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iphone 3g speaker phone
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Yeah the speaker phone is very poor IMO.
I know the iphone is capable of being louder because some ringtones and game music and things like that produce very loud sound. I don't know why it is so soft. disappointing. if you are in a silent room it is ok, but if there is any background noise at all it makes things challenging
I know the iphone is capable of being louder because some ringtones and game music and things like that produce very loud sound. I don't know why it is so soft. disappointing. if you are in a silent room it is ok, but if there is any background noise at all it makes things challenging
Well ... I don't know if I'd say it's very poor (especially compared to a Motorola Q).
It depends on a lot of things. How you lay/hold the phone during the call. If you lay down on a flat hard surface (like on a glass table, or cup it the right way with your hand), it'll be pretty loud. If you just hold it up 'open air', it'll be more quiet.
The other caller - some people have bad mics on their phones. Some people I have to turn my volume down with, and other people I have to turn it up. So it all depends.
Using it in a car is gonna be tough - not many things sound loud in a car/train/subway. In fact, I often have to turn my headphones up higher than I think is "good" for my ears on the subway, cause I can barely hear it otherwise! Let alone use a speakerphone.
It's not ear shatteringly loud - but I don't feel it's a piece of junk either. It's certainly louder than the first gen, at least.
It depends on a lot of things. How you lay/hold the phone during the call. If you lay down on a flat hard surface (like on a glass table, or cup it the right way with your hand), it'll be pretty loud. If you just hold it up 'open air', it'll be more quiet.
The other caller - some people have bad mics on their phones. Some people I have to turn my volume down with, and other people I have to turn it up. So it all depends.
Using it in a car is gonna be tough - not many things sound loud in a car/train/subway. In fact, I often have to turn my headphones up higher than I think is "good" for my ears on the subway, cause I can barely hear it otherwise! Let alone use a speakerphone.
It's not ear shatteringly loud - but I don't feel it's a piece of junk either. It's certainly louder than the first gen, at least.
The speaker phone in the iPhone 3G, while much better than the 1st gen speaker phone, is one of the biggest gripes. I really hope that the next hardware revision has a super loud speaker phone...
Unless you do the needle method. Then it's just as loud. Seriously.
I agree with the rest of what you said though. It's not as loud as some of the clamshell phones I've heard but it definitely isn't quiet. It's loud enough that I can hear a podcast (Leo Laporte's) in my wife's Jeep Liberty (no iPod connector to head unit) and understand what is being said clearly.
the speaker phone mode on iphone is worthless to me. I have the speaker phone as close to my ear as I would without speaker phone mode on. 
the speaker phone mode on iphone is worthless to me. I have the speaker phone as close to my ear as I would without speaker phone mode on.
That sounds like a broken speaker to me.
Unless, of course, you guys are using your speaker phones in a car/train/bar/party/etc.