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Originally Posted by cb474 View Post
But in noisy settings Nokia has really bad noise cancellation. Its microphones pick up the background noise and overamplify it, so that my callers hear all kinds of clatter behind my voice.

So I'd say go out and test your phone in a noisy restaurant or cafe and see what your caller says. I've seen people report in other forums that the N900 is just as bad as every other N series phone in this respect. I think when people say voice quality is good for them on the N900, they're not talking about the specific situation that I'm addressing.
I agree; people are unable to hear what I say when I'm in a restaurant, because it picks up all the background noise. It's the same on another Nokia phone I have.

On something like the N900 they should have put multiple mics. A nice bit of software would be able to cut out background noise to some extent and localise it onto the nearest source, and mics are cheap and tiny. Oh well.

That said, poor voice transmission also happens when the signal is weak, and I find that's usually the case in restaurants too...

The sound from the speakers is very good; I like that. I really like the way you can turn on speakerphone before the call finishes connecting, too.

Overall I think the N900 does great voice calls, as long as you're in a quiet environment with a good signal.

Last edited by jjx; 2010-01-19 at 19:48.