How did it take them almost a year to find that, don't they usually figure these things out within 24 hours of the phone's launch?
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iPhone 4 Noise Cancellation Delivered by Chip From Audience
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I don't get all the smug negativity. This is a pretty interesting story if you click through and read some about this chip. I've never heard of these guys before, but it's some pretty interesting technology and I'm glad to see it being used in iPhones.
I don't get all the smug negativity. This is a pretty interesting story if you click through and read some about this chip. I've never heard of these guys before, but it's some pretty interesting technology and I'm glad to see it being used in iPhones.
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Hardware tends to be more efficient than software for many things.
Skika said:I am shocked to know that a whole chip is needed for noise cancelation.
Are u kidding me? If u have 2 mics, all could be done via software in iOS with EQ. And some parameters.
Why is a chip needed for this?
Bull
Hardware tends to be more efficient than software for many things.
Give it a try!
Here's a suggestion just give it a try. Pry out your home button use a kitchen knife stick it in there and use an excessive force. Eventually it will fly out make sure wear some protective glasses. Now buy an expensive very powerful microscope. You'll find a letters of the name of manufacturer along with markings "Made in China" right in center at the back of the button. Remember there's no way you can see those letter with your eyes, you really need a very powerful super zoom microscope. Good luck!
Here's a suggestion just give it a try. Pry out your home button use a kitchen knife stick it in there and use an excessive force. Eventually it will fly out make sure wear some protective glasses. Now buy an expensive very powerful microscope. You'll find a letters of the name of manufacturer along with markings "Made in China" right in center at the back of the button. Remember there's no way you can see those letter with your eyes, you really need a very powerful super zoom microscope. Good luck!
Are audience so good?
If the audience noice cencellation chip is so good.
Why does the iPhone suffer from extremely poor quality conversation when on speaker mode. This has been the case from the first iPhone right through to iPhone 4.
I have a company with 10 iPhones and they all suffer the same poor quality. Being a mobile dealer and iOS developer my opinion is that, Nokia were much better than Apple at actually making calls!
I am still waiting for the day when iPhones actually get good at this fundamental feature. After all isn't it called a (i) phone?
If the audience noice cencellation chip is so good.
Why does the iPhone suffer from extremely poor quality conversation when on speaker mode. This has been the case from the first iPhone right through to iPhone 4.
I have a company with 10 iPhones and they all suffer the same poor quality. Being a mobile dealer and iOS developer my opinion is that, Nokia were much better than Apple at actually making calls!
I am still waiting for the day when iPhones actually get good at this fundamental feature. After all isn't it called a (i) phone?
Why "News"?
Why is this story even on the main news page? It's clearly a very minor Iphone-only item....
Why is this story even on the main news page? It's clearly a very minor Iphone-only item....
1. It's may not be news, but it is interesting.
2. It may not be interesting to you, but it might be interesting for other people.
What interests people have can be wide and varied, and if it doesn't interest you, get over it FFS and move along, rather than bitch about it by posting.
2. It may not be interesting to you, but it might be interesting for other people.
What interests people have can be wide and varied, and if it doesn't interest you, get over it FFS and move along, rather than bitch about it by posting.
For some strange reason i was thinking of British people stuffing fries in their ears.
Heyhey, back to work now.
Heyhey, back to work now.
QFT.
Nokia has noise cancellation in their phones with dual microphones btw also but they don't use it for phone calls, only audio and video capture. That's apparently deliberate to maintain call quality and stop it sounding robotic.
it seems like they have done an amazing job. I love the quality on my iPhone.. and when other people who have iPhone 4's call me... the quality its great. Except when they are on speaker phone...
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Another of the Universe's great secrets revealed!... I think we are all going to rest a little bit easier now.
Another of the Universe's great secrets revealed!... I think we are all going to rest a little bit easier now.
Not bitching (by the way, you seem a bit touchy), just commenting that since there's an Iphone forum, IMO this minor article would make more sense there.
Yep. Software is multi-purpose and does many things, but because of that, it isn't particularly efficient at anything. That's why we have GPUs after all.
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"if it doesn't interest you, get over it FFS and move along, rather than bitch about it by posting."
Indeed. Herd mentality at its worst. One smug twerp with an over inflated ego thought he would by himself some cool points by declaring something he didn't understand to be non-interesting. Instead of ignoring him, all the other sheeple fell in line as fast as they could to echo the pack leader's spew before the rest of the herd might have a chance to think they weren't cool enough to hang.
You said it best - if the story doesn't interest you, just move along without posting. The Idiocracy is coming soon.
"if it doesn't interest you, get over it FFS and move along, rather than bitch about it by posting."
Indeed. Herd mentality at its worst. One smug twerp with an over inflated ego thought he would by himself some cool points by declaring something he didn't understand to be non-interesting. Instead of ignoring him, all the other sheeple fell in line as fast as they could to echo the pack leader's spew before the rest of the herd might have a chance to think they weren't cool enough to hang.
You said it best - if the story doesn't interest you, just move along without posting. The Idiocracy is coming soon.
More like Apple didn't want anyone to know that they were using the same audio chip used in the Nexus One, six months earlier.
Been done for decades. Look up "chip art" or "integrated circuit easter eggs" sometime.
Here's a five page collection of some of them.