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Does anyone know if the Sensation will have dual mics used for noise cancellation during calls?
I love this feature on the Nexus One. It works amazingly well. I can't see very switching to a phone that doesn't have it.
Yes it has.
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Yes it has.
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Thanks. Is there a spec sheet somewhere that shows that? How do we know this is correct?
I think that is part of the dailer/software function instead of hardware thing. So, all android phone should have that function.
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I think that is part of the dailer/software function instead of hardware thing. So, all android phone should have that function.
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it in some way has to do with hardware tho since you need 2 mics to do it
the sensation does have more than 1 mic and yes it does have noise cancelling...
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I think that is part of the dailer/software function instead of hardware thing. So, all android phone should have that function.
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No, this is a hardware function that requires two mics, as xnifex says, and a special voice processing chip made by a company called Audience.
http://www.audience.com/index.php
The Nexus One was one of the first phones to use this chip, much later the iPhone 4 adopted it, so I want to know if the Sensation is using the same audience chip technology as found in the Nexus One.
I guess we'll have to wait for iFixit to tear it apart.
Looking at my sensation, the small hole above the camera appears to be a second microphone since if you remove the cover, the area underneath it has a little rubber grommet which I normally associate with microphones...
The Doctor said:
Looking at my sensation, the small hole above the camera appears to be a second microphone since if you remove the cover, the area underneath it has a little rubber grommet which I normally associate with microphones...
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Thanks for the info. That does seem like a promising sign. Although I do know that some phones, on accasion, have had an extra mic for stereo sound or noise cancellation in video capture, but then not use the mic for calls. And that can also be separate from having the audience chip, which really does an amazing job.
But it's sounding promising so far.
Audience chip is only one way of applying noise cancellation. It could be done via different methods. And it does have two mics (it has to to record in stereo). The manual doesn't mention it but it doesn't mention many things (it's huge and detailed but then again there are SO many things to cover that to cover them all would be overwhelming for any user).
Only a proper review or one of the ones to have the phone will be able to give you a definite answer.
to answer the question with fact here is what i found while trying to solve the 1 processor theory in many of the bench marks... yes there is hardware noise cancellation
The Snapdragon chipset platform is a highly integrated, mobile optimized system on a chip that features Qualcomm?s own ARM-based microprocessor core, graphics core, rich multimedia, GPS engine and wireless connectivity. Its advanced feature set includes:
Enhanced ARM-based CPUs designed from the ground up to deliver unprecedented computing performance
Industry-leading levels of power optimization, allowing manufacturers to design slim yet powerful devices with all-day battery life
Integrated 3G mobile broadband for a rich Internet experience with full Web browsing
Integrated GPU core for accelerated 2D and 3D graphics capabilities for rich multimedia, enhanced gaming, and user interface experiences
Built-in GPS engine with standalone-GPS and Assisted-GPS modes for access to real-time, personalized and location-aware content
High-quality, high-resolution camera, HD video record and playback, and enhanced audio with noise cancellation
Support for leading mobile OS?s such as Android®, Windows® Phone and Brew™ Mobile Platform
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Audience chip is only one way of applying noise cancellation. It could be done via different methods. And it does have two mics (it has to to record in stereo). The manual doesn't mention it but it doesn't mention many things (it's huge and detailed but then again there are SO many things to cover that to cover them all would be overwhelming for any user).
Only a proper review or one of the ones to have the phone will be able to give you a definite answer.
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Yes there are different ways to do this. Motorola has their own solution. But in my experience the audience chip is very much superior to other solutions out there. The Nexus one is just amazing, in noisy settings. And it does seem odd to me that HTC would not be promoting this feature or even mention it in the manual. This is a feature that was very much highlighted in the release of the Nexus One and the iPhone. And, again, dual mics does not necessarily mean they're being used for the calls. Still you're right that perhaps only a review will settle the matter (although I'm always astonished how superficially the question of call quality is treated in reviews, if not ignored altogether).
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High-quality, high-resolution camera, HD video record and playback, and enhanced audio with noise cancellation.
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Thanks boostedb16b for the information about the chip. To me the fact that the noise cancellation is listed as a feature in the line that's about video recording suggests, as I said, that the feature may only be there for video recording and not for calls. This is the case in some other phones, like the Nokia N8, which also uses an ARM based cpu.
So I remain hopeful, but a little skeptical of the information given so far.
Well, the Sensation is starting to get a lot of reviews now. As usual, reviewers pay almost no attention to call quality and don't make serious attempts to test it.
That said, I'm seeing contradictory information about the noise cancellation on the Sensation.
Engadget says:
Calls on the Sensation were for the most part clear and competently handled. HTC has an extra microphone on the back of the handset, whose job we presume is to analyze external noise and nullify its effects. In voice calls, the other party heard us even on a busy street where we had our own struggles keeping up with what they were saying to us.
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But, in contrast, Techradar says:
Call quality on the HTC Sensation seems to be poorer than many other phones, which is even more perplexing when there seems to a be a separate noise reduction microphone on offer above the camera.
Even in slight wind we were asked if it was really gusty where we were, and in a bar environment we were practically inaudible.
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Engadget also pointed out the wind issue, when recording video.
I don't know, that's not really sounding like the kind of noise cancellation implementation found in the Nexus One and other phones equipped with the Audience chip. Most phones I find handle street noise (as in Engadget's positive review of the noise cancellation), much better that loud bars (as in Techradar's negative review of the noise cancellation). But on the Nexus One I can be in amazingly loud enviroments (loud music, other people talking, machines operating in the background) and people don't hear anything, often thinking I'm at home.
I'm thinking perhaps HTC passed on the audience chip either as a cost cutting measure or to save space (since the Sensation is pretty compact for a 4.3" screen device).
Hopefully we got the One S DAC. Could someone that knows how, please check. One X (Intl) doesn't fair very well.
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_s-review-746p5.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/gsmarena_lab_tests-review-751p4.php
The HTC One S performance in our audio quality test came as a really pleasant surprise to us. It appears that the Beats influence hasn't been limited to a single equalizer preset this time as the smartphone delivers the cleanest output we have seen from any device so far.
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There are discussions about this already, browse around to find your answer.
It's better than the international though.
The other discussions are buried in other threads like Cool underrated features. It's an important enough topic to have its own thread, or the thread can die if others don't think so.
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The other discussions are buried in other threads like Cool underrated features. It's an important enough topic to have its own thread, or the thread can die if others don't think so.
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I agree.
I've read somewhere that on the international version the audio processor/DAC is integrated in the Tegra SOC.
I'm also hoping that the North American One X / One XL is using the same audio hardware as the One S...
I haven't seen many posts of people that are concerned with audio quality.
I ended up purchasing a Rogers One X LTE here in Canada, to replace my Samsung Nexus S. I've been using Voodoo Sound with the Nexus S.
So how do they compare?
Well, after A/B'ing various material, the most important audible difference to me is the background noise (or hiss, if you prefer) that is definitely louder on the One X.
However, the only time I can really hear it is during near-silent passages (eg, at the beginning of a song that starts from complete silence). Also, at high volume levels, the noise in the Nexus S increases significantly and comes close to par. This is probably in large part due to Voodoo Sound on the Nexus S, which keeps the amplifier at its minimum level by maximizing digital volume first.
All in all, I'm still quite satisfied with the SQ, but will probably give the Galaxy S III a try.
Too bad we can't get the equivalent of Voodoo Sound with manual control over the amplifier on the One X...
For the record, I've been comparing the phones using Monster Turbine Pro Copper IEMs. Beats audio processing was obviously turned off. I also tried my ATH-AD700 cans, and with those the noise is completely inaudible even at max volume levels on the One X.
I hear absolutely no noise on my One X using Ultimate Ears Triple Fi 10 Pros. I absolutely love the sound quality of the headphone out, and I'm extremely picky when it comes to this.
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To my ears it doesnt sound quite as good as my captivate with voodoo but I also think if a similar app was developed for this it would sound just as good.
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I hear absolutely no noise on my One X using Ultimate Ears Triple Fi 10 Pros. I absolutely love the sound quality of the headphone out, and I'm extremely picky when it comes to this.
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I have the exact same IEMs I can testify to that
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I haven't seen many posts of people that are concerned with audio quality.
I ended up purchasing a Rogers One X LTE here in Canada, to replace my Samsung Nexus S. I've been using Voodoo Sound with the Nexus S.
So how do they compare?
Well, after A/B'ing various material, the most important audible difference to me is the background noise (or hiss, if you prefer) that is definitely louder on the One X.
However, the only time I can really hear it is during near-silent passages (eg, at the beginning of a song that starts from complete silence). Also, at high volume levels, the noise in the Nexus S increases significantly and comes close to par. This is probably in large part due to Voodoo Sound on the Nexus S, which keeps the amplifier at its minimum level by maximizing digital volume first.
All in all, I'm still quite satisfied with the SQ, but will probably give the Galaxy S III a try.
Too bad we can't get the equivalent of Voodoo Sound with manual control over the amplifier on the One X...
For the record, I've been comparing the phones using Monster Turbine Pro Copper IEMs. Beats audio processing was obviously turned off. I also tried my ATH-AD700 cans, and with those the noise is completely inaudible even at max volume levels on the One X.
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Good stuff. Compared to the voodoo nexus, how does the the One X do when it comes to detail, sound stage and instrument separation? assuming "beats" is off, does it have a colored sound signature or is it flat/accurate?
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I hear absolutely no noise on my One X using Ultimate Ears Triple Fi 10 Pros. I absolutely love the sound quality of the headphone out, and I'm extremely picky when it comes to this.
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I have the exact same IEMs I can testify to that
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Well I can assure you it is clearly audible with my device and IEMs. I also tried with several cheaper IEMs I have around the house and I get the same result.
If I play a completely silent (computer generated) WAV file, the noise is inaudible, though I do hear the amplifier turning on and off. However the noise becomes obvious when any low signal is played, so it is noticeable in very quiet passages.
I hear no noise whatsoever through my Shure SE530 or E5C IEMs, or through my AKG K240MKII cans. Very happy with the sound from this phone.
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Good stuff. Compared to the voodoo nexus, how does the the One X do when it comes to detail, sound stage and instrument separation? assuming "beats" is off, does it have a colored sound signature or is it flat/accurate?
Thanks!
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Overall I'd say that apart from the noise, any differences are slight and won't detract from the listening experience. To me the frequency response is very similar to the Galaxy S (ie, flat), but mids/vocals sound a little more transparent.
Compared to Wolfson/Voodoo, the sound stage on the One X feels a little wider/more open and separation is perhaps a bit better too, but there is also a slight harshness/sibilance and the details are a little bit less refined. Again, the differences are small and I'm just giving you my own impressions.
If it weren't for the noise -- that apparently only I hear -- I'd be perfectly happy with the One X. I actually prefer it on some material because it just feels more transparent/open.
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Regarding the noise.
Just an example of a track where I hear obvious hiss on the One X and nothing on the Nexus S :
Artist: Destroyer
Album: Kaputt
Song: Bay of Pigs
On this track hiss is easily audible for at least the first minute.
I'll try to post other examples from more mainstream stuff later on.
UPDATE: I repeated the below measurements with a new USB sound card (a Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6) and obtained a different result one the One X. Please see new post later in this thread.
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For those of you who are interested, I used RMAA and my M-Audio Firewire 410 audio interface to record and analyze the following:
- Samsung Nexus S with Voodoo Sound
- HTC One X LTE with sound processing off
- HTC One X LTE with Beats audio on (headphone set to Other)
I used supercurio's new app that plays a RMAA test signal to do this. Also, I repeated each test twice to verify that my results were accurate.
Note that on the One X, the output level doesn't go beyond -10dB when volume is at maximum, so I adjusted the Nexus S to -10 dB, even though it can go higher.
I have no idea if my methodology is sound, but I'd say the frequency response speaks for itself.
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For those of you who are interested, I used RMAA and my M-Audio Firewire 410 audio interface to record and analyze the following:
- Samsung Nexus S with Voodoo Sound
- HTC One X LTE with sound processing off
- HTC One X LTE with Beats audio on (headphone set to Other)
I used supercurio's new app that plays a RMAA test signal to do this. Also, I repeated each test twice to verify that my results were accurate.
Note that on the One X, the output level doesn't go beyond -10dB when volume is at maximum, so I adjusted the Nexus S to -10 dB, even though it can go higher.
I have no idea if my methodology is sound, but I'd say the frequency response speaks for itself.
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Awesome, thanks!
So, the HTC is tuned for a non-flat response, no wonder it sounds so wrong to me. I wonder if this is software and can be fixed?
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The picture is a bit misleading because with beats off, it's still only a deviation of ~1 decibel. I don't think that is discernible by the human ear.
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Awesome, thanks!
So, the HTC is tuned for a non-flat response, no wonder it sounds so wrong to me. I wonder if this is software and can be fixed?
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Deviations are fairly small (+/-1 dB), but no, it clearly isn't flat.
I suppose you could use an equalizer to flatten the response. Does anyone know of a system-wide equalizer?
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The picture is a bit misleading because with beats off, it's still only a deviation of ~1 decibel. I don't think that is discernible by the human ear.
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This is correct, the human ear has trouble discerning differences of less than 3 dB. While far from perfect, the results seem reasonable and I would suspect would be fairly easy to correct with the right tools/methods.
I'm not exactly sure what Supercurio did with Voodoo sound, but on the Captivate you could adjust the levels via hex input in the service menu. I always suspected this is what Voodoo sound was doing, but never really followed up to find out. Perhaps we have a similar option available.
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This is correct, the human ear has trouble discerning differences of less than 3 dB. While far from perfect, the results seem reasonable and I would suspect would be fairly easy to correct with the right tools/methods.
I'm not exactly sure what Supercurio did with Voodoo sound, but on the Captivate you could adjust the levels via hex input in the service menu. I always suspected this is what Voodoo sound was doing, but never really followed up to find out. Perhaps we have a similar option available.
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Some studies suggest 0.5 to 1 dB in overall volume is discernible to certain people. Not sure about variations in a frequency response spectrum, but the easy way to check is to play around with an equalizer.
Still, I don't think it matters too much. I still find the One X has good sound, except for the annoying hiss.
FWIW, here is the methology GSM Arena uses for their audio quality tests: http://www.gsmarena.com/latest_features-review-171p2.php
Sadly, they didn't do audio testing in their review of the AT&T One X, but they did for the international One X and the One S.
I'd really appreciate it if someone who has either a Galaxy Nexus or HTC One or both could post a YouTube video that shows how the loudspeaker on the Nexus 5 compares to these two phones. I currently have a Galaxy Nexus and am trying to decide whether to purchase an HTC One or a Nexus 5, and the GNex's loudspeaker sucks. It is important for my next phone to be MUCH louder! I'll go with the N5 if the loudspeaker is decent; the One is my backup plan, so a comparison between all three (turned up to the max for each) would be really helpful. Thanks.
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I'd really appreciate it if someone who has either a Galaxy Nexus or HTC One or both could post a YouTube video that shows how the loudspeaker on the Nexus 5 compares to these two phones. I currently have a Galaxy Nexus and am trying to decide whether to purchase an HTC One or a Nexus 5, and the GNex's loudspeaker sucks. It is important for my next phone to be MUCH louder! I'll go with the N5 if the loudspeaker is decent; the One is my backup plan, so a comparison between all three (turned up to the max for each) would be really helpful. Thanks.
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i got the nexus 5 today and the volume levels are my only worry so far.
i got n7 music player app and levels are very low, but playing music with 'Play Music' app they seem louder.
Video however seems extremely low so far (on Play movies app) and i think headphones may be needed for me to watch my movies on it
dferg said:
i got the nexus 5 today and the volume levels are my only worry so far.
i got n7 music player app and levels are very low, but playing music with 'Play Music' app they seem louder.
Video however seems extremely low so far (on Play movies app) and i think headphones may be needed for me to watch my movies on it
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This will definitely work. My N10 suffers from low volumes and this app makes it a super star. There's also a free version that works great, but to get the equalizer presets the paid is the way to go.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.TEST.android.lvh
There's another thread in this section about the speaker where a lot of people are saying the speaker volume is kind of low. One person said the Nexus 4, even with its speaker on the back of the phone, was better. Others say the Nexus 5 is a little better than the 4.
People are also pointing out that despite the two apparent speaker grills on the bottom of the phone, it is not stereo. There's just one speaker. The other grill is the microphone. (Since you don't need a whole big grill for the microphone, it's seems like the phone was deliberately designed to create the false impression of dual speakers.)
I think if volume and speaker sound quality is really important to you, you should seriously consider the HTC One. Many reviewers say they are some of the loudest and possibly best speakers ever in a cell phone. It's definitely one of the things that tempts me about the One.
I'm wondering if anyone has been able to figure out if the Nexus 5 has the Audience Earsmart noise cancellation chip, like the LG G2. That is the feature that I most miss from the Nexus One, when I upgraded to the Nexus 4.
Qualcomm's Fluence noise cancellation if far inferior to the Audience chip. But I don't really want to have to get the G2 or an S4 to get Audience's noise cancellation.
Well, if anyone is interested, AnandTech finally did one of their incredibly thorough reviews of the Nexus 5 and confirmed what I suspected, which is that the N5 uses Qualcomm's Fluence for noise cancellation, not the Audience chip:
http://anandtech.com/show/7517/google-nexus-5-review/7
In their noise suppression test, the N5 did seem to do better than other Fluence based phones, so it's nice that Fluence may be improving. But it's still nowhere near as good as the Nexus One was with the Audience chip (or the iPhone 4, before Apple also bizarrely dropped the Audience chip from the iPhone 5).
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Well, if anyone is interested, AnandTech finally did one of their incredibly thorough reviews of the Nexus 5 and confirmed what I suspected, which is that the N5 uses Qualcomm's Fluence for noise cancellation, not the Audience chip:
http://anandtech.com/show/7517/google-nexus-5-review/7
In their noise suppression test, the N5 did seem to do better than other Fluence based phones, so it's nice that Fluence may be improving. But it's still nowhere near as good as the Nexus One was with the Audience chip (or the iPhone 4, before Apple also bizarrely dropped the Audience chip from the iPhone 5).
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It's nice that we have something. I've talked to people before on IPhone 4's and it's unbelievable how well the noise cancellation works on those phones. One of our sales guys was in a very noisy factory and it literally sounds like he's in a mostly quiet room.
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It's nice that we have something. I've talked to people before on IPhone 4's and it's unbelievable how well the noise cancellation works on those phones. One of our sales guys was in a very noisy factory and it literally sounds like he's in a mostly quiet room.
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Yeah, I'd rather have some noise cancellation than no noise cancellation, but it's ridiculous how much better the Audience chip is than Qualcomm's Fluence, as you've experienced with the iPhone 4.
But the thing that's hard for me to let go of is that the Nexus One had the Audience chip (before the iPhone, by the way, but of course Apple still got the credit for "discovering" noise cancellation). Everything else since then has been a big step backwards. There's just no reason to have to put up with Fluence, when Audience exists. There's no reason the Nexus 4 and 5 should be leagues behind the Nexus One for any feature. And meanwhile Audience has been improving its chip, which was already even years ago way better than anything else available today.
The only company that seems to get this is Samsung. They put Audience in all their top end phones. It's so much better than everything else, why bother. I think everyone else is probably being cheap/greedy about the licensing fees. There's no excuse in a flagship phone. Apple has no excuse going backwards with the iPhone 5. Even HTC stopped using Audience. It was in the One X, but dropped in the One (shame on you HTC, the One is an expensive phone, you don't get to cheap out on the noise cancellation--especially since the One is supposed to be "the" high quality audio phone).
Anyway, perhaps one of these days I'll have to just get a Samsung phone. I really don't like the designs. But I really miss the Audience chip from the Nexus One.
In a phone that's counting every penny I can see exactly why Google did it. Always wondering how they got so much phone into such a small price bracket and this is just one more way they'd rather integrate then use a separate processor for. Maybe in the Moto X.
So my Nexus 5's speaker is absolute garbage compared to my Nexus 5. the range is just non-existent and it has incredibly bad distortion during phone calls, and most music and videos.
Right now i'm ready to return the phone and spend another year with my nexus 4 over it, but before i do, i'm curious to know if mine might just be defective.
So to all the other owners, do you have distortion, pops and the like when making phone calls or having any audio through and how does it compare to your previous phones, especially any other Nexus 4 owners.
Right now my N4 sounds like my $150 desktop speakers compared to the N5.
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So my Nexus 5's speaker is absolute garbage compared to my Nexus 5. the range is just non-existent and it has incredibly bad distortion during phone calls, and most music and videos.
Right now i'm ready to return the phone and spend another year with my nexus 4 over it, but before i do, i'm curious to know if mine might just be defective.
So to all the other owners, do you have distortion, pops and the like when making phone calls or having any audio through and how does it compare to your previous phones, especially any other Nexus 4 owners.
Right now my N4 sounds like my $150 desktop speakers compared to the N5.
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thats horrible, lets hope they are defective because i get my nexus 11/06 that would be a huge deal breaker if the speakers sounded like crap. coming from an htc one
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thats horrible, lets hope they are defective because i get my nexus 11/06 that would be a huge deal breaker if the speakers sounded like crap. coming from an htc one
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Yeah that's why i'm posting because i find it incredibly hard to believe that the Nexus 5, in 20 god damn 13 had worse speakers than my G1 from 2008. And just to test, i broke out my G1, MyTouch 3G and Nexus One, and played the same ringtones on each. No distortion on any device but the N5.
The Verge even said in their review that they had distortion on the speaker which almost leads me to think this is normal, and unacceptable.
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thats horrible, lets hope they are defective because i get my nexus 11/06 that would be a huge deal breaker if the speakers sounded like crap. coming from an htc one
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all reviews are saying the speaker is terrible. same with the camera. but they're comparing it to 600+ dollar phones, you get what you pay for, the bulk on the 350 dollars is going toward the processor and screen
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all reviews are saying the speaker is terrible. same with the camera. but they're comparing it to 600+ dollar phones, you get what you pay for, the bulk on the 350 dollars is going toward the processor and screen
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That is true, but my $300 Nexus 4 from a year ago sounds 100 times better than my $400 (32gb) nexus 5 from this year.
And also the whole $700/$350 thing is kinda bull****. Though that phone does cost $700 to buy, it costs the same as what a nexus costs, usually around $150-$200 to produce. Google just cuts out all the middle men and carrier BS to get the price to be that low. Yes they do make sacrifices but my damn G1 sounds better than my Nexus 5, so that has nothing to do with cost.
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So my Nexus 5's speaker is absolute garbage compared to my Nexus 5. the range is just non-existent and it has incredibly bad distortion during phone calls, and most music and videos.
Right now i'm ready to return the phone and spend another year with my nexus 4 over it, but before i do, i'm curious to know if mine might just be defective.
So to all the other owners, do you have distortion, pops and the like when making phone calls or having any audio through and how does it compare to your previous phones, especially any other Nexus 4 owners.
Right now my N4 sounds like my $150 desktop speakers compared to the N5.
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No, it's not just you, I thought it was me!
I came from an HTC One X and the call quality is terrible; a bit like what I imagine being a little bit deaf is like and when I'm playing a video or have a call on speaker, the thing buzzes and vibrates. Not good compared to my previous phone.
ugh. this isn't looking good. i really was hoping i was the only one. Hope we get a lot more replies here tonight.
Only one speaker?
On mine I noticed only one side is playing the music? anyone else?
I'm hoping it's something like a mic and speaker... and not a deffective
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On mine I noticed only one side is playing the music? anyone else?
I'm hoping it's something like a mic and speaker... and not a deffective
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thats correct. one side is the speaker and one is the mic. evidently this is normal practice on the iphone and many other devices. I just found out today.
Hows your quality though?
Two things i hear the crackle/pop on guaranteed is the ringing of a phone call and for some reason Lindsey Stirlings Crystalize, the first 30-40 seconds. lots of other examples but those two are the easiest and most noticeable i found.
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So my Nexus 5's speaker is absolute garbage compared to my Nexus 5. the range is just non-existent and it has incredibly bad distortion during phone calls, and most music and videos.
Right now i'm ready to return the phone and spend another year with my nexus 4 over it, but before i do, i'm curious to know if mine might just be defective.
So to all the other owners, do you have distortion, pops and the like when making phone calls or having any audio through and how does it compare to your previous phones, especially any other Nexus 4 owners.
Right now my N4 sounds like my $150 desktop speakers compared to the N5.
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On mine I noticed only one side is playing the music? anyone else?
I'm hoping it's something like a mic and speaker... and not a deffective
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Just got my white 32gb N5 today and indeed mine is suffering from similar issues. At first I was thinking my right speaker was DOA but I later learned it's not a speaker at all and is a mic - the N5 is a mono device. So, I played some music, an audio book and tried out some ringtones. A pop was audible on some ringtones and the audiobook. The sound gets pretty distorted when at the top two levels. I wonder if the pop is down to the audio coding because now I've downloaded higher quality files, the pop has gone away and distortion not quite as bad at high levels. Yet to try out a phone call over the speaker.
I've tested some music at 320 bit rate and hd video on youtube and the play store and same issues. and then no issues at all on the nexus 4.
Great I was so excited to purchase my first nexus phone. Ugh
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You know, I was at Pete's Coffee last night with my girlfriend and 2 people were talking next to us about this exact same issue. A man in his early 30s was talking to a buddy of his about the Nexus 5, and naturally, I zoned out from what my girlfriend had to say overheard their conversation.
They were talking about the Nexus 5 and how one of them who had the phone loved it, except he said the speaker was very poor quality.
Hopefully mine does not have this issue when it arrives this Thursday.
The Nexus 5's speaker is actually pretty darn good. Not quite HTC One level but damn close. It uses the same chip technology the HTC One has but only has a mono speaker on the bottom edge instead. It should be MUCH better than the Nexus 4, the Galaxy S4, or similar.
If it is sounding distorted, it is quite possibly a damaged speaker or chip, and should be RMA'ed. Reviews (unlike what some whacko said) have actually been pretty positive about the speaker.
Vincent Law said:
The Nexus 5's speaker is actually pretty darn good. Not quite HTC One level but damn close. It uses the same chip technology the HTC One has but only has a mono speaker on the bottom edge instead. It should be MUCH better than the Nexus 4, the Galaxy S4, or similar.
If it is sounding distorted, it is quite possibly a damaged speaker or chip, and should be RMA'ed. Reviews (unlike what some whacko said) have actually been pretty positive about the speaker.
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Your now the second person i've seen to say that it's good. How much have you tested it though? phone calls? loud movies? music?
I want to keep this phone, or at least get a replacement, but i got about 5 people with me saying they have similar issues so it's getting harder to imagine that it's a defect.
My sound is pretty faint. I'll be lucky if I hear a text or call
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I have played music from a couple different sources at full volume and I haven't heard any distortion.
I actually just watched a full review of the phone here in the General section, and he says the speaker is absolutely great! although he does not ever test in the video.
Been using mine all day. A bit of music and a fair few YouTube video and I've not noticed any problems at all. Nowhere near as loud as the Note 2 I'm coming from, but few phones are as loud as it. So far I'm happy with speaker quality
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Well since some of you do not seem to have this issue I'm going to hope those of us with it just have defective units and i'm going to exchange mine.
If the one i get has the same issues though, i'll be sticking with my Nexus 4 for another year.