Anyone notice how much stronger the vibration is?!?!

[BFW122083]

Is it just me? I feel like the i5 vibrates a lot louder and stronger. Anyone else?

 

[Agent OrangeZ]

Yes! The ladies are gonna love it!

 

[Czicks]

Is it just me? I feel like the i5 vibrates a lot louder and stronger. Anyone else?

Apple changed the style of motor. Instead of a linear-oscillating mechanism it's a more traditional rotating counter-weight.

 

[jclardy]

Are you coming from the 4S?

They switched the motor type back from the linear oscillator in the 4S.

The 4S had a "smoother" vibration, but as a result I often missed texts and calls, so I'm fine with the return to the old version.

The main annoyance is on a desk, the 4S sounds alright but the 5 is a bit annoying.

Edit: had the types backwards.

 

[BFW122083]

Yeah im coming from a 4s. I like it, kinda surprised me at first.

 

[Chundles]

The speaker is way louder too, just got an email - BIG NOISE!

Good thing for Do Not Disturb.

 

[needsmoar]

I heard it registers on the richter scale

 

[petethepanda]

So the 4S had a different motor but the 5 is back the way the 4 was? I've always thought my 4's vibration is far too weak compared to every other cell phone I've had, I miss calls/texts all the time while walking since I just don't feel it. Has me keeping my phone on ringer far more often than I normally would.

 

[nevesis]

Yes! The ladies are gonna love it!

I downloaded one of those vibrator app's for my iPhone 4 a couple years ago and put it on my girlfriends hoo ha. It wasn't strong enough...

Will be trying again with the iPhone 5 now...

 

[ace198]

That's the thing I hated about using the 4 and 4S. You put the phone on vibrate and in your pocket. The next time you go for it, it has three miss calls. The older phones I had, I thought I was getting a heart attack in my leg area when I got calls.

 

[mkaen]

Apple changed the style of motor. Instead of a linear-oscillating mechanism it's a more traditional rotating counter-weight.

They changed it *back* to how it was in the 4. Same style of motor. And it's likely that because the phone is lighter (less inertia) the vibration is felt more strongly.

 

[SR71]

That's the thing I hated about using the 4 and 4S. You put the phone on vibrate and in your pocket. The next time you go for it, it has three miss calls. The older phones I had, I thought I was getting a heart attack in my leg area when I got calls.

Then the vibration motor in the iPhone 5 will be a welcome change as its vibration motor is much louder and more intense than the vibration motor on the iPhone 4 and 4S.