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HD Voice

Waiting for this also...when using FaceTime Audio the difference is night and day between regular calls.

I am thinking the support for HD Audio for iPhones will come with the release of 7.1. Here's to hoping!
 
We have HD voice here on Vodafone 4G and it's free.
You do notice it when on a call to another HD capable handset :)
 
imaginex20 said:
Waiting for this also...when using FaceTime Audio the difference is night and day between regular calls.

I am thinking the support for HD Audio for iPhones will come with the release of 7.1. Here's to hoping!
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iPhone 5 and up already supports HD Audio. You do realize it only works if both phones support HD audio. Once the carries flip the switch.
 
Mrbobb said:
U mean no more drop outs? Concert quality? And how much do they want?
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I'd imagine it be free since it's just a codec and t-mobile USA offers it for free also. Might get people excited for VoLTE also.
 
I will believe it when I drive it.

In my old RAZR days, AT&T was said to use a HALF channel GSM for voice calls by default, but there was a hack to enable FULL channel on the Motorola, I did it, it seemed to help, but am not 100% sure if it was placebo effect. :cool:
 
Oui said:
iPhone 5 and up already supports HD Audio. You do realize it only works if both phones support HD audio. Once the carries flip the switch.
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exactly. although HD voice seems nice, it only works if the other person you're talking to also has an HD voice phone, which at this point is very slim to none.

Facetime Audio is the way to go.
 
Col Ronson said:
exactly. although HD voice seems nice, it only works if the other person you're talking to also has an HD voice phone, which at this point is very slim to none.

Facetime Audio is the way to go.
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Slim to none?

iPhone 5, 5C, 5S, and a ton of Android handsets...
 
imaginex20 said:
Waiting for this also...when using FaceTime Audio the difference is night and day between regular calls.
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FWIW, Facetime Audio is using higher bitrates and a better quality codec (AAC-ELD) than the HD Voice standard (G722.2). So while HD Voice should sound great, it won't be AS great as FaceTime Audio (which I agree, sounds awesome, and I prefer to use it whenever I can).


I am thinking the support for HD Audio for iPhones will come with the release of 7.1. Here's to hoping!
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iPhone 5 and 5s already support HD Voice. It's up to the carriers to provision it on their networks.
 
scaredpoet said:
FWIW, Facetime Audio is using higher bitrates and better quality codecs than the HD Voice standard. So while HD Voice should sound great, it won't be AS great as FaceTime Audio (which Ia grew, sounds awesome, I prefer to use it whenever I can).




iPhone 5 and 5s already support HD Voice. It's up to the carriers to provision it on their networks.
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Again this is regards to HD voice with att...I know the iPhones support it but it can be disabled through carrier files
 
imaginex20 said:
Again this is regards to HD voice with att...I know the iPhones support it but it can be disabled through carrier files
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And AT&T can update its carrier files without having to wait for an OS update. They've done it before.
 
Col Ronson said:
exactly. although HD voice seems nice, it only works if the other person you're talking to also has an HD voice phone, which at this point is very slim to none.

Facetime Audio is the way to go.
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each case is different. Most of my contacts have HD audio phones
 
So when ATT?? When?? On a side note, is wifi required for Face Time Audio?? Haven’t used it yet. Need to since both the wife and I have iPhone 5S's. As stated before most newer Androids’ support HD voice
 
Switched from ATT to T-Mobile: the HD voice quality is amazing!
ATT can suck my balls for being such a greedy bastard with such an old equipment.
 
Apple Fan 21 said:
So when ATT?? When?? On a side note, is wifi required for Face Time Audio?? Haven’t used it yet. Need to since both the wife and I have iPhone 5S's.
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Nope, just a good HSPA connection, or LTE will do fine. The drawback is that if you're not on Wifi, FaceTime Audio will use cellular data and draw against your data usage instead of cellular voice minutes.

Looks like the FaceTime audio codec runs at about 128 kbps, which works out to a little under 800 kilobytes per minute. A GB of data will get you 1,300 minutes of FaceTime audio.
 
HD audio, if and when they turn it on will come at an extra cost one way or the other. Don't be misled into believing that ATT will be giving this to you for free
 
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