iPhone 5 speakers vs. iPhone 4s

[jkim3691]

Anyone else notice their iPhone 5 speakers are quieter than the 4s? I always leave my ringer all the way up so I can hear it and I just played them side by side and noticed the 4s is louder. Is this normal?

 

[crazyeyes]

Mine seems to be a lot louder

 

[jkim3691]

Mine seems to be a lot louder

Wtf? Really? What's going on... My 4s was LOUD. 5 isn't as loud.

 

[Copronymous]

Mine is LOTS louder. At least to my ears.

 

[lawlbringer]

I have pretty good ears and can pick up these sorts of things.

The 5 speakers are definitely louder, especially at the 2 highest notches of volume. I have to turn it down a hair.

 

[jkim3691]

It's not like my 5 is quiet, but I feel like my 4s was noticeably louder.

 

[Gjwilly]

First of all it's "speaker", singular.

And no, mine seems louder that the 4/4S.

 

[Rooskibar03]

Significantly louder then both my 4 & 4s.

 

[CSpackler]

Much better than my 4. And louder.

 

[CBR900RR]

Are you guys talking the same speaker, the bottom loud speaker, not the top ear piece speaker?

 

[jkim3691]

Are you guys talking the same speaker, the bottom loud speaker, not the top ear piece speaker?

Talking about the bottom loud speaker.

First of all it's "speaker", singular.

And no, mine seems louder that the 4/4S.

Omg! Thank you so much for correcting that error for me. What would I do without you?

 

[kevroc]

my iP5 is a "little" louder than my 4S, but the 4S sounds a little better quality, a little richer sound out of the 4S.

 

[TheLegend]

My iPhone 5 sounds a bit louder but a little thinner in sound compared to my 4S. Either way, it does the job!

 

[iHeartsteve]

On speaker phone, I notice it's muffled sounding. I wonder if my cover is blocking it somehow.

 

[stephen1108]

The 5 is a bit louder, but the 4S has the better quality speaker. Which is weird considering that we're supposed to be making progress.

Actually, I think Apple may tweak this in the next software update hopefully. I don't remember if it was and iOS 5 beta, or an iOS 6 beta, but one of those betas produced REALLY crappy sounding music over the speakers, then they fixed it. So hopefully it's on the software end, and not hardware.