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Cellular voice call quality?

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iFoggy

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Apr 26, 2011
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Hi,

Does any one have feedback in that they have experienced a degradation with normal voice calls?

I guess it is so hard to pin point because it can be signal strength, location etc but I am just finding on iOS 8 that callers are just struggling to hear me....or not because it could be so many other factors.

I am on Vodacom in South Africa

Thanks
 
I'm having massive issues with mine
On Telecom New Zealand

Has seem to be getting worse, to the point where now no1 can hear me at all
 
Did a little test...

Called someone and asked about call quality, was told it was cr@p
Took a colleagues iPhone 5s sim, inserted it and called the same person

Call quality was unbelievable, even I could hear the difference.

Just come back from doing a sim swap, fingers crossed
 
gumbyjunior1 said:
So is it working????
The suspense is getting too much!
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Ha ha yes it would appear that my call quality has improved, tough to say after only a few calls, but those that I have made seems clear to me and the receivers say there is no more 'static / crackle' as well
 
The best call quality I've experienced since 1999 (when I and family had genuine Qualcomm phones and voice was analog without compression with zero delay - sounded better than being in the same room) has been when each party has a 5s and are both on T-mobile with strong LTE reception and low ping time - at night. It goes to "HD voice" mode (ie a less overcompressing codec and full instead of half-duplex) and sounds very good. About 60% of where we were fifteen years ago.
 
I concur with the continued decline in the mobile operators voice quality, often I will attempt to try a voice call, drop it because it is so bad and use FaceTime audio and be astounded by how much better the quality is...problem for us in South Africa is that data costs are so exorbitant so data usage is at a premium
 
iFoggy said:
I concur with the continued decline in the mobile operators voice quality, often I will attempt to try a voice call, drop it because it is so bad and use FaceTime audio and be astounded by how much better the quality is...problem for us in South Africa is that data costs are so exorbitant so data usage is at a premium
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Data costs are pretty bad everywhere but I wouldn't go as far to say exorbitant here in the UK. 4GB of data with unlimited calls and texts on a 4G SIM will cost £20-£25. Personally I wish I could get 10GB 4G plus unlimited calls and texts for £20/month :rolleyes:, but fat chance of that happening.
 
SCOLANATOR said:
Data costs are pretty bad everywhere but I wouldn't go as far to say exorbitant here in the UK. 4GB of data with unlimited calls and texts on a 4G SIM will cost £20-£25. Personally I wish I could get 10GB 4G plus unlimited calls and texts for £20/month :rolleyes:, but fat chance of that happening.
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Yeah let's not mention the cost of data in the USA.
 
I'm on Verizon and ATTWS in the US, and use an iPhone 5 on both networks with one handset on iOS 7 and iOS 8 on each network. I've noted a bit poorer voice quality while using iOS 8 handsets, but also noticed that the carrier profiles are older on both iOS 8 handsets - which might not mean anything.

That written, the best call quality I get on each of my handsets is while using Facetime audio calls - period. On my Verizon handsets, the only calls I get clear calls are while roaming on the US Cellular network - I can definitely tell the difference between USCC and Verizon. ATTWS calls are usually crap - and I've got a tower about 300 meters/320 yards from my office.
 
M5RahuL said:
Voice Quality is excellent on T-Mobile's Network, especially on voLTE [ voice over LTE ]
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Interestingly I've seen some reviews claiming Sprint has by far the best voice quality (Verizon is ALWAYS worst) but I'd rather die than ever give any money to those bastards.
 
VanillaCracker said:
Yeah let's not mention the cost of data in the USA.
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I have to say there's some things I'm glad for living over here in the UK rather than across the pond. Fixed home ISP's and mobile contracts being two of them... When ISP's can lobby to get net neutrality over ruled which is unquestionably against every single persons interests then you know you've got a ********* government. Not too mention your internet and contracts cost a fortune and offer pretty poor speeds and coverage.

While here it isn't perfect I'm actually pretty happy with my carrier and ISP, just a shame O2 never seem to bother implementing new stuff like HD audio and we will have to see if they will bother with WiFi calling... Doesn't matter as I'll be ditching them next year anyway.
 
Well England is about the size of Oregon. So I understand why you guys have faster broadband than us.
 
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