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Apple Releases iOS 6.1.4 for iPhone 5 With New Speakerphone Audio Profile
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I have a test music track to test the bass response. iPhone 5 speaker phone previously was just pathetic in base response. With the update either it is as bad as before or slightly worse, can not tell but there is definitely no improvement. Not that I was expecting any improvement, so this is just a data point.
I'd guess that this is the Bluetooth speakerphone audio profile that was updated, not the physical speakerphone audio on the device. Hopefully it will fix the issue where voice navigation skips words when using a Bluetooth speakerphone. Won't be able to verify until tonight.
Even though a percentage of the users experience some battery issues (at least some of which aren't really related to the phone/OS itself and are more related to some apps and/or quality of cellular/Wi-Fi signal available) doesn't really mean there's some sort of an issue to be addressed, especially if you factor in that most people don't actually experience that particular issue.
I used to hear quite a bit of distortion at louder volumes. After the update, the sound seems clearer. I'm still amazed at the amount of sound from such a tiny speaker.
Even assuming this affects speaker performance system-wide and not just in the Phone app, the changes were likely made within human vocal range.
A before and after would be cool, though. Anyone know some good toll-free numbers with clear voice recordings we can flood?
I wish T-Mobile had as good coverage as Thailand carriers do... at over three times the price of subscription 
Still much better than AT&T's rates though...
Still much better than AT&T's rates though...
After the update the phone continually searched for cellular. Had to manually restart the phone. All is back now. Odd.
Agh... u just confirmed my own paranoid observations -- I think the bass suffered. The bass before was not strong but you did FEEL it there. With the update it feels as if it's become just like every other average speaker on a phone out there
for me somehow signal strengh is weaker. Before updating was 5 bars from 5, after update 2-3 bars from 5. How it could be affected
Ricky Bobby?
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What about my 4S speaker profiles? Apple doesn't care about early adopters, just about pushing out whatever's newer and more expensive.
I could be wrong, but I think 6.1.4 updates Bluetooth Hands-Free Profile (HFP), not the built-in speaker.
Some folks might disagree that this is not an issue. And many battery drain issues are from poorly coded third party apps. So unless you want them to load and vet every app in every possible scenario before approving them
Same here, although I just turned on Airplane mode and then turned it off to essentially get it to stop looking for a signal and then start fresh again.
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What's (or what was) that exactly?
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Since it's only for iPhone 5, it won't show up on a 4S.
That's essentially just from restarting the phone (which is part of an update generally)--battery meter is voltage based so it's not exactly an exact type of thing, so once a phone restarts the fresh reading it gets can be slightly different than what it was before (could be a bit higher or lower).Just finished the update and install; started with 76% battery life and ending with 78%
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