what sold me. The others felt really cheaply made. One thing I can say is none of them could touch the sound on my BlackBerry Bold. RIM makes a good product.
retraction......
I would like to retract my statement. It's definitely the speaker, and not the main board. HTC should really put some decent speakers in these phones. Especially with Beats audio installed. I'd be embarrassed to put my name in it. Sorry Dr. Dre.
I just bought a used Sensation, and I'm frankly considering sending it to HTC for repair. The volume is very low--there's no way I'd hear it in a crowded room. Would sending it for repair likely help? Or do all Sensations have garbage speakers?
inconceeeivable said:
I just bought a used Sensation, and I'm frankly considering sending it to HTC for repair. The volume is very low--there's no way I'd hear it in a crowded room. Would sending it for repair likely help? Or do all Sensations have garbage speakers?
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It's the same with all of them. It's still possible that yours is in need of repair and worse than normal, but even the new ones suck.
Agreed speaker sucks big time, at times like these I really start to miss my Nokia N900 and N95
g2's speaker is great. mytouch 4g's isnt that bad either. but my tmobile comet cheap go phones speaker is way better than sensation and mytouch 4g
sensations is just ridiculous i thought my phone was broken when i bought it
I have a cheap Samsung £20 something mobile, that i use when im at work & the in call speaker on this cheap mobile is better than the one on my HTC Sensation.
Having had the Galaxy S2 to, I can tell in call quality on that phones is miles better than the HTC Sensation, shame rest of it gave me problems hence moving over to HTC.
One thing that really annoying apart from the quality is the rattle ya get when speaker volume on full sometimes.
Basically HTC need to find a new supplier for speakers as the ones they using now are basically shocking to say the least.
i m also upset with my sensation external speaker....my frnd s2 speaker is awesome.
TBH i couldnt care much for a better speaker. What I want is a better mic. HTC's audio in video capture all have this sharp crunching effect..whatever you call that.
Searched everywhere if its possible with software/app fix or just hardware (mic) issue. Apparently since I couldnt find any software fix AND videos from n1, dhd and sensation all suffer from the bad audio, I can only say its cheap mic.
I so bad want a proper mic for video capturing but I love the fact that HTC doesnt cheap out on their phone's shell though. Feels like holding a premium device compared to say a...cheap plasticky samsung
They must have an old contract with a crappy factory because they didn't change since the N1!
Compared to sgs2 and Arc it's very crappy and tiny
It's annoying enough that I'm probably selling the phone. An amazing build doesn't mean anything if we can't hear the phone.
I have performance/lag issues as well...just pretty disappointing overall. Not sure how this phone got such good reviews from CNET, etc...maybe I really do have a bad one...?
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I find the Sensations speaker is plenty loud enough to hear it ringing, and as for playing music on it there's a name for people who like playing music loudly on their mobile speakers in public and it rhymes with grunt.
Also, the stereo recording gain has been fixed in ICS4.0.3 / Sense 3.6 stock RUU.
My Moto Cliq makes Sensation's speaker look bad lol. Though HTC kinda fixed it on firmware upgrade. My Sensation almost had no sound when I first got it.
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Jedi2011 said:
I find the Sensations speaker is plenty loud enough to hear it ringing, and as for playing music on it there's a name for people who like playing music loudly on their mobile speakers in public and it rhymes with grunt.
Also, the stereo recording gain has been fixed in ICS4.0.3 / Sense 3.6 stock RUU.
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Really? Thanks for the info!
But I am still on ARHD 3.6.13 which is a Sense 3.0 rom.
I still havent gotten the idea to move to Sense 3.6 because IMO its isnt much of an upgrade over 3.0
I'll wait for a stable version of ICS once the proper, official release of ICS from HTC is release!
Still appreciate that bit of info though. Thanks!
My phone external speaker is loud enough for my ringtone, and as for music.. I use headphones
I'm not terribly impressed with the audio quality of calls in this phone. Sounds hollow and tinny. Volume equalization seems to be non-existant as well. Some calls are loud and some are just adequate for a quiet room even with the volume turned up.
This phone makes calls? Holy crap, I didn't even know.
No complaints here. Coming from a GSII and didn't really notice much of a diff.
Stay Frosty said:
This phone makes calls? Holy crap, I didn't even know.
No complaints here. Coming from a GSII and didn't really notice much of a diff.
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This aspect of phones is hardly talked about these days.
Mine sounds good.
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Sounds good to me as well.
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I had a little hissing when I got the phone but updating it to 1.85 seemed to have fixed it.
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if you want to increase call volume - and you're on 1.85 - go to Settings->Call and enable the Hearing aids feature; that will amplify in call volume for sure... overall, call volume and quality is pretty good for me. could be that i haven't used anything that's better.
Im amazed by the call volume and quality. But then again, this could be because I was coming from the Atrix 4g and although I liked that phone, I always thought the call quality was one of the worst Ive ever experienced.
Coming from an iPhone 4S, I am very happy with the call quality. On the iPhone I could barely understand what the hell anyone was saying, especially if I was outside or in a place with a lot of ambient noise. With the HOX, everything is loud and crystal clear. It's a night and day difference. Couldn't be happier.
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I'm currently using the HTC One, while the boomsound speakers are amazing, it really isn't that loud when maxed out.
Can anyone tell me how loud the N5 is compared to the HTC One?
Thanks
Inferior sound quality/loudness
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I'm currently using the HTC One, while the boomsound speakers are amazing, it really isn't that loud when maxed out.
Can anyone tell me how loud the N5 is compared to the HTC One?
Thanks
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I can't say anything about the loudness, but the speakers of the HTC One completely shatter the one on the N5.
It's the best phone I ever had, but the speakers are really inferior when compared to the HTC One's