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Google, turn the speaker around!

The speaker is decent. It even has good volume.
Iff you've got the tablet facing away from you!
This is really terrible placement of the speaker on this device. It's not a speaker for ringing as on a phone. It's a speaker that's meant to be heard when the tablet is in use with the display facing you. Cupping my hand over the speaker slit and extending that beyond the edge of the tablet works ... but isn't something you can really expect or want to do.
That's probably my biggest gripe with the tablet.
The screen isn't the best but.. I'll take it for the money.

Really, you don't like the screen? I think it has a better color tone than the iPad 3 honestly. Didn't really notice much of a difference in the resolution either.
The external sound's not too bad. If you put it on a surface then it helps amplify it, just like with a phone. The headphone sound quality on the other hand is outstanding! :good:

I wish manufacturers would figure out a way to have forward-facing speakers... my G2x has a speaker on the bottom. Better, but seriously... watching a YouTube clip without cupping my hand around the device to reflect the sound to my face would be a nice change. Meh... not that big of a deal to me but I do agree with your frustration.

It seems simple to me, there is already a bevel on these devices. They just need to make the bevel a little bit larger on the side to let the sound out. This is what my TV does and it works very well.
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I was looking at the design and from a "why did they do it that way?" perspective and two things are clear.
1. they want to present the face of the tablet as an unbroken sheet of glass (ohh, ahh!)
2. they don't want to incur the cost of putting a slit in the glass
They could reduce the size of the glass and have a very narrow molded plastic border on the top and bottom for stereo speakers. Would work a heck of a lot better but violate #1...
I really think they're destroying functionality for aesthetics.

Playbook (though bigger) does have forward facing speakers, and are probably the best sound that I've heard on a tablet mainly due to the placement.

its more so because on most phones, the microphone is at the bottom. putting a speaker next to a microphone never ends well. mainly because on calls where you use loud speaker, you'd get the endless loop/echo where the speaker feeds their audio back into the microphone. noise cancelling mics are useless for cancelling the audio since the noise cancelling mic is too far away from the speaker, so the latency doesnt help.

I somehow think putting a magnet aka speaker on the screen would cause problems with the capacitive touch.
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It sucks when you put the 7 on a stand and it is blocking the speaker and muffing the sound. But what can you do? Plug in some headphones that's what.
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Hexdecimal said:
Really, you don't like the screen? I think it has a better color tone than the iPad 3 honestly. Didn't really notice much of a difference in the resolution either.
The external sound's not too bad. If you put it on a surface then it helps amplify it, just like with a phone. The headphone sound quality on the other hand is outstanding! :good:
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Wait. What?! Can you provide a photo comparison of your device next to a iPad. This display has hardly any saturation or contrast compared to the iPad. The DAC in this thing is also horrid; audio sounds extremely bad with headphones. A world away from the Galaxy S III DAC.
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Hexdecimal said:
Really, you don't like the screen? I think it has a better color tone than the iPad 3 honestly. Didn't really notice much of a difference in the resolution either.
The external sound's not too bad. If you put it on a surface then it helps amplify it, just like with a phone. The headphone sound quality on the other hand is outstanding! :good:
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Well, I have both an iPad 3 and a Nexus 7, and while I like the Nexus 7 screen well enough, it doesn't really compare to the iPad's. Colors and saturation aren't even close, and nothing has text as good as the iPad (I think it's as much to do with how Android renders text as the resolution of the LCD). Don't get me wrong, text on the Nexus 7 is plenty good enough, but you can't say it's nearly as good as on the iPad.
My biggest problem with audio on the Nexus 7, both external and via headphones, is volume. It just doesn't get very loud. That's a complaint with the iPad 3, however, and really I have yet to come across a tablet with decent sound. So, that's not a fair knock against the Nexus 7.

Nexus 4 First Impressions

Hi Guys,
I picked up my Nexus 4 from O2 here in the UK this morning, for what it's worth here are my initial thoughts.
I'm coming from a Galaxy Nexus.
As per all the professional reviews, it does seem like a well made piece of kit. The glass back while being another fingerprint magnet is
a nice touch. When moving the phone suddenly or shaking the phone it does rattle. I took it back to O2 and they all the Nexus 4's they had in stock did it. It's loud enough to be noticeable, but not so loud i wanted my money back. The stores explanation was the accelerometer. I'm sure others will shed more light on this in time.
While the screen is crisp it is not as striking as some reviews would have me believe on auto brightness it is pretty dark (Much darker than my gnex on auto)
The sound is excellent but it does suffer from a muffled almost inaudible speaker when the phone is on the side face up on my desk. This has been a gripe of mine on previous phones.
Swipe style typing works really well, as does the new camera software. The pictures are a huge leap up from the Gnex
Battery needs further testing but so far has performed well. Wi Fi also has a FAR better range than the Gnex
My closing thoughts would be if coming from the Galaxy Nexus it may not be a huge leap up for you. If money is an issue i would wait....
But if you are an early adopter i'm sure you will love it.
I'm sorry it's a brief review, i'm no Shakespeare. If anyone has any specific questions though i would be happy to answer.
Shaun

Is the rim made out of pure rubber? I'm just curious about folks with latex allergies, etc.
shadyshaun said:
Hi Guys,
I picked up my Nexus 4 from O2 here in the UK this morning, for what it's worth here are my initial thoughts.
I'm coming from a Galaxy Nexus.
As per all the professional reviews, it does seem like a well made piece of kit. The glass back while being another fingerprint magnet is
a nice touch. When moving the phone suddenly or shaking the phone it does rattle. I took it back to O2 and they all the Nexus 4's they had in stock did it. It's loud enough to be noticeable, but not so loud i wanted my money back. The stores explanation was the accelerometer. I'm sure others will shed more light on this in time.
While the screen is crisp it is not as striking as some reviews would have me believe on auto brightness it is pretty dark (Much darker than my gnex on auto)
The sound is excellent but it does suffer from a muffled almost inaudible speaker when the phone is on the side face up on my desk. This has been a gripe of mine on previous phones.
Swipe style typing works really well, as does the new camera software. The pictures are a huge leap up from the Gnex
Battery needs further testing but so far has performed well. Wi Fi also has a FAR better range than the Gnex
My closing thoughts would be if coming from the Galaxy Nexus it may not be a huge leap up for you. If money is an issue i would wait....
But if you are an early adopter i'm sure you will love it.
I'm sorry it's a brief review, i'm no Shakespeare. If anyone has any specific questions though i would be happy to answer.
Shaun
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This will seem like an odd question but are you able to feel the speckle pattern on the back? Like is it bumpy or is the pattern just under neath the glass?

jonnyg1097 said:
This will seem like an odd question but are you able to feel the speckle pattern on the back? Like is it bumpy or is the pattern just under neath the glass?
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It's underneath the glass.

PoisonWolf said:
Is the rim made out of pure rubber? I'm just curious about folks with latex allergies, etc.
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Yes it is.
If you are curious about people with latex allergies this is a good starting point
h**p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latex_allergy

jonnyg1097 said:
This will seem like an odd question but are you able to feel the speckle pattern on the back? Like is it bumpy or is the pattern just under neath the glass?
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Must be underneath?

jonnyg1097 said:
This will seem like an odd question but are you able to feel the speckle pattern on the back? Like is it bumpy or is the pattern just under neath the glass?
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its under the glass
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jonnyg1097 said:
This will seem like an odd question but are you able to feel the speckle pattern on the back? Like is it bumpy or is the pattern just under neath the glass?
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As per what was said above, it's underneath the glass. I was worried about it looking tacky. But it works well. Hold the phone one way and the back is pure black, then you tilt it and you get the speckle effect. Muck like a hologram on a bank card.

The rattling isn't fine, something is loose or not fit right.

shadyshaun said:
When moving the phone suddenly or shaking the phone it does rattle.
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That's worrying, care to elaborate on that? Are you going to exchange it?

could you try "spirit Fm" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059296&page=480 and\or contact mike in order to know if it has hidden fm radio?
thanks in advance

Sony NEX-5N all over again^^

DarkShadowAy said:
That's worrying, care to elaborate on that? Are you going to exchange it?
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I took it back to the store, they had 5 in stock. All 5 rattled (As crazy as it sounds i wanted to test all of them)
For anyone familiar with the problems on the Sony NEX 5N camera 'Clicking' it's a bit like that.
I have 28 days if it is deemed 'faulty' but until more info comes out on it i'm going to hold on to the phone.
If 5 out of 5 do it i would presume a huge number if not all will, that said i'm surprised it wasn't picked up in any of the reviews.
As google begin to deliver time will tell.

hippieschuh said:
Sony NEX-5N all over again^^
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Ha! Beat me to it, that's exactly how i would sum it up....

Can you post some pics?
Is it unlocked?
Which O2 shop?

the rattling is a concern...when i get mine, i will test it out. could be the camera.
i shook my mytouch 4g and i heard some rattling as well. maybe its a normal thing?

shadyshaun said:
If you are curious about people with latex allergies this is a good starting point
h**p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latex_allergy
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Lmfao! :laugh:
Anyway, I'd really appreciate it if you could post some Linpack and Quadrant Advanced (to see where it is scoring less than the Optimus G) benchmarks. Also, exactly how much storage space is available for the user?

lombardo8 said:
Can you post some pics?
Is it unlocked?
Which O2 shop?
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Yes it's unlocked and on the Three network. The O2 store assured me it was locked, but lets face it what do they know?
It's from the O2 store in Milton Keynes
I haven't got enough post to attach photos but i have shared the album on my google+ account (Search for Shaun james)

ed10000 said:
Lmfao! :laugh:
Anyway, I'd really appreciate it if you could post some Linpack and Quadrant Advanced (to see where it is scoring less than the Optimus G) benchmarks. Also, exactly how much storage space is available for the user?
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About 12 based on Anandtech's review.

How much would you rate it after buying the phone?

One's unibody quality

I think this will be my new smart phone when I upgrade my contract. But my concern is, as the title states, it's unibody's quality. The iphone5 was a failure.
For those lucky enough on xda that has the phone, your thoughts?

The issues with the iphone were evident straightaway from what I can recall..
This has been around for almost a month.. reviews have had it. No real issues.
Don't own one so cant give you a first hand account though.

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I think this will be my new smart phone when I upgrade my contract. But my concern is, as the title states, it's unibody's quality. The iphone5 was a failure.
For those lucky enough on xda that has the phone, your thoughts?
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Definately better than my iPhone 5. The only minor issue I have is that the headphone jack is a little fringed (really, not much, but it bothered me )... but I solved that issue with a scalpel But that's not a problem with the unibody... the aluminium is absolutely flawless.

mDaniel said:
Definately better than my iPhone 5. The only minor issue I have is that the headphone jack is a little fringed (really, not much, but it bothered me )... but I solved that issue with a scalpel
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I raised a thread on the Q&A thread. Some ONEs are coming with tiny nicks on the bezel edges of the aluminium, and one poster already said their Mrs managed to damage the metalwork edge just with her fingernail. So I have no doubt its better than iPhone 5...but aluminium is a soft metal.

[Q] How do you find the screen and speakers?

How do you find the screen and speakers?

Turn the phone over. You're probably looking at the wrong side.

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Turn the phone over. You're probably looking at the wrong side.
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HA! That's what I thought at first too.

I vote with 5th option: It's a phone ... as long as it has screen and speakers I'm happy.

These comments though :'D Anyway, the screen seems great to me but the display's white balance varies from phone to phone. The speakers are good enough for me. You really don't need louder speakers and right now only One M8 has louder speakers as far as I know.
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I arrived at this phone from the LG G2 (which I still have, so have seen side by side) and I'm really quite pleased with the screen. I mean I'm aware that it is technically a downgrade but I honestly don't notice it during use in the slightest. The speakers also seem comparable really and I have no complaints but to be honest I use Bluetooth speakers alot and probably don't look for sound quality out of the phones speakers. Anyway, that's my experiences! ?

Speaker Issue

Is anyone else having an issue with no sound coming from the bottom left speaker? I tried a sound test on Youtube and the top and bottom right speakers work. When something that should be playing out of the left, it just plays through the other two speakers. I also went into accessibility settings and set audio to play only from the left and it still only plays out the right and top speakers.

Try an audio track where you know where a particular sound should be.. left or right speaker...
Not a you tube track tho..
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There is only one speaker on the bottom.
The other hole is a mic.
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7157629?hl=en

uicnren said:
There is only one speaker on the bottom.
The other hole is a mic.
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I was hoping for a reply like this and not that the device was faulty. Thank you for the quick answer. I'm coming from the Note 8 so I'm use to the design of the speaker/mic being different. Thanks again :good:

lUnorthodoxFoxl said:
I was hoping for a reply like this and not that the device was faulty. Thank you for the quick answer. I'm coming from the Note 8 so I'm use to the design of the speaker/mic being different. Thanks again :good:
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Glad to help.

uicnren said:
There is only one speaker on the bottom.
The other hole is a mic.
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7157629?hl=en
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Sad to hear this, as initially it was reported that both of those would be speakers. Kind of disappointed, now.

ZeroKool76 said:
Sad to hear this, as initially it was reported that both of those would be speakers. Kind of disappointed, now.
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I didn't see anywhere that it was reported?
I saw plenty of speculation that it might be, but nothing with any proof.

uicnren said:
I didn't see anywhere that it was reported?
I saw plenty of speculation that it might be, but nothing with any proof.
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yeah, no proof. I believe it was just initials speculation, since you don't need that many holes just for a microphone.

ZeroKool76 said:
yeah, no proof. I believe it was just initials speculation, since you don't need that many holes just for a microphone.
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On the other hand those make it look very symmetric on the bottom.
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5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
On the other hand those make it seem very symmetric on the bottom.
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I agree with this. At least the other holes are being used for something. Not like another certain OEM ,cough cough, OP...

Sounds pretty darn good to me.
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