Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the OnePlus 3's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
hello guys..i know this off topic..but can anyone compare the vabiration of this op3 to any samsung device..
is the strength is the same or lower.
is the type of vibration is the same ...by the type i mean somthing u can feel it specially when u write with the keybord
If you are coming from a 6P, you will be greatly disappointed with the OP3 speakers, and maybe most phones that do not have front facing/dual speakers. OP3 are fairly weak, but gets the job done as long as there arent much background noise, otherwise you might have a hard time listening to whatever you are playing.
How is it? Is it loud? Is it crispy?
since this thread is about speakerPHONE, I'll comment. From a volume perspective it isn't quite as loud as my Nexus 6. However the N6 speakerphone sounds like garbage...tinny and raspy. The OP3 sounds much more refined and voices are overall much easier to understand.
I found the speakers very weak in max sound and to loud in min sound. For example, in my previous smartphone, i could see a video with min sound in a room without other noises and others just listen a bit. Now, all can hear very well even in min sound. And if others are sleeping, is boring. With max sound in Street, with normal city noises, is very difficult to hear
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hello guys..i know this off topic..but can anyone compare the vabiration of this op3 to any samsung device..
is the strength is the same or lower.
is the type of vibration is the same ...by the type i mean somthing u can feel it specially when u write with the keybord
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If you are coming from a 6P, you will be greatly disappointed with the OP3 speakers, and maybe most phones that do not have front facing/dual speakers. OP3 are fairly weak, but gets the job done as long as there arent much background noise, otherwise you might have a hard time listening to whatever you are playing.
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I found the speakers very weak in max sound and to loud in min sound. For example, in my previous smartphone, i could see a video with min sound in a room without other noises and others just listen a bit. Now, all can hear very well even in min sound. And if others are sleeping, is boring. With max sound in Street, with normal city noises, is very difficult to hear
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All off-topic. This thread is about speakerphone for calls.
I find that the speaker for calls is on the low side imo. I have placed a couple calls on speaker while at home where its pretty quiet, and had to turn the speaker all the way up for it to be "loud enough". If I were out in public or somewhere where there was more ambient noise, I feel like I'd have trouble making out the conversation.
The speakers are OK but I hope next phone stereo or on an other place.
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Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the OnePlus 3's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
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Hi all,
Your expert advise required. I purchased my one plus 3 yesterday. I just love the phone. But I noticed that the volume coming from the earpiece is not that loud. Even I have kept the volume to max, but still its not that loud. Also if I am in a crowded place, I can't hear a damn thing what other person is speaking . For ex , yesterday I was travelling in BMTC bus and when my friend called I couldn't hear anything clearly, his voice was very very faint. In a quiet room it's okay, but outsides I have to press my phone very close and hard to my ear so that I hear everything right.
I am switching from moto g2. I my moto, the earpiece sound was crazy, just spike the sounds to more than 50%, the voice of the caller will be deafening and the whole world can listen to your conversation.
Please suggest if anyone else noticed or has faced it recently.
Many thanks !!
Just got my Oneplus 3 Soft Gold. The down-firing speaker isn't as loud as my G4 but the sound is clearer and it doesn't distort. It gets the job done for me as I don't use them so much. I mustly consume media through earphones and there it is very nice and loud.
Better / Louder speakers than Redmi Note 3 amd Redmi Note 4G
Hi,
I have used Redmi Note 4G and 3 in past and have recently got this OnePlus 3. While watching Youtube and other videos I have found that the loudness and clarity are definitely better in this phone.
But it more than twice costly as well.
Not sure about the other brands though.
Speakerphone works perfectly; absolutely no complaints on that count. In normal conditions, can carry on your conversation or even con-call (2 to 3 people in the room/office, speakerphone on) quite comfortably. You do not need to lean in to the phone to hear what is said at the other end. The speakerphone is indeed quite satisfactory.
Hi..I am also struggling with low sound volume through the earpiece during calls. Is it possible to increase it beyond what is possible through volume up/down buttons?
Quality and loudness it´s preety god, but the ubication is horrible. It would be great to have front speaker like Moto G4. But in general is really good (compared with iPhone 6s and S7)
ashpdy said:
Hi all,
Your expert advise required. I purchased my one plus 3 yesterday. I just love the phone. But I noticed that the volume coming from the earpiece is not that loud. Even I have kept the volume to max, but still its not that loud. Also if I am in a crowded place, I can't hear a damn thing what other person is speaking . For ex , yesterday I was travelling in BMTC bus and when my friend called I couldn't hear anything clearly, his voice was very very faint. In a quiet room it's okay, but outsides I have to press my phone very close and hard to my ear so that I hear everything right.
I am switching from moto g2. I my moto, the earpiece sound was crazy, just spike the sounds to more than 50%, the voice of the caller will be deafening and the whole world can listen to your conversation.
Please suggest if anyone else noticed or has faced it recently.
Many thanks !!
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Hey, Did you able to fix it? low volume on earpiece ? I also facing this issue and I ordered a new earpiece online. waiting till it deliver. This happened me after 2 months of purchase. previously it was OK somewhat.
Have you guys tried any sound mods? I've used divinebeats on MM/3.X.X and CM13/14 and it made the speaker go nuts in a wonderful way. I can't get it to work on N/4.X.X and haven't tried lineage yet.
There's also this in francos kernel updater app:
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Speaker is decent not great but decent and its loud enough
Can not change anything in the root directory for example in the "ROOT / System / ETC / mixer_paths_tasha.xml" to increase the sound?
Guys the solution is the simplest one
i cleaned the earpiece's grill (after you remove your earpiece there will be probably a black layer of Speaker Cloth remove that too and then you will see the grill ) , it had a thick layer of dust in it , i used some alcohol an old toothbrush a little force at the grill and after i removed all the dust i putted the old earpiece and the cloth back in I reassembled the phone and volume was like new ....
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If you don't like the sound coming out of your HTC Desire or other HTC phone, if it's distorting at loud volumes and sounding like a$$, your only option is: get another phone. Until now.
The achilles heel in the HTC phones has got to be the speaker. It isn't a "ROM issue". I always found the speaker horrible in general, and unbearable when listening to the operator on voice mails (via speakerphone), or listening to music via speaker, and some ringtones. It would buzz (physical buzz, not some EMI-induced electronic buzz), and distort at certain frequencies (not to mention a complete lack of bass, creating a tinny sound). Most people put HTC's speaker down to a design flaw, and it is (shame on you, HTC!!). If I lowered the volume a notch, I could no longer reliably hear my voicemails on speakerphone IN A SILENT ROOM.
I searched high and low for a fix for this distortion problem, and noticed a lot of people are talking about it, but did not find any fix for it. So I finally came up with something that worked (though not 100%). My trusty ol' fun-tak fix (phone's too small for duct tape). The speaker is the rectangle (next to the flash diode). The fix required two tiny strips of fun-tak, rolled (like dough), and adhered to the top and bottom perimeter (or 'frame') of the speaker (not the grill). I had put slightly too much and my cover on the speaker corner doesn't close tightly, but that's ok... the Desire is in a silicone case.
What this does is reduce vibrations, which causes the parts to rattle and buzz at loud volumes. Result: very little distortion left, and with much of the distortion gone, the sound quality is not as bad as first thought. Things are clearer and perceptibly louder, due to reduction in distortion. This will make it harder to change the battery, as the back cover is expected to stick somewhat to the internals.
With a bit more tinkering, it might be conceivable to reduce all audible distortion, or reduce some and still close the cover 100%. Next up will be tweaking the phone to acheive better audio quality in general. (I intend to have the best sounding Desire on the planet!).
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If you don't like the sound coming out of your HTC Desire or other HTC phone, if it's distorting at loud volumes and sounding like a$$, your only option is: get another phone. Until now.
The achilles heel in the HTC phones has got to be the speaker. It isn't a "ROM issue". I always found the speaker horrible in general, and unbearable when listening to the operator on voice mails (via speakerphone), or listening to music via speaker, and some ringtones. It would buzz (physical buzz, not some EMI-induced electronic buzz), and distort at certain frequencies (not to mention a complete lack of bass, creating a tinny sound). Most people put HTC's speaker down to a design flaw, and it is (shame on you, HTC!!). If I lowered the volume a notch, I could no longer reliably hear my voicemails on speakerphone IN A SILENT ROOM.
I searched high and low for a fix for this distortion problem, and noticed a lot of people are talking about it, but did not find any fix for it. So I finally came up with something that worked (though not 100%). My trusty ol' fun-tak fix (phone's too small for duct tape). The speaker is the rectangle (next to the flash diode). The fix required two tiny strips of fun-tak, rolled (like dough), and adhered to the top and bottom perimeter (or 'frame') of the speaker (not the grill). I had put slightly too much and my cover on the speaker corner doesn't close tightly, but that's ok... the Desire is in a silicone case.
What this does is reduce vibrations, which causes the parts to rattle and buzz at loud volumes. Result: very little distortion left, and with much of the distortion gone, the sound quality is not as bad as first thought. Things are clearer and perceptibly louder, due to reduction in distortion. This will make it harder to change the battery, as the back cover is expected to stick somewhat to the internals.
With a bit more tinkering, it might be conceivable to reduce all audible distortion, or reduce some and still close the cover 100%. Next up will be tweaking the phone to acheive better audio quality in general. (I intend to have the best sounding Desire on the planet!).
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Interesting...how about a photo of your handywork?
Well, I can't find my digital camera so.... I had the Desire take a photo of itself (hence the weird angle). The fun-tak is shown flat in the pic, but it started out rolled (before the cover was put back on).
Hope this helps someone.
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Along the same lines, mine has been a lot better since I fitted a Case-Mate Tough case, it seems to stop it vibrating / buzzing when listening to the speaker, it's still not perfect, but a lot better.
Trev
Might be slightly off topic, but in terms of music quality, I was really dissapointed with my Desire (coming from a Nokia N81)... I've just started using PowerAmp (music player) and I was blown away by how good the EQ is in it. Even the loudspeaker sounds 10x better. Highly recommended.
Thanks for the tip on how to physically increase the quality, will try it.
My battery door has a foam/rubberized gaskey on it that seals tightly to the speaker when installed. i get no viberation or any distortion from my desire speaker.
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My battery door has a foam/rubberized gaskey on it that seals tightly to the speaker when installed. i get no viberation or any distortion from my desire speaker.
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Sounds good. I take it you don't have a plain Desire then?
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Sounds good. I take it you don't have a plain Desire then?
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Well i have the north american model, so it possibly has a newer battery door design. i dont know.
Beylie said:
Might be slightly off topic, but in terms of music quality, I was really dissapointed with my Desire (coming from a Nokia N81)... I've just started using PowerAmp (music player) and I was blown away by how good the EQ is in it. Even the loudspeaker sounds 10x better. Highly recommended.
Thanks for the tip on how to physically increase the quality, will try it.
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Well it doesn't improve sound quality per se, just a noticeable reduction in distortion. I have other tweaks that will improve sound quality. Don't know how much I can do with the 50 cent speaker they put in the HTC Desire, though. I looked at EQ as a solution, but for some odd reason, all the EQ apps were for music. Not for system sounds. Except DM, which came with my LeeDroid ROM. However, boosting EQ here only made things worse. I found I had to cut off all high and low frequencies to reduce distortion. This just reduced clarity (and volume), and in the end, was worse than having no EQ. Hence the fun-tak.
YMMV.
Could we replace the loud speaker and the ear speaker of that of nokia or blackberry , most of them look similar ?
Attached is image of speaker of nokia and HTC touch diamond two .
I was just wondering the same thing for my HTC sensation ... the ear speaker sound is just crap
Yeah, mine distorts as hell.
I've dropped the phone a few times, and now the case is so distorted that there is a ~1mm gap visible on the side, between the back plate and the body of the phone. Thus they do not touch, and I also don't seem to have this distortion problem.
Sound from a phone will be distorted anyway because of the low-cost, low-space, high-volume requirements.
Okay guys I recently ordered these on Amazon since I was in need of Bluetooth headphones. It has 4.5/5 stars on Amazon and for only $50, it wouldn't hurt to try them. Starting off, I really liked the packaging. It was love at first sight
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When taken out, these headphones look really really good.
These has a unique design. They headphones are attached to the band that stays around your neck. Just pull them out the socket and put them in your ear. When you're done, put them back in the socket, which connects with a magnet that's on the back part of the ear buds.
They have controls that work well with the phone. They have Play/Pause, Volume Up/Down, Next/Previous and a phone button
The headset itself has its own volumes. You can set the volume for the headset and if its not loud enough or too loud, you can also make it louder or less louder with the volume button on the phones. There is also a bass booster feature that enables when you hold down Volume up and down at the same time and it sounds good for Bluetooth headphones. The only control that doesn't seem to work right is the fast forward/rewind button. It says to hold down the next/previous button to do this. The headphones itself makes the noise that makes it seem like its doing it but the song continues at normal speed. Not a deal breaker. I tried this with Google Music so it might be different with other players. It has a built in mic and I only made one call and the person said they heard me loud and clear. The headset will have its own notification to let you know about the call and the neck band actually vibrates which I think is cool
It comes with an app that reads the message but let me save another long block of text by simply saying: ICS=No Worky.
Another thing is when you have it on, the phone button works like voice commands. I have Vlingo on my phone and it only seems to work right with the In Car feature of Vlingo as everything with that is done by voice but I'm sure that's yet another battery hog.
Also when you pick it up, it feels very light and like it dangles so at first it felt like it could break easily but I'm sure its durable. The ear buds are also sweat proof and water resistant (Im sure read this in the description)
Okay sorry for the long review but I just wanted to get this out there for any one in search of a good Bluetooth set. I know us GNex users suffer battery issues but if you don't mind that or you have great battery life, I HIGHLY recommend these. These are some great Bluetooth ear buds and for $50 with how great it works and looks, you really can't go wrong. Hope this helped someone out there
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0052YFYFK/ref=mp_s_a_2?qid=1327344010&sr=8-2
Does anyone know if any local stores like, best buy, target, staples, etc... sell this headset.
I got the exact same ones about 2-3 weeks ago from newegg for $40. Awesome headset for the price. I've been using them almost everyday at work.
Yea these are awesome. I didn't think they were gonna be this awesome and I was about to buy a pair of beats by Dre wireless but idk if I will now lol
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xXJay_RXx said:
Yea these are awesome. I didn't think they were gonna be this awesome and I was about to buy a pair of beats by Dre wireless but idk if I will now lol
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The Beats By Dre has WAY too much bass...
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The Beats By Dre has WAY too much bass...
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Well from what I've read the wireless ones has lesser bass than the actual corded ones. I might still get them but with these, I'm almost positive I've found my perfect Bluetooth headphones
I just returned the ibeats earbuds to best buy last week. Those were by far the worst headphones I have ever owned.
I searched the entire market and this is the model that struck me.
Now that you have owned this piece for about 4 months, can you tell us the pros and cons in real usage ??
I am mainly looking at Multipoint connectivity an iPOD and my Galaxy Note at the same time. Is that possible with this model ??
I've had these since at least November. I use them almost every single day at work. I use them while jogging, working out, shopping... basically everywhere.
I bought my sister and her boyfriend each a set for Christmas.
I've said it a few times but these are literally my favorite tech purchase of the year. For wireless they sound excellent. I don't expect audiophile quality out of any wireless equipment, but these did surprise me for the price. The design is superb. I love being able to have one ear bud in at work listening to podcasts while the other bud is safely stored away. The battery will likely outlast your nexus and as long as you plug it in each night you shouldn't have any issues there.
I've had mine for 6 months and they don't seem any worse for the wear. I try to wipe them down after jogging / working out, but other than that they don't get any special treatment.
5/5.
Great. This surely helps me make the decision.
Anything you can say about the multipoint connectivity?
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Great. This surely helps me make the decision.
Anything you can say about the multipoint connectivity?
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I haven't used multi point much, but it does switch between my MacBook and Galaxy Nexus without problem.
I absolutely love these headphones. They sound great, the battery lasts for quite a few hours, and it works perfectly for calls as well. This is especially great when I travel for work. Because the headset is stereo and goes in both ears, I have no problems tuning airport noises out while on any call.
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Does anyone know if any local stores like, best buy, target, staples, etc... sell this headset.
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Best Buy has them for $70. You might be able to price match Amazon.com
Compatibility with Windows Phone 7?
Anyone confirmed the LG tone working with Windows Phone?
I use These everyday at work.mthey are fantastic!
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I use These everyday at work.mthey are fantastic!
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Thank you. My brother has purchased it over Amazon. Will receive it on 12th.
Just waiting now
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I bought a pair a month ago. I got then on ebay for $35 & I really love them. I had the motorola's SD-9, those were uncomfortable, sounded weak & the controls stopped responding a couple of month after I bought them. These are very comfy. They sound great with good sound level. I use them with my iPod & HTC OneX. I listen to my audiobooks in the iPod and when I get a call it just pauses the iPod, I do my call and then the iPod resumes. The batery life is awesome, I listen to my iPod all day long without having to stop to recharge. The calls sound loud & clear, the caller hears me clearly without having to raise my voice. These are great!
Bought the updated version of these bluetooth headphones (HBS-730) and they are fantastic.
Thanks for the reviews everyone, guess I found my bluetooth headset
Some Cons
I purchased the HBS-730 and all of the positive reviews are correct. I would like to share two real-world-use concerns.
1) The ear buds have a hole opposite the speaker. I can tell that they enhance the sound quality because when I cover them with my finger, the audio degrades. When I'm running this hole creates a noticeable wooshing sound.
2) These are designed to rest comfortably around your neck. When running, they bounce up and down and bonk against my collar bones. I have attempted to put the front parts under my shirt, but that hasn't worked very well. I may try clipping them to my shirt to keep them from bouncing up.
Has anyone else experienced these issues?
hey guys im looking for some good Bluetooth music headphone, i like to listen to music most of the time so mostly they have to have a good battery that will last 8h+ on music plz help me out?
I like the MW600.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Ericsson-Bluetooth-Stereo-Headset/dp/B003DQ1DCM
Good battery life, FM radio, plus you have the option to use your own headphones if you have good ones or are picky like that. Only down side is the difficult to adjust volume control, but I don't find it's often an issue.
Jabra Clipper
I have the Jabra Clipper, and they are totally not bad. I had the sony mentioned above, but lost it. I liked it better, but this Clipper stays put and I've not lost it the way I did the sony.
Amazon has them (tried to put link, but I was denied due to my noob status)
Hope this is helpful. Sound is very good, and surprisingly loud. You can use your own headphones, and it's very small. Battery life is much better listening to music than it is for phone calls.
KC
I have the motorola sp10 hd's. I like them cause of the fact that there are no wires and there waterproof. They are a tad uncomfortable but i got used to them. They also have control functions on them and its own volume so u have the phone volume plus the headphones volume. Call controls if you want to use them to talk and they sound is pretty good
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hey guys im looking for some good Bluetooth music headphone, i like to listen to music most of the time so mostly they have to have a good battery that will last 8h+ on music plz help me out?
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if it helps any, I have a similar thread started for the Beatback Go headphones here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1689399
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I have the Jabra Clipper, and they are totally not bad. I had the sony mentioned above, but lost it. I liked it better, but this Clipper stays put and I've not lost it the way I did the sony.
Amazon has them (tried to put link, but I was denied due to my noob status)
Hope this is helpful. Sound is very good, and surprisingly loud. You can use your own headphones, and it's very small. Battery life is much better listening to music than it is for phone calls.
KC
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+1 for the clipper.
I use motorola s-10hd's. Battery life is alright, they come with 4 different ear plug sizes, and they are waterproof. They are uncomfortable at first, but you get used to them. Of all that I have tried, I like the sound of the motorolas the best. I also have some s-305's, they are good sounding, and comfy, but they are not waterproof. I workout daily and I need something that can handle sweat.
Go with a wireless headset instead of these other poster's recommended turd wired bluetooth pieces since it gets in the way.
I've used these for over a year and a half while working out and running.
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-S305-Bluetooth-Headset-Microphone/dp/B002BH3I9U
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Good battery life, FM radio, plus you have the option to use your own headphones if you have good ones or are picky like that. Only down side is the difficult to adjust volume control, but I don't find it's often an issue.
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Wow that looks pretty sweet, I'd never heard of this before - but it looks pretty versatile.
Other than the volume control issue, have you experienced any other issues?
wormsign said:
Wow that looks pretty sweet, I'd never heard of this before - but it looks pretty versatile.
Other than the volume control issue, have you experienced any other issues?
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It (the MW600) is pretty small (about the size of a AA battery), and it is put in place using a small clip down 1/2 of its length. Because of this, it sometimes can be pulled off of clothing if it isn't placed well (hence why kcfreels mentioned a lost one). I work in agribusiness research, so I do quite a bit of regular bending, lifting, and walking, and I've not lost one yet since I've been very careful to attach it securely and not pull on it.
It's quite difficult to switch between sources (FM radio, phone media audio) without looking at the unit. It's possible, but half the time I have to look to make it work without trying 3-4 times. The reason for this is to switch sources, you have to hold the play button (easy to do blind) followed by selecting one of two-3 points (depending on how many sources you have paired) on the oft-maligned volume slide pad... and the points are not very far apart and it's easy to hit somewhere else without meaning to before the change takes. This isn't often a problem though, since I'm either listening to FM radio (and calls come through automatically but not text-by-voice) or I'm listening to music/pandora/g-music through my phone... so I just don't switch more than 2-3 times per day anyway.
Other issues I've seen are inherent to the bluetooth setup, not because of the MW600 unit itself (like the phone needing to be awake and without lock to use completely "hands-free" with the call button on the headset; voice recognition in windy/noisy areas is poor; etc.).
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I have the motorola sp10 hd's. I like them cause of the fact that there are no wires and there waterproof. They are a tad uncomfortable but i got used to them. They also have control functions on them and its own volume so u have the phone volume plus the headphones volume. Call controls if you want to use them to talk and they sound is pretty good
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i had the sd9 ima buy then again on amazon i was jusr looking foe something with better battery
I've spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to find the absolute best BT headphones and I can without a doubt tell you the BEST possible thing you can get is the Jaybird Freedom. (J3)
Super comfortable, great battery (8+ hours) superior sound & bass and extremely durable. Get these and you will wish you had got them sooner.. Worth EVERY one of the $99 dollars I spent on them. Yes there are cheaper. They fit and sound cheaper also.
http://www.jaybirdgear.com/jf3/
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I've spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to find the absolute best BT headphones and I can without a doubt tell you the BEST possible thing you can get is the Jaybird Freedom. (J3)
Super comfortable, great battery (8+ hours) superior sound & bass and extremely durable. Get these and you will wish you had got them sooner.. Worth EVERY one of the $99 dollars I spent on them. Yes there are cheaper. They fit and sound cheaper also.
http://www.jaybirdgear.com/jf3/
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thanx i order
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thanx i order
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Cool! You won't be disappointed. Spend some time finding the right in ear bud size. It comes with 3 sizes. Also, the upside-down shark fins that hold it into your ears, there are 3 sets of them also. You'll want to find that size as well.
DSP manager is a good idea if you are a audiophile.
hey man thanx actually im running the blue kuban rom which has beats audio plus i like the earclip im just looking for a bluetooth heaphone with good battery life
i thought a rom with beats audio messes up the bluetooth? was that fixed?
Majin101 said:
i thought a rom with beats audio messes up the bluetooth? was that fixed?
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i got no isue with blue kabun maybe in other roms but not in this one
bose mobile in war headset 2 streams music flawlessly. pretty clear running on vlazer 4.1
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i made my own. bought a zonda set for cheap. the headphones on it were pretty bad. replaced them with some koss ksc75 headphones, because they are known for great sound on a budget. the headphones pivot at the connection point to the headband. they really sound great now. also, the battery life and range is excellent.
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He new awesome beats plays over Bluetooth real well. I was having to flash a version of the rom I use without beats so I can use my bt headphones but "The goodness v16.3" has "Awesome Beats" and they work with Bluetooth devices.
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This is a review of AfterShokz Bluez open ear bluetooth wireless stereo headphones. http://www.aftershokz.com/AfterShokz-Bluez-Open-Ear-Bluetooth-Headphones-p/as330.htm
All of my previous reviews of wireless headphones were focused around sound quality, noise isolation, and ear tip fitment. Now, here comes a new chapter in wireless headphones with all these rules out of the window. Based on a military technology of bone conduction, AfterShokz were designed to sit outside of your ears conducting the sound through your cheekbones to your inner ear - a shortcut bypassing your eardrums. I know, the description of this process doesn't sound too attractive, but once you get these wraparound headphones on - it will make a perfect sense. I was a bit confused myself reading the description, that's why I couldn't wait to receive my review sample, to test it out, and to share my first hand experience.
Once you open the box, the first thing you notice is a very nice and sturdy carrying case which is the size of the box itself. These are not earbuds or some foldable headphones, but rather a full wraparound band headphones with a unique design shape where having a carrying case with a generous bonus storage pocket is a great idea. For anybody who has Tone+ or similar headphones, you will know what I mean when it's time to pack your headphones and you wish you would have a carrying case to protect these from breaking. Once you take headphones out, you couldn't believe how lightweight these are at only 1.5 ounces (43 grams). These are designed to wrap around back of your head with ear piece pads aligned to sit right in front of your ears. The pads are soft rubberized and form a tight seal around attachment. As stated by manufacture, these are water resistant and sweat proof, backed up by 2 year warranty, and you can clearly see that from a solid design. For a better fitment there is a adjustable rubber tension band that hooks inside of headphone band, and it does a good job keeping these up without falling down on your shoulders.
The controls are located on the sides of earpieces and on the back of the headphone band. First of all, big thumbs up for a dedicated physical sliding power switch. There is no second guessing if you turned these on/off, or if they are still paired up or in a standby mode. You turn it on and get a voice prompt about connecting, pairing up, and battery status (when you hit volume buttons). Right next to it you will find a standard micro-usb charging port. Bluez also come with a high quality micro-usb cable that you can use with your own wall adapter or charging from your laptop/PC usb port. These headphones are rated for up to 6 hours of continuous playback time, and standby time of up to 10 days. Also, it supports all the available bluetooth profiles (A2DP, AVRCP, HSP, HFP), and once paired up I tested it for up to 50ft wireless range in my house until I got disconnected. Also, on the back you will find Volume up/down controls which double as playback control when you hold it down to skip Next/Prev while playing songs. Typically, volume and playback skip controls are not the most used functions so having it on the back of the headphone band is not a bad idea. For your common most used play/pause and call functions, these two buttons are placed on either side of the sound earpieces. Very elegantly designed, those fit in the corner and easy to locate and operate either if you are playing music from your phone/tablet or need to pick up/hangup a call. Both functions work as expected, and receiving and carrying on a phone call worked great.
But the main point of these headphones: how does it sound? AfterShokz manual refers to earpieces as "transducers" since they actually don't go into your ear. As I mentioned before, they sit in front of it, right on your cheekbone, and it WORKS!!! There is no vibration or anything you might associate with "bone conducting" terminology. Although the sound is not the same as you will experience with in your ear headphones, it's loud and clear and you can actually feel some bass. This is not the same as if you would take regular over the ear headphones and slide them down to your cheekbone, the sound is actually almost like if you would have headphones over your ears. For a test purpose, I even put earplugs (as you can see from my pictures, I used a quality Comply earplug/filters) while listening through Bluez to make sure it's not the sound bleeding out of these that I hear. With earplugs in, you loose some high frequency content but can still hear mids and low frequencies which "conducting" through your cheekbone. Another thing to point out, you will not be welcome to use these on a plane or a bus or anywhere else where you expecting to have privacy while enjoying the sound. To outsiders, these are like a pair of high frequency speakerphones on your ears - it is quite noticeable. So my theory on this bone conductive technology is that low frequencies and some mids are conducted through a bone, while all your high frequencies get to your ears by the sound bleeding out of these transducers. That is the only thing that makes sense to me how they work, and from all the testing I have done.
Overall, I found these to be very unique piece of technology. They are not for all around everyday use if your intention to enjoy private sounds or phone conversation. Also, as you move around and tilt your head the sound will change a bit because of the transducer positioning and reception of high frequency content (lows and mids won't be affected that much). BUT, for a sport activity or any other activity where you don't want to have full noise isolation and actually require to stay alert with a surrounding environment while listening to your music or carrying on phone conversation - these are irreplaceable!!! Furthermore, I read a number of posts from people who have partial hearing loss and use these to listen to music since they bypass eardrums. I personally can think of a number of uses myself where I'm riding a bike, or doing gardening outside, or hiking outdoors, or when I'm working out in my home gym - just a few examples where these can come very handy since you still enjoying a music, have full wireless control of the playback (the sound quality is actually not bad at all!!!), can pickup the call, don't have anything plugged into your ears, and can still get alerted by everything that is going on around you. A definitely innovative piece of technology.
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Do They Stay Put?
I've been keeping an eye on these since they were announced, trying to decide whether or not to they'll work for me. They seem like they'd be great for jogging, where it's important to still be able to hear the traffic around you, but they look like they might bounce around a bit and need constant readjusting. Did you notice this at all or did they seem to stay in place pretty well for you?
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I've been keeping an eye on these since they were announced, trying to decide whether or not to they'll work for me. They seem like they'd be great for jogging, where it's important to still be able to hear the traffic around you, but they look like they might bounce around a bit and need constant readjusting. Did you notice this at all or did they seem to stay in place pretty well for you?
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The tension band does a good job keeping them on. The whole ergonomics of the design and how it wraps around your head makes sure it will not bounce. It worked for me and shaped of my head, although I had to pull tension band to the maximum stretch since I don't have a big head. What I would honestly recommend, order them from amazon and see how it works for you. Sounds like functionally these will fit your needs, but fit could be different for different people, and with amazon hassle free return - you have less headache. These headphones are designed for exercising and active lifestyle, thus lightweight, sweat proof, and easily accessible controls. But if it won't fit your head, the bouncing will be annoying because it will affect the sound since high frequency content comes from "speaker" rather then bone conduction (according to my test results). Bottom line, for me it works but I don't have "universal" head shape
OK, cool. I'll have to go ahead and give them a try. Thanks for the reply!
Thinking of getting these to listen to audio books on my cycle to work. Would you still recommend them?
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Thinking of getting these to listen to audio books on my cycle to work. Would you still recommend them?
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For audio books, absolutely. If you want to hear high quality sound - not. But to hear recorded speech while being fully aware of everything around - it will definitely work. And as I always say, if it doesn't - you can return it
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For audio books, absolutely. If you want to hear high quality sound - not. But to hear recorded speech while being fully aware of everything around - it will definitely work. And as I always say, if it doesn't - you can return it
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Thanks for your feedback. Now to find a decent price.
Water proof
vectron said:
As stated by manufacture, these are water resistant and sweat proof, backed up by 2 year warranty, and you can clearly see that from a solid design.
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Are they in fact?
Because here I found quite a different statement: Please Google "AFTERSHOKZ BLUEZ: A RATHER BADLY DESIGNED PRODUCT" (since I can't post links here yet)
eugrus said:
Are they in fact?
Because here I found quite a different statement: Please Google "AFTERSHOKZ BLUEZ: A RATHER BADLY DESIGNED PRODUCT" (since I can't post links here yet)
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If you push it hard, anything breaks Every company has defective units, and even the best waterproof headphones break after a week of extreme training. Don't have these anymore, but by memory remember it was sealed really well for moderate use.
I'm only getting sound out of the R/H speaker. I've tested the speakers with an online website that fades the sounds from left to right and all the sounds come out of the R/H speaker like it's mono (L/H channel sound comes out the R/H side). It's like the L/H side is muted, anyone else experiencing this?
Same for me too on p6p not sure what's going on
Same p6p
Just found this, I guess it's normal. The L/H "speaker" is actually a microphone. Number 14 is the mic, I don't know why the descriptions didn't show up.
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Link to source: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7157629?hl=en#zippy=,pixel-pro,pixel
SIM card tray
Top speaker
Top microphone
Front-facing camera
Power button
Volume up/down button
Fingerprint sensor
Rear-facing camera
Tele camera
LED flash
NFC
Bottom speaker
USB-C port
Bottom microphone
I would think that the best way to get stereo would be to use top and bottom speakers rather than two that would be right next to each other.
Mine seems to have stereo set up, tested a stereo YouTube clip and sound does come out of the top speaker. The bottom firing speaker is louder and I have adjusted in the settings to try and balance it out.
Another thing for people to ***** and moan about
Gulfstream 650 said:
I'm only getting sound out of the R/H speaker. I've tested the speakers with an online website that fades the sounds from left to right and all the sounds come out of the R/H speaker like it's mono (L/H channel sound comes out the R/H side). It's like the L/H side is muted, anyone else experiencing this?
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while its a long shot, make sure you dont have mono sound turned on in accessibility and/or that the slider there is not adjusted to one side. settings > accessibility > audio adjustment.
short of that or a hardware defect, stereo sound on pixels is pretty bad as the lower speaker is a great deal louder than the upper (earpiece) speaker. it has been a somewhat widely reported issue.
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Mine seems to have stereo set up, tested a stereo YouTube clip and sound does come out of the top speaker. The bottom firing speaker is louder and I have adjusted in the settings to try and balance it out.
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Be careful when adjusting the L&R balance. I managed to blow the weaker top speaker on my pixel 4xl.
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Be careful when adjusting the L&R balance. I managed to blow the weaker top speaker on my pixel 4xl.
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Nice of them to match the speaker to the DAC output limits.
86rickard said:
Be careful when adjusting the L&R balance. I managed to blow the weaker top speaker on my pixel 4xl.
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Not gone crazy with the adjustment just moved it a smidgen to the left!
Most pixel phones were crap for this, Pixel 5 launched adaptive sound to balance these and adjust to surrounding. sound and vibration in settings, then enable adaptive sound, this option is supposed to balance the two speakers more to give closer stereo sound. I can definately hear a difference when using it.
To clarify for those asking: the stereo speakers aren't both placed at the bottom. One of the bottom grilles houses the bottom speaker, the other houses the microphone.
The second speaker is found in the earpiece.
To my vast surprise, the earpiece speaker seems to be amplified and delivers much richer sound. I tested the speakers with L/R music and was surprised to see that the low-end and midrange is actually tied to the earpiece, not the bottom speaker!
That is in dire contrast to what one would think, especially considering the fact that sound balance seems to be shifted towards the bottom firing speaker, something which DXOMark also confirmed in their audio review. But the earpiece just sounds better when it's playing on its own.
The speakers sound their best at around 60-70% volume. That is when you get the most low and midrange with balanced highs. The higher volumes just turn up the highs and drowns the bass and the low volumes don't really have bass.
As has been said previously - adaptive sound is a worthwhile feature to enable. The difference is noticable.
It's a decent set of speakers, and in some scenarios they play better than iPhones - especially at that 60-70% volume. But they shine in such narrow conditions that it's difficult to praise them wider.