Only one speaker working

The grill on the right is the microphone, not another speaker. You will never hear sound from it.

i made that mistake the first time i used my iPhone!

I just noticed the same thing when I accidentally covered the speaker on the bottom left of the iPhone.. I was worried for about 3 minutes (that's how long it took me to google "iphone sound from one speaker").

the grill to the left is the speaker, the other grill is a microphone. so you'll only hear your music and speakerphone through the left one. And if your wondering "why is it that when i then cover the speaker,i still hear sound coming from the mircophone?"
well the sound just sometime "bleeds" through to the mircrophone, so its a faint sound.

Woo hoo! I thought mine was boken. I've had it for a week and cant put it down!

lol. I actually took mine to the Apple store because I thought it was messed up. Lucky you found out on a forum, I went through the embarrassment of making a trip to the Apple store to get an answer I could have googled in 3 minutes.

You'll all be pleased to know that this thread is still helping the odd iPhone newbie like me

At least... I hope it's not just me...

rhaleuk said:

Wow, I'm genuinely surprised.

Thanks for clearing that up!

Happier now!

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Why are you surprised that one is a speaker and the other is a micrphone? How do you think your voice is going to be heard while your in a phone call to the other caller? All phones have micrphones you know. Can't believe how many times this question gets asked?

thefunkymunky said:

Why are you surprised that one is a speaker and the other is a micrphone? How do you think your voice is going to be heard while your in a phone call to the other caller? All phones have micrphones you know. Can't believe how many times this question gets asked?

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I was surprised that one of the grills was a mic on the iPhone 3GS (I just got one yesterday) because I just amused it had stereo speakers.

You know, this is really amusing because there was a thread about stickies in this forum and it was concluded that no one would actually use this sticky.

thegoldenmackid said:

You know, this is really amusing because there was a thread about stickies in this forum and it was concluded that no one would actually use this sticky.

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I never read that thread but I was thinking the same thing.

thegoldenmackid said:

You know, this is really amusing because there was a thread about stickies in this forum and it was concluded that no one would actually use this sticky.

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I didn't see the sticky thread until just them, google's #1 result for "only one speaker working on iphone" is this thread here!

Lucas111 said:

I didn't see the sticky thread until just them, google's #1 result for "only one speaker working on iphone" is this thread here!

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That'll be because the other three and a half thousand threads on the same subject have been trashed.

I've just discovered this and thought I might have to send my phone back as it's faulty.

Seems odd that there's only the one speaker but it still sounds quite good, well done

^ It's right there in the manual.

I love seeing threads like this pop up.... ah memories.....

Surely said:

I love seeing threads like this pop up.... ah memories.....

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This is what happens when people are coerced into doing a SEARCH.

They search a topic, it points them to an old post, they add a comment on the old post which then brings it to the top.

The alternative would be to just post the question in a NEW THREAD, but then of course all the forum police would jump on the thread and tell the OP ... " Do you know how to search ? This has been discussed before " or words to this effect.


SEARCH <--- you are damned if you do, and damned if you don't!



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harcosparky said:

This is what happens when people are coerced into doing a SEARCH.

They search a topic, it points them to an old post, they add a comment on the old post which then brings it to the top.

The alternative would be to just post the question in a NEW THREAD, but then of course all the forum police would jump on the thread and tell the OP ... " Do you know how to search ? This has been discussed before " or words to this effect.


SEARCH <--- you are damned if you do, and damned if you don't!



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I wasn't being sarcastic.

KevinPlusPlus said:

The grill on the right is the microphone, not another speaker. You will never hear sound from it.

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This means the iPhone has no Stereo speaker - it's entirely mono.

WickedRabbit said:

This means the iPhone has no Stereo speaker - it's entirely mono.

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Yes, unless you use headphones. The speaker sucks as it is.

iphone.aggie said:

Yes, unless you use headphones. The speaker sucks as it is.

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The speaker on mine doesn't suck.

iphone.aggie said:

Yes, unless you use headphones. The speaker sucks as it is.

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Why do you say it sucks? I think it is nicer and less tinny than other phone speakers.

jmann said:

Why do you say it sucks? I think it is nicer and less tinny than other phone speakers.

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Well, I could say my hearing is bad, but my son has to put the phone to his ear to hear it as well, when I have the speaker phone on. Most times it works okay. However, it's not great sound or anything. I can't imagine using it to listen to music (but, I have never tried, so maybe I have experience to judge on that). However, the voice in the speaker phone is not loud enough IMO. This probably has nothing to do with the speaker, but I also usally don't hear it dialing a number. That drives me crazy.