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anyone else with similar issues?
the HD2 had AWESOME sound, and this phone has a ****ty speaker. this is a BIG NO NO for me as it will lead me to stray from this HD7
sound fix
go into the htc hub and download the sund enhancer app..the settings will definitely improve the sound
Even with sound enhancer it sounds like crap. I'm trying to give my hd7 back to handler.
nesher said:
Even with sound enhancer it sounds like crap. I'm trying to give my hd7 back to handler.
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Sound imho is ok, but it is far too quiet.
Anyone with a hint to boost audio is my hero!!!
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Sound imho is ok, but it is far too quiet.
Anyone with a hint to boost audio is my hero!!!
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+1. Calling it crap is ridiculous. It's just too damn quiet. The headphones that come with the HD7 are excellent though. I wish there was a way to make the speakers louder too though...
I wouldn't be suprised if the speakers are exactly the same as the ones in the hd2.
Seems for somethings they are loud and decent, and for others you can barely hear.
It would be nice if they would make the sound volume consistent across the phone.
Must agree that the phone speakers are rubbish, but i guess HTC and MS want us to use headphones with it like apple,
as you know they seem to have copied the best of both apple and android with this device
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Must agree that the phone speakers are rubbish, but i guess HTC and MS want us to use headphones with it like apple,
as you know they seem to have copied the best of both apple and android with this device
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My iPhone and iPad speakers are loud enough to share a video or game with others. With the HD7 it's embarrasing sharing a video when you can barely hear it yourself and that's with the vol at max and hand cupped around the back trying to amplify the sound.
The quality is indeed crappy BUT has anyone noticed that there just a few days ago there was a Sound Enhancer update? I did it and it sounds slightly louder when it comes to notifications. I am not a fan on playing music/video through speaker and I use my Sennheiser headphones when it comes to listening. And boy turning SRS on it sounds like my legendary N91 ! And that was one of the musts for me.
But, indeed, it would have been cool to have a decent speaker.
i returned the HD7 because of the crappy speaker. gonna wait for another WP7 release with a louder speaker
Yes, poor it is.
When I put it into the pocket, I always let the camera side face outside, bcz the speaker is next to the camera, otherwise can bearly hear the incoming calls.
i have flash new rom shipped sharing from football
and the sound is improved in my hd7
alesscam said:
i have flash new rom shipped sharing from football
and the sound is improved in my hd7
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Which new rom???
tonarm said:
Which new rom???
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you can find new rom capable for your HD7 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=783
After I got the HTC sound enhancer the speakers is better than my HD2... i love how people are in search for the perfect phone... in everyway... Might as well design, build, and sell your own custom phone.
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After I got the HTC sound enhancer the speakers is better than my HD2... i love how people are in search for the perfect phone... in everyway... Might as well design, build, and sell your own custom phone.
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+1. People are idiots. It's just a small sign of how our society expects everything for nothing...
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+1. People are idiots. It's just a small sign of how our society expects everything for nothing...
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This is so NOT cool.
People are idiots because they expect their expensive devices to function the way they've been advertised to function?
Really?!
I don't think this is even a case of expecting everything for nothing. There are standards and these companies that want our hard-earned money need to adhere to them instead of spending millions of dollars on misleading AD campaigns; telling everyone that their devices are the best thing since sliced bread, but are too greedy to do any real QA on them because time to market is short and besides, they're really only concerned about the bottom-line.
Quality loudspeakers on a cellphone is one of the least things you should expect from a phone these days. Every smart AND dumb phone out there has a speakerphone. Its not rocket science.
For crying out loud, these jokers even designed to phone in such a way as to EMPHASIZE the speaker grilles on the top and bottom of the phone.
And yet the sound is obviously tinny and pathetic.
And by the way, downloading software tweaks to make your phone work the way its supposed to work right out of the box doesn't make you smart...it makes you the guy who paid HTC for the privilege of doing their work for them.
Congratulations!
Speakerphone on this phone is just plain embarrassing.
My g/f has the LG Optimus 7 and when is on a call on full volume and NOT on speakerphone it's actually louder than me ON speakerphone.
Now how bad is that?
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+1. People are idiots. It's just a small sign of how our society expects everything for nothing...
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?!!
Wow.
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Are the bundled earphones good enough for listening music or should i buy another..
isthisreallife said:
Are the bundled earphones good enough for listening music or should i buy another..
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I've used a SE phone before and their bundled earphones are of a better than average quality. I would say that these earphones aren't all that good, average at best and you should consider going for a higher quality one.
the sound quality is really bad on the ones that came with my phone. only tried them once and never touched them since then...
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Its not bad. I'm happy with it
The rubber hurt my ear.
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Are the bundled earphones good enough for listening music or should i buy another..
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Depends how picky you are (the sound in them are bad). If your going to stream some music from any music service like spotify or wimp (with low bitrate) it don't do much of a difference . If your going to listen to your own personal ripped flac collection you probably want to buy a new pair of earphones or maybe headphones.
I wasn't to happy with the rubber ether but changed it for another pair of rubber from an pair of SE earphones. After that its good enough for me. But I'm currently just streaming poor quality any way.
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Depends how picky you are (the sound in them are bad). If your going to stream some music from any music service like spotify or wimp (with low bitrate) it don't do much of a difference . If your going to listen to your own personal ripped flac collection you probably want to buy a new pair of earphones or maybe headphones.
I wasn't to happy with the rubber ether but changed it for another pair of rubber from an pair of SE earphones. After that its good enough for me. But I'm currently just streaming poor quality any way.
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you might wanna try tuneIn app for streaming, you can often choose higher quality streams.
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I've never* heard something so bad
I've not used bundled earphones from any of my last few phones, I just automatically assume they're crap.
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I've not used bundled earphones from any of my last few phones, I just automatically assume they're crap.
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HOLY Truth
just note that even the earphones that come with MP3 player...even excellent players are just CRAP, and those are supposed to put emphasys on products that DO JUST ONE THING ....PLAY MUSIC with quality.....
so imagine how BAD are the one packaged with a phone....
They're not that bad really but depends what kind of an audiophile you are.
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They're not that bad really but depends what kind of an audiophile you are.
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They ARE really bad.
Weak Basses and highs and quite Parts are completely washed.
Stock earphones are usable, but yeah not good for a regular audiophile. Used the stock for a backup just in case I forgot my Audio Technika headset.
buy news one ! they are rly bad
I have used them and I really dont like them. I had to use them when I didnt have anything else and needed to get new ones. When I got new ones, I never looked back. Trust me, avoid them if possible!
got myself Soundmagic e10m but still stock earphones not that bad
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I recommend to buy some cheap Sennheiser earplug for example. Those aren't high-def either, but they are a quantum leap comparing to the Lg ones...
The stock earphones are not that bad. Just so happen that they are just average. Install beats audio from google play. You'll hear the diferrence. Just disable DSP manager afterwards.:good:
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The stock earphones are not that bad. Just so happen that they are just average. Install beats audio from google play. You'll hear the diferrence. Just disable DSP manager afterwards.:good:
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i think they are above average(a little bit more comfortable ,music is a bit more detailed) ,but don't install beats audio ,it's a crap (like their earphone ......it's just make heavier bass.....
better buy a 30 $ headset (sennheiserr,akg....),it will be far more good
Free things(=bundled in this case) are rarely good...
Is the LG O4X audio quality & volume through headphones really that bad? I've read GSMarena's review as they've now posted the audio part of the review. They said it possibly one of the worst devices they've tested
This will be a deal breaker for me. :-( what do you guys think?
Any previous GSII ownes in here that can provide input on personal opinions between the quality of the two?
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Audio quality seems fine to me. GSMArena suspected they had a faulty unit, and said they would try another but I have yet to see an update to the review to reflect this.
I did see that but thought what is the chance of them receiving a faulty unit. Im currently using a Galaxy S II, and the audio quality via music player suits me. I reappy want the 4X as its a sexy beast, just wouldn't be able to cope with crap music quality.
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The sound quality is pretty good on the 4x. I upgraded after breaking my milestone and I was also iffy on buying the 4x because of the gsm review... when I tested it out, it sorta felt like my entire phone became a speaker but it instantly became muffled when I covered the grill. Black magic is at work here lol
Im on about through the headphones lol
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Oudio output is fine for me too, though not as good as the One X, a little louder would not be a bad thing, but overall as good as other smartphones in the segment.
It is, once again, fine. Satisfactory. I don't like in-ear headsets so I just use the ones that came with my milestone 2 years ago >_> I did try the headphones that were in the box though, they unlock some eq presets along with an option to manually tweak the levels. But plugging in any headphones will unlock that.
...as good as the other six smartphones I use, honestly. I always check music quality through my $500 akg closed headphones with quite a range of high quality files and the 4x sounds really fine, absolutely no problem here.
Just bought 4X to replace my 3.5" iPhone 4S, everything is fine except the sound quality which I must say is terrible compared with iPhone especially when using the built in speaker Maybe it's because the speaker is at the back of the phone
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Just bought 4X to replace my 3.5" iPhone 4S, everything is fine except the sound quality which I must say is terrible compared with iPhone especially when using the built in speaker Maybe it's because the speaker is at the back of the phone
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What if you set the O4X on its front so that the speaker grill is facing upwards? Will it be not as terrible? Is it really that bad compared to iPhone 4S?
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What if you set the O4X on its front so that the speaker grill is facing upwards? Will it be not as terrible? Is it really that bad compared to iPhone 4S?
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Only the sound is louder, quality won't improve no matter where you face the speaker. Apart from Moto's Raxx, iphone's sound quality is excelent (from my own experiece).
I downloaded Poweramp as recmmended by local forum here to my 4X and the sound quality improves a little bit.
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Only the sound is louder, quality won't improve no matter where you face the speaker. Apart from Moto's Raxx, iphone's sound quality is excelent (from my own experiece).
I downloaded Poweramp as recmmended by local forum here to my 4X and the sound quality improves a little bit.
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ok the sound of the built-in speaker is poor, but with headphones, for me, the sound is great. I don't think it's very exciting listen music with the speacker ......
Use the right headphones (i got a HTC set) and download the POWERAMP app...
Gives what u need
hi guys, what about the call quality? is it loud n clear on speakers?
It's okay. I went through a few phone calls and I didn't experience any problems and have no complaints.
Although... has anyone else noticed that the voice for navigation is kinda quiet? I turned it up to max and drove a few suburbs over but I felt like it was a bit too gentle for a car environment.
Music over bluetooth, Motorola Motorokr s305 stereo headphone & headset works good. But dolby mobile setting stutters (to bad, cause I liked the sound). I now use the headphone amplifier setting. Also good, but not as loud as Dolby mobile.
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Music over bluetooth, Motorola Motorokr s305 stereo headphone & headset works good. But dolby mobile setting stutters (to bad, cause I liked the sound). I now use the headphone amplifier setting. Also good, but not as loud as Dolby mobile.
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Did anybody try the headphone out with high-end multidriver iems (Like Shure SE535, Phonak PF232 or Westone UM3x...)?
I'm an iPhone 4S user and the headphone out is almost perfect when listen thru my UM3x. Hence i was wondering if the 4X would be close in terms of noise floor, resolution and frequency response.
Thanks in advance
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Did anybody try the headphone out with high-end multidriver iems (Like Shure SE535, Phonak PF232 or Westone UM3x...)?
I'm an iPhone 4S user and the headphone out is almost perfect when listen thru my UM3x. Hence i was wondering if the 4X would be close in terms of noise floor, resolution and frequency response.
Thanks in advance
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Im using Trple-fi 10, the sounds is good and even better than iPod touch which I used before.
btw, the app Im using is Poweramp and the music format is ALAC.
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Im using Trple-fi 10, the sounds is good and even better than iPod touch which I used before.
btw, the app Im using is Poweramp and the music format is ALAC.
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If the TF10 sounds good and you have your treble then output impedance of the LG must be quite low which is a great thing.
Could you fill me in about the noise floor (Noise that you can hear when you pause the music till the amp section shuts off).
Thanks a lot
Audio quality problem
I sometimes hear below average audio quality and I have to re-insert my head phone to get normal audio. Do any body facing this problem
How's the sound quality (through headphones)? As noisy and awful as the Galaxy S II is supposed to be? As "clean" as the output in the HTC One S? Or more likely somewhere in-between?
And it's obviously subjective but how's the sound stage? Is it "flat" like some users of the US S4 Galaxy S III claim, compared to the Wolfson Galaxy S III's?
I like the hd sound best compared to rhe one x s3 and nexus stock bc the eq works really well. The stock eq even adjusts apps output like rdio as well. I wish it had an am/fm radio. I saw nothing special in the sound of my intl s3. The nexus rooted w franco kernel and sound enhancement is the highest quality u can hope for w android. JB helps as well.
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i think sound quality is great!! only thing that bugs me is, since the speaker grill is in the bottom next to camera, whenever i put it on the table it kinda sounds small since the speaker grill is blocked but otherwise when you are holding it on hand, it sounds really good and loud!!
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i think sound quality is great!! only thing that bugs me is, since the speaker grill is in the bottom next to camera, whenever i put it on the table it kinda sounds small since the speaker grill is blocked but otherwise when you are holding it on hand, it sounds really good and loud!!
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I have no issues with the clarity of the sound. I honestly feel that loudness isn't a great indicator of sound quality .. loud =! good quality
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I have no issues with the clarity of the sound. I honestly feel that loudness isn't a great indicator of sound quality .. loud =! good quality
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well i didnt mean loud= good but big sounding speaker is always a plus when u have a lot of noise goin on!!! but i get your point too.. :silly:
What about the quality through BT or headphones? I rarely use the speaker on the phone, but not a day goes by that I link my phones media player to my car stereo or listen through good headphones while doing various tasks...
I've read people saying that connecting to BT in a car gets screwy when you have the Smart Actions enabled... anyone have any insights?
Comparing to one x tgis doesnt do as good. Choppy is right but i have smart actions enabled so i will try without smart actions and get back with it
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Sound quality is really nice! Good for you Techno/Dubstep fans!
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Hey Guys I am new to this forum and found a lot of many interesting facts about the Samsung galaxy note 2 and I am not a kind of person who would like to Root my device may be because I am not sure on how it’s done or don’t want to take risk or because till now i did not understand the exact reason for rooting if someone could volunteer and explain it in a lay man language note in Technical language that would be highly appreciated and I previously owned the Gigantic Master Piece Samsung galaxy Note and was very satisfied just got it upgraded week back an seriously made the right decision to go for this as i was in a huge confusion to go for Lumia 920 0r SG NOTE 2, Well what embarrassed me was the Stock Ear phones its really Suc*s as I am not happy at all earlier also the Note had the same Specs ear plugs , i wish Samsung should improve the quality of ear phones and get some better quality headphones Out of the box ,and also noticed all the specs and reviews i have come across nobody has done review on ear plugs that come in the box, Now I am planning to purchase a good quality ear phones could some 1 suggest the best ear plugs not headphones.
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For the money I love me some SkullCandy Ear Buds. I have a couple pair of them from TJ Maxx for $6.99 each. Just in case I lose them or if one breaks.
The sound quality, to me, is excellent. For ear buds it does produce a nice clean bass tone and nice rich highs.
They come in different styles but just try out some of the cheap ones, like I did, and you just can imagine how much better the more 'expensive' ones will sound.
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For the money I love me some SkullCandy Ear Buds. I have a couple pair of them from TJ Maxx for $6.99 each. Just in case I lose them or if one breaks.
The sound quality, to me, is excellent. For ear buds it does produce a nice clean bass tone and nice rich highs.
They come in different styles but just try out some of the cheap ones, like I did, and you just can imagine how much better the more 'expensive' ones will sound.
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Thanks for your response i've found this on the forum which has saved my few bucks Noozxoide EIZO-rewire™ PRO
i dont know about anyone here but my only real complaint (and its not even really a complaint) is the Note 2 stock music settings... or the overall playback of music... its horrible lol whether im listening through headphones, aux cable for , external speaker. the settings are really distorted.
Beats audio made things worse so i deleted it.
ive tried apollo player, stock player, mx player. switched settings around and nothing everything sounds distorted. EVEN WITH STWEAKS...
i dont know why anyone would want to listen to music on the note, but hey maybe its just me ...
But in any case
i have tried a few earphones with this and all same results lol
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i dont know about anyone here but my only real complaint (and its not even really a complaint) is the Note 2 stock music settings... or the overall playback of music... its horrible lol whether im listening through headphones, aux cable for , external speaker. the settings are really distorted.
Beats audio made things worse so i deleted it.
ive tried apollo player, stock player, mx player. switched settings around and nothing everything sounds distorted. EVEN WITH STWEAKS...
i dont know why anyone would want to listen to music on the note, but hey maybe its just me ...
But in any case
i have tried a few earphones with this and all same results lol
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Hi May be you should give a try with this Noozxoide EIZO-rewire™ PRO
thenuke1 said:
i dont know about anyone here but my only real complaint (and its not even really a complaint) is the Note 2 stock music settings... or the overall playback of music... its horrible lol whether im listening through headphones, aux cable for , external speaker. the settings are really distorted.
Beats audio made things worse so i deleted it.
ive tried apollo player, stock player, mx player. switched settings around and nothing everything sounds distorted. EVEN WITH STWEAKS...
i dont know why anyone would want to listen to music on the note, but hey maybe its just me ...
But in any case
i have tried a few earphones with this and all same results lol
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I haven't noticed any distortion with my Bose in ear headphones, but I did have to play with the settings a lot to get the sound right. I just downloaded a trial for PowerAmp and played with it for a few minutes and it sounded really good. The stock setup from Samsung is terribly quiet STweaks helped with that. I saw that PeanutButta Jelly kernel has support for Voodoo Sound which I used before and was quiet impressed with.
I'm still stock and I agree about the quietness of the output for sound. Coming from a device that supported Beats and DSP Manager is really disappointing on this high end device. Still love this beast.
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I tried different pair of ear plugs which are the Nokia Lumia and they sound very well when played on My blackberry and Nokia Lumia when same connected to SG N2 they sound very low I believe the output itself is bad Samsung need to improved there quality interns of Media .
I use Google Play Music with these settings and it sounds great! Try them out.
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Sennheiser IE80 works very well with the Wolfson DAC in Samsung Galaxy Note II. It really complements the already airy soundstage of the Sennheiser.
Beats and Skull Candies are bass-heavy iem that are more suited for hip-hop and techno music.
One more thing i noticed is that the ear phones are not comfortable specially i've ben using the Lumia plugs as i said earlier yesterday i thought of sharing this how cheap the quality or these stock ear plugs are, Last night was watching a Movie while sleeping and and these were so irritating that it was difficult to sleep with them when on ears , so switched to Lumia and they were so comfortable like them.
Guess What i updated the Kernel from Stock to Perseus and its giving amazing output tried Repill also that was also good
Try Frankenbeats on your phones. I really love it especially when using my sony headphones. Nice clear and thumpy bass.
I agree that the stock ear plugs are really a piece of crap. Mine are already damaged with fairly light use over 3 months.
I decided to go ahead and order a bluetooth set. Hopefully they are good.
Tried it and it spoiled my Sound i was Redpill and had to restore it to previous ,
Worst Part is i dint have the Sound effects option under Sound
Its not something shocking ,
Come on Samsung try to get some good quality Earphones ,
We paying almost like 35grand cant we expect you guys to improve the quality of earphones ?
It should not be worst quality at least make average quality
Its been like 1month now n ive hardly used it for 30mins switched to Lumia Headphones. :good: