doublevalley
New Member
Hello,
I got the GN yesterday--upgrading from an OG. I really like it a lot (although most anything would be preferable to an OG at this point save the iPhone :biggrin
. It's very fast and responsive and ICS is great. The camera seems fine. Picture quality is adequate for a cell phone and it runs at light speed compared to the 4 minute boot-up of the OG camera (I do miss the dedicated shutter button though). And the stock ICS keyboard is really good--I still haven't replaced it with Swiftkey X! Overall, an impressive phone...
HOWEVER...
The speaker on this thing SUUUUUUUUCKSSSSSSSSSS!
I really hope its a software issue which can be tweaked (I've not tried Volume+ yet, although that shouldn't be required on a flagship phone at this price point) and not the physical speaker itself. I can hardly hear a thing with the speakerphone turned on. I used to listen to Pandora, IHR, etc. on the OG speaker and typically had to turn the volume down cause it was just too loud (could easily hear it across the room even with lots of other commotion). The GN is way too low by comparison. The speakerphone is useless unless you are by yourself in a Anechoic chamber and not breathing. And forget about video chats with GTalk, the mute might as well be on. Really bad!!!
In fairness, the volume and clarity of the earset is excellent and the best on any phone I've ever used. Unfortunately, I use a speaker way too often for the low volume of the GN to work for me--major deal breaker. I'm seriously considering swapping it out for a Rezound.
Anyone else disappointed by the volume / speaker on the GN? Any idea if it's software / fixable or a hardware limitation?
I got the GN yesterday--upgrading from an OG. I really like it a lot (although most anything would be preferable to an OG at this point save the iPhone :biggrin
. It's very fast and responsive and ICS is great. The camera seems fine. Picture quality is adequate for a cell phone and it runs at light speed compared to the 4 minute boot-up of the OG camera (I do miss the dedicated shutter button though). And the stock ICS keyboard is really good--I still haven't replaced it with Swiftkey X! Overall, an impressive phone...HOWEVER...
The speaker on this thing SUUUUUUUUCKSSSSSSSSSS!
I really hope its a software issue which can be tweaked (I've not tried Volume+ yet, although that shouldn't be required on a flagship phone at this price point) and not the physical speaker itself. I can hardly hear a thing with the speakerphone turned on. I used to listen to Pandora, IHR, etc. on the OG speaker and typically had to turn the volume down cause it was just too loud (could easily hear it across the room even with lots of other commotion). The GN is way too low by comparison. The speakerphone is useless unless you are by yourself in a Anechoic chamber and not breathing. And forget about video chats with GTalk, the mute might as well be on. Really bad!!!
In fairness, the volume and clarity of the earset is excellent and the best on any phone I've ever used. Unfortunately, I use a speaker way too often for the low volume of the GN to work for me--major deal breaker. I'm seriously considering swapping it out for a Rezound.
Anyone else disappointed by the volume / speaker on the GN? Any idea if it's software / fixable or a hardware limitation?
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