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Volume and phone?

When your'e playing something through your phone do you like feel your device shaking not a vibrate but like feel whats playing through the phone? Thanks

Darrien13 said:
When your'e playing something through your phone do you like feel your device shaking not a vibrate but like feel whats playing through the phone? Thanks
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Not for me, I get pretty clear audio here with no shake or vibration.

so you can't like feel the sound through your device?

Darrien13 said:
so you can't like feel the sound through your device?
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I feel a very very small amount of vibration with the speaker at max volume but no rattle whatsoever, if your concerned about a bad speaker the best way to know is to really focus on the sound, no matter the size of the speaker it has a cone with a magnet, tweeters typically go bad and sound like a piece of paper slapping something. Due to the size of this speaker it may be hard to notice this imperfection but if your speaker has really bad quality then most likely it's no good.

If I have a bad speaker will it sound bad on all volumes?

Darrien13 said:
If I have a bad speaker will it sound bad on all volumes?
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Most likely, yeah it will, It may even give more clarity of a defect on lower volumes, I don't think it would be easy to find a speaker for the e4gt online so if your phones still under warranty, I would take it to a sprint service center and they will most likely repair it they're for you.

Just got it last week.

Darrien13 said:
Just got it last week.
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I know how you feel man, I had my first E4GT for a month then the screen went out as I was going to Vegas Nevada for a vacation and was relying on my phone as a camera

Speaker hype

So I have heard lots of great things about the speakers on this phone and I'm trying to decide if it's a lot of hype or if I got a phone with bad speakers. I have had the phone for 10 days now and while the clarity is good I'm not impressed with how loud the speakers are. Example is 4 of us were standing around a table watching you tube video yesterday and I wanted some more volume but it was all the way up. We could all hear ok but it wasn't overly loud. Another example is I turned on music player and cranked it all the way up and took a shower, phone was about 3 feet from the shower and I could barely hear the music. So I'm looking for your opinion did I get sub par speakers or am I expecting to much from these speakers?
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bc13 said:
So I have heard lots of great things about the speakers on this phone and I'm trying to decide if it's a lot of hype or if I got a phone with bad speakers. I have had the phone for 10 days now and while the clarity is good I'm not impressed with how loud the speakers are. Example is 4 of us were standing around a table watching you tube video yesterday and I wanted some more volume but it was all the way up. We could all hear ok but it wasn't overly loud. Another example is I turned on music player and cranked it all the way up and took a shower, phone was about 3 feet from the shower and I could barely hear the music. So I'm looking for your opinion did I get sub par speakers or am I expecting to much from these speakers?
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do you have another phone to compare it to so we can get an idea of comparable volume?

crazyg0od33 said:
do you have another phone to compare it to so we can get an idea of comparable volume?
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I have not had a chance to compare it to another HTC one,but I just compared it to my old droid incredible 2 and the incredible 2 is every bit as loud if not louder. The one sounds a little better but like I said it is no louder than the old incredible 2. Hoping someone that used to have a incredible 2 can let me know what they think also.
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bc13 said:
Hoping someone that used to have a incredible 2 can let me know what they think also.
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I just compared my old dinc2 with my One, playing the same songs on each phone separately and at the same time, and the One was a little louder than the dinc2. Not by much, but definitely louder. However, the audio quality of the One is much, much better. Though I will happily listen to audio on my One while working, I never did that with the dinc2 given its speaker audio quality. As far as max volume is concerned, mine is plenty loud and I don't need it to be any louder.
Maybe stop by a Verizon store and compare the volume of yours with the display phone.

Mine isn't that much louder than my wife's iPhone either.
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I play music on my One while in the shower and I hear it very well, and I don't even have the volume all the way up!
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xenakis said:
I just compared my old dinc2 with my One, playing the same songs on each phone separately and at the same time, and the One was a little louder than the dinc2. Not by much, but definitely louder. However, the audio quality of the One is much, much better. Though I will happily listen to audio on my One while working, I never did that with the dinc2 given its speaker audio quality. As far as max volume is concerned, mine is plenty loud and I don't need it to be any louder.
Maybe stop by a Verizon store and compare the volume of yours with the display phone.
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I stopped by Verizon today and did just that. I loaded a pearl jam song on both phones on youtube and they sounded the same. But I do agree with you that the sound quality on the one is far superior to the incredible 2, I just wish it was a little louder.
josh995 said:
I play music on my One while in the shower and I hear it very well, and I don't even have the volume all the way up!
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And this is the kind of thing I had heard about the phones speakers before I got it to lead me to believe that the speakers are even better than they are. You must have some better acoustics in your shower than I do. Over all I am happy with the speakers so I wont complain to much.

I've basically found that while this phone isn't all that much louder than other devices I've had. I came from the S4 and that was pretty loud.
However, the One has infinitely better clarity when it comes to the audio. I'll take that. Now if by some crazy magic they can figure out bass, but given the space available I'm sure that will never happen.

I have and have had a lot of android devices. Some of which (Galaxy Nexus) the speaker volume was so low that is required many tweaks via the kernel and third party apps to make it even reasonable. I agree with you that there is a lot of hype in the "boom sound" of the HTC One. Personally, I don't find the volume to be extremely loud but I do find the quality of the sound to be better than any of my other devices. The thin devices we all love jam so much into their size that the speakers often suffer. If you prefer loudness over the quality of the sound there are third party apps you could try. For me the sound is plenty loud and sounds great.

Loudest phone i've ever had. Some things don't seem like they're are that much louder, if noticeable than other phones, but obviously you have the clarity. Youtube may not be the best test as the audio isn't always the greatest. One thing i can note is when volume is maxxed, the notifications are ridiculously loud.

Seems pretty loud to me. I use it to listen to music while I shower and the fan is on. Still hear it fine. I'll be damned if another phone could match that performance.

Seems to be hit and miss with people. I think some had unrealistic expectations. Honestly for me they are perfect. You have to realize in any noisy environment nothing will hold up short of a real larger speaker. These things are outstanding when compared to any other phone.

With beats enabled the volume seems a bit quieter but the quality is much better out of the speakers. If you need a little louder try turning off beats.

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So which phone would everyone say is the loudest?

If I remember my specs correctly, since there are two speakers, the One can do stereo audio.

My droid DNA was louder than the One but you had to have the phone on a flat surface as a reflector.
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How are the front facing speakers?

Wondering how they sound on the XL because the speakers on the reg 2 sound great and get plenty loud. Best speakers I've ever had on a phone, going back to my M8.

The sound is so much louder than the original pixel, but the quality is meh at best. Definitely doesn't compare to my old HTC M7's speaker quality.

It does sound louder than my Pixel XL, but it is throatier too.

Anybody else playing music at full volume have your screen physically vibrating? When I touch the screen with my thumb, the whole screen is vibrating. WTF?

Golf c said:
Anybody else playing music at full volume have your screen physically vibrating? When I touch the screen with my thumb, the whole screen is vibrating. WTF?
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I feel the same thing, but I don't need to go anywhere near full volume to feel it.

amaddux said:
I feel the same thing, but I don't need to go anywhere near full volume to feel it.
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Yeah, starts about 3/4 volume and up. WTH? Feels like plastic vibrating. Yuck

Why does this matter? I'm not being snarky, I just don't understand what the complaint is. Does the screen, or any other part of the phone, rattle or otherwise misbehave?
I'm guessing the speaker drivers are located near the screen edges and are ported to the openings?

The front facing stereo speakers are loud and clear.

Golf c said:
Yeah, starts about 3/4 volume and up. WTH? Feels like plastic vibrating. Yuck
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It's designed that way...screen acts as a passive radiator yielding base and mid range tone amplification!
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VinceT3 said:
The sound is so much louder than the original pixel, but the quality is meh at best. Definitely doesn't compare to my old HTC M7's speaker quality.
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I agree; it's louder but quality is poor. The DAC is not as good as the original Pixel. I have both and have done the comparison. I'm a bit disappointed in that.

bossei said:
I agree; it's louder but quality is poor. The DAC is not as good as the original Pixel. I have both and have done the comparison. I'm a bit disappointed in that.
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Wait, what? Not in my experience. I also have both and the original Pixel's speaker was very bad.

DirgeExtinction said:
Wait, what? Not in my experience. I also have both and the original Pixel's speaker was very bad.
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Hmmm well people have different hearing and difference definition of quality when it comes to sound so I'll just leave it at that. All I know is when I play music in my car I bear differences and the pixel 2 XL isn't great. My pixel 1 sounds better. The speaker even though it's front facing also doesn't sound good especially at higher volumes.

bossei said:
Hmmm well people have different hearing and difference definition of quality when it comes to sound so I'll just leave it at that. All I know is when I play music in my car I bear differences and the pixel 2 XL isn't great. My pixel 1 sounds better. The speaker even though it's front facing also doesn't sound good especially at higher volumes.
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I'll agree to disagree. Even with Bluetooth audio quality, the Pixel 2 XL is much better than the Pixel XL. The sound is louder and fuller.

DirgeExtinction said:
I'll agree to disagree. Even with Bluetooth audio quality, the Pixel 2 XL is much better than the Pixel XL. The sound is louder and fuller.
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I notice that you both have a different way to define what you consider better.
I notice that the 2 XL is throatier, a deeper sound. For me, this makes the XL better for voice; voices sound more natural

Sound quality if, of course, not B&O quality but what I value about the dual front-facing speakers is that you can hear stereo effects. I would have never even noticed (or cared) about this we it not for my 6P. It's one of those "once you have it you can't go back" kind of things. The speakers were THE reason I didn't get the OG Pixel and THE reason I want the P2XL.

How's the external speaker?

I read LG did something with the phone for the speaker to have a better resonance chamber and it actually makes the external speaker louder, you can actually feel bass and putting it on a table or something would make it louder. I haven't got the chance to test one in a store so I thought I'd ask on here if it was just a gimmick or if it actually works

Joe199799 said:
I read LG did something with the phone for the speaker to have a better resonance chamber and it actually makes the external speaker louder, you can actually feel bass and putting it on a table or something would make it louder. I haven't got the chance to test one in a store so I thought I'd ask on here if it was just a gimmick or if it actually works
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Yes from my experience it's loud af. And yes you can actually feel the bass when you're playing a song. Putting it on a table makes it even louder.

LameMonster82 said:
Yes from my experience it's loud af. And yes you can actually feel the bass when you're playing a song. Putting it on a table makes it even louder.
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Thanks for the answer. I'm probably going to pick it up when the T-Mobile variant gets root it's honestly all I'm waiting for before I grab it

it's seriously good sound if you put it on an inverted 5 gal bucket, plastic crate or box. you can actually hear bass and mids. blew me away.

https://youtu.be/R3OcAoIF6Wk
https://youtu.be/JaJ1P-rp2fg

For a single bottom facing speaker this thing is Loud and Clear. I don't get distortion like on other devices I have had. Put it on the table and it resonates nicely. Almost don't have to use my Bluetooth speaker.

I have a roll of paper towels by the sink, and I lay the phone over the hole of the tube while I listen to music doing the dishes, and that sounds pretty nice. The speaker is actually annoyingly loud with some music, so I listen to music without using max speaker now.
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Question Bottom speaker louder than top speaker?

Hi everyone,
I tried a stereo speaker test (youtube) and I hear that the speaker on the bottom is always a bit louder than the one on the top, no matter what volume percentage I am on. It is not really noticeable in everyday use, but I am a bit paranoid if this is normal with the phone.
Could you tell me if this is also the case with your phones as well?
Thank you in advance.

Yes, it is normal on phones with stereo speakers.

That's cos the top one is an earpiece, not actually a speaker while the bottom one is a speaker, it has those little balls in the speaker housing too to boost audio. Checkout one of JerryRigEverything's teardowns if you've never seen that before.

Normal from my OnePlus experience.

galaxys said:
Normal from my OnePlus experience.
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Not only OnePlus. Had s10e before and had bottom speaker louder than the top one.