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2010-08-12
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#11
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Originally Posted by SavageD
Even I found it below standard if I compare it with my old Nokia N95. I think the speakers of N900 are awesome, its the software which is limiting it
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2010-08-12
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@ Canada
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#12
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For what they are, the speakers on mine sound pretty good to me. In a quiet room with the phone on a hard surface, the sound is actually remarkably good all things considered.
Outside or in a noisy place, they're loud enough to get the job done.
In either setting, I've never heard them distort no matter what kind of sound is being played through them..
Outside or in a noisy place, they're loud enough to get the job done.
In either setting, I've never heard them distort no matter what kind of sound is being played through them..
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2010-08-12
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#13
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2 minutes ago, my wife just handed me my 900 after using the speakerphone on a long call.....told me how awesome the sound quality was. :-)
(She has an iPHone btw)
I love my 900!
using ATT sim
2.5G :-( but works fine!
(She has an iPHone btw)
I love my 900!
using ATT sim
2.5G :-( but works fine!
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2010-08-12
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#14
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In my case the sound quality of default ringtones used for SMS, Email etc is excellent, but with mp3 its not only bad but it also lack loudness.
However I have to admit, while listening music using the headset, its good, perheps too good, better than an iPod
However I have to admit, while listening music using the headset, its good, perheps too good, better than an iPod
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2010-08-12
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@ Stockholm, Sweden
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Oh using the headset it is definitely awesome! I love it. The speakers are loud enough (much louder than those on the iPhone, which has real **** speakers) and work really well on calls but for some reason, I guess they don't have a high range.
Could it be because they're MP3s? I don't think so. Otherwise, why would the same file sound so good with the headset?
Could it be because they're MP3s? I don't think so. Otherwise, why would the same file sound so good with the headset?
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2010-08-12
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Originally Posted by shanrizvi
There you got it!! the range is low, When I bring speakers close to my ears, my ears start bursting, but at long range its low as compared to N95
Oh using the headset it is definitely awesome! I love it. The speakers are loud enough (much louder than those on the iPhone, which has real **** speakers) and work really well on calls but for some reason, I guess they don't have a high range.
Could it be because they're MP3s? I don't think so. Otherwise, why would the same file sound so good with the headset?
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2010-08-12
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@ Hong Kong
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Originally Posted by shanrizvi
You might ponder why your mileage is so different from others. The loudspeaker is okay, but when you use MP3 as ringtone, you'd get crackling in playback, especially for rock music.
Oh using the headset it is definitely awesome! I love it. The speakers are loud enough (much louder than those on the iPhone, which has real **** speakers) and work really well on calls but for some reason, I guess they don't have a high range.
Could it be because they're MP3s? I don't think so. Otherwise, why would the same file sound so good with the headset?
It's because the phone app doesn't really play the MP3 ringtone directly, rather the MP3 you selected for ringtone is being converted to WAV file format and stored in a temp directory.
It's a known issue (bug 6784) regarding conversion from MP3 to WAV at bad quality. The link to bug report actually contains workround on it, you may refer to them if you've a pressing need to use your favourite MP3 as ringtone.
Last edited by 9000; 2010-08-12 at 07:36.
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2010-08-12
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Originally Posted by 9000
I guess no patch has been developed for this bug
You might ponder why your mileage is so different from others. The loudspeaker is okay, but when you use MP3 as ringtone, you'd get crackling in playback, especially for rock music.
It's because the phone app doesn't really play the MP3 ringtone directly, rather the MP3 you selected for ringtone is being converted to WAV file format and stored in a temp directory.
It's a known issue (bug 6784) regarding conversion from MP3 to WAV at bad quality. The link to bug report actually contains workround on it, you may refer to them if you've a pressing need to use your favourite MP3 as ringtone.
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2010-08-12
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Originally Posted by maverick788us
Are you with PR1.2?
In my case the sound quality of default ringtones used for SMS, Email etc is excellent, but with mp3 its not only bad but it also lack loudness.
However I have to admit, while listening music using the headset, its good, perheps too good, better than an iPod
First day I was with old firmware I guess Pr.1.1 and the speakers were loud on mp3s...
After the update a lot things changed - speakers not loud enought, the camera has more options but somehow videos and pictures are worse. The videos and picture I made in the shop (first touch) were just amazing.
On positive side PR1.2. has fixed some flash issues on some websites, Skype has video call options (front camera sucks).
I'm still thinking about Uninstalling PR1.2 from Updates.
May be it will restore speakers loudnes.
By the way It reminds me on my exerience with Windows Vista.
First I was on Vista SP 1. It was Ok. Vista SP 2 Beta. It was OK too.
Vista SP 2 (forced update the Beta version has timelimit) and my Dell notebook became slow and unstable as real garbage.
Now I'm on Windows 7 and I'm very happy. But from my experience sometimes Service packs and Updates just makes things worse.
Last edited by bigdarkmad; 2010-08-12 at 09:54.
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2010-08-12
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@ Budapest, Hungary
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Originally Posted by shanrizvi
Because of an optimalization, ringtones get decompressed (to wav format) to the rootfs and downsampled.
If there is one thing I truly find horrible about the N900 (apart from the Modest, very modest, e-mail client and lack of something like Maps on the iPhone), its the phone speaker sound quality. Its unbelievable. I am finding it hard to pick a ringtone because the sound is so distorted and ugly. The sound is of such low quality. Does anyone have a workaround? Perhaps a way to adjust the Equalizer and get decent sound out of these speakers?
If you decompress the ringtone in question yourself and place it in the right folder (overwriting what was there), it will definitely sound better.
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