iPhone 3GS speaker sounds bad

[GreggM3]

When I get a notification on the iPhone 3GS it sounds like the speaker is blown? Our 3G doesn't sound like this. Anyone else notice a difference?

 

[Unspoken Demise]

When I get a notification on the iPhone 3GS it sounds like the speaker is blown? Our 3G doesn't sound like this. Anyone else notice a difference?

A few people have noticed this with texting sounds (tri tone).
Here is a thread of people with the same issue

 

[dagomike]

You have to turn down the volume apparently. It's a wide-spread problem it seems so probably not worth trying to get a replacement. If I bring the volume down a couple notches it sounds OK. In the car though when using a GPS program it's kind of quiet and basically you have to decide between barely hearing it vs distorted kind of hearing it. Kind of sucks.

 

[Vanarak19]

I knew it wasnt just me!

When I had my ringer up 80% the other day, I got a voicemail, and it sounded like my iphone threw up!

 

[AppleFan360]

I actually like how they boosted the volume on the 3GS. Makes it much easier for us older folks to hear the darn thing. LOL

I kind of agree with Apple on this one. It's much better for folks to turn the volume down then to hear complaints about how the iPhone isn't loud enough.

 

[lavinci]

Sometimes, when I lock the phone, it also sounds washed out, distorted.