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Hi All,
So i am thinking of going for a HD 7 device and the only thing that's holding me back right now is other people's comments about the sound quality as well as the display on the device.
I saw a video on youtube that does a comparison between the HD7 and Surround and i was surprised by the difference - Surround seems to have a better output when it comes to colors and depth! Is that the case? Are you satisfied with the HD7's display?
Secondly... Since the HD7 does not have any front speakers (the grill's being there for show only), how does the audio on the device compare to others? I hate phones with low audio... It was the one thing i hated most about my iPhone and it was also a major thing with the X1 as well. I like a phone whose ring tone sounds proper...
Care to comment?
With that said... I'm living in Pakistan... so i'm pretty much having a family relative purchase it for me and bring it down for me. We don't have 3G here - shocking - but only Edge... so i imagine either one of TMobile or ATT should work with the networks here? iPhone and Xperia X1 and Xperia X10 didn't have any network problems down here...
Regards.
Salman Khalid
the display on the HD7 is absolutely fine.
It's not and Iphone 4 or an Amoled, but it is a perfectly fine LCD.
I think the sound for things like music, is louder on this phone than any other phone I've had.
The sound does sound weak when you first get the phone but for all hd7 owners you have to download the htc sound enhancer. This will enable Dolby mobile, srs enhancement or allow you to ustilize the equaliser. With out any of these settings on i have found voice quality and music to generally suffer a bit. enabling it has greatly enhanced the sound capabilites of both speaker and headphone quality.
Generally speaking, when you get your hd7 or any htc phone download all the htc apps from the htc hub, it will greatly enhance the expereince on the phone.
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The sound does sound weak when you first get the phone but for all hd7 owners you have to download the htc sound enhancer. This will enable Dolby mobile, srs enhancement or allow you to ustilize the equaliser. With out any of these settings on i have found voice quality and music to generally suffer a bit. enabling it has greatly enhanced the sound capabilites of both speaker and headphone quality.
Generally speaking, when you get your hd7 or any htc phone download all the htc apps from the htc hub, it will greatly enhance the expereince on the phone.
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Agreed I should have mentioned that as well... that was one of the first things I did. I've had Dolby enabled the whole time.
Thanks guys... definitely going for HTC! But now torn between the Surround and HD7... guess will throw the names into a hat and pick one out!
Dont no where you heard about the speakers but my HD7's two front grills do have speakers behind them. They dont sound as loud as the one @ the back by the camera but yes definitely has two front speakers.
Said that based on various posts across the forums and internet... PocketNow's review of HD7 clearly states them to be simply grills...
But i guess i'll find out eventually for myself: 'Coz i just placed an order for the HD7!!!
Personally I would choose the HD7 over the ATT surround as the speaker design is simply ugly and looks like some pocket radio from 1980.
f1restarter said:
Personally I would choose the HD7 over the ATT surround as the speaker design is simply ugly and looks like some pocket radio from 1980.
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Yeah... well, i do like the Surround a lot too... but i decided that the speaker, though has its charms, that charm'll probably fade away pretty quickly... HD7 seemed like the best bet.
I was for a moment thinking about the Samsung Focus 'coz of its MicroSD slot and the superior display... but bah! the HD7 is a better device! And as everyone's reporting, and as i know HTC to hold true to that fact... HTC'll probably provide the best support for their devices...
There is not two front facing speakers on the HD7
DJ Lu said:
Dont no where you heard about the speakers but my HD7's two front grills do have speakers behind them. They dont sound as loud as the one @ the back by the camera but yes definitely has two front speakers.
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I thought the same thing because i put my ear against the grills and heard sound from them...but it is only sound conducted through the case. It does look sweet though with identical grills on top and bottom.
Lancelot
T-Mobile
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HD2/HD7
If you have SRS enhancements enabled, there are definitely speakers behind the front grills...I'm not sure why there is this misinformation going around but them being design only...sound comes out of them, take your phone apart, disconnect the rear speaker, and find out if you don't believe us
FiyaFleye said:
If you have SRS enhancements enabled, there are definitely speakers behind the front grills...I'm not sure why there is this misinformation going around but them being design only...sound comes out of them, take your phone apart, disconnect the rear speaker, and find out if you don't believe us
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So much misinformation is flowing around 'coz HTC is stupidly ignoring all of this instead of simply posting more info about it... Plus this guy took the HD7 apart to locate the SD card slot, and the bottom grill on his device didn't have anything behind it or such to make it appear as a speaker...
Possible that the top one is...
Unless the guy took apart the entire phone (why?), he would not see the front speakers if he were just replacing the hidden sd card. I believe HTC says that they're stereo speakers, hence real speakers on the top and bottom. Lastly, they do exist because I've demoed the phone and completely closed of the back speaker while listening to the front. Although not as loud as the back speaker, the front ones do play sound, and it wasn't just loud rear speaker sound playing through the case. I have an HD2 and when you completely close off the rear speaker sound, you do not hear any sound through the front of the case.
->> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9174769&postcount=40
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Well, I'll admit I humbly stand corrected. It must indeed be sound spill from the rear speaker then, even though I did the comparison as I stated in my previous post. So, then what renders the HD7 "stereo"? The earpiece speaker combined with the rear speaker? C'mon, HTC... Looks like someone's got some 'splainin' to do.....
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? C'mon, HTC... Looks like someone's got some 'splainin' to do.....
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HTC never mentioned stereo for HD7 .
It’s theirs bad “shady” marketing strategy that makes you believe that you have stereo speakers.
That’s the main purpose of the bottom grill for the “second” speaker and there is a reason why its there.
That`s the main hook that does the job. Add the Dolby Mobile trademark and that’s it. They successfully installed and "created" stereo in our heads only.
If that doesn't do the job , than others so called reviewers will just put the cherry on the top.
Its the same with their 4.3 SUPER TFT that doesn't exist.
PS.
This is probably the explanation if they need one at all after all. (Not sure.)
** Dolby SRS MObile - Mono-to-Stereo Creator—adds depth to the playback of mono content that users download or create…
Thinking about getting an hd+, Is e speaker as bad as the nook tablet? All the reviews say you can barely hear movies. What about with cm10? Is the sound any better?
the reviewers must be hard of hearing. the speaker is pretty loud but tinny and firing the wrong way. but loud. put a post it note near the speaker and it'll redirect the sound to you instead of away.
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the reviewers must be hard of hearing. the speaker is pretty loud but tinny and firing the wrong way. but loud. put a post it note near the speaker and it'll redirect the sound to you instead of away.
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Thanks for the response. How is it compared to an ipad speaker? I'm just afraid that it won't be loud enough for my daughter if there is background noise.
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Thanks for the response. How is it compared to an ipad speaker? I'm just afraid that it won't be loud enough for my daughter if there is background noise.
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You can hear it fine in a quiet room. Any noise though and you'll need headphones, a little better than my phone.
maybe mine is louder than others because i cna hear mine loud and clear at aroind 70% with my daughter watching tv in the same room. maybe my hearing is sensitive., which would be odd considering i used to drive around with 6 sub, 4 mids and 2 horns in my car.
My husband has the HD+ and I have the HD. Both are plenty loud in my opinion. Much better than my Nook Color (which I imagine would be similar to the Nook Tablet). No idea how any of them compare to iPad.
The speakers are really loud. Louder than my TF700, or my Amaze 4g, or my Ipad2. They must've fixed it with the latest update.
Really? What firmware are you on?
Im considering buying this phone. I havent heard much about the speakers and the microphone. Are the speakers and microphone good?
One of the best. If you're curious, phonearena has a battleground for the loud speakers of phones.
Also there are countless youtube videos on the audio quality and you can listen to the microphone quality.
It is louder, and clear then my wife's iphone 5, and to me seems parallel to her new galaxy s7 edge.
The neat thing is the case and shape of the body with an ungrip, holds the speaker a quarter inch off the surface, which seems to give me drastic improvement when listening to music etc...
Please note that speaker and mic quality can be drastically altered on any phone with the right rom.
Here are some links...
phone arena benchmarks (speakers/headphones are on here)
Youtube: audio sampling quality review
4k video recorded (with audio) This is a good way to hear mic quality, however, you can see that the 4k video (and even 1080p) are quite jumpy, the stabilization is great, but has a lot of issues on super high resolution (especially in the corners)
Mewz said:
Im considering buying this phone. I havent heard much about the speakers and the microphone. Are the speakers and microphone good?
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microphone = good; speakers = ok (no stereo speakers)
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Google Pixel 2's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
I was astonished when I heard the speakers for myself, they are really loud but clear!
they're good, but not great.
I like the speakers, but they need some tweaking, the sound isn't as full bodied as my HTC One M7 was. They're clear sounding, but a bit tinny for my taste. I'll be happy when some eq mods get implemented.
I was really pleasantly surprised by them. They are just as loud as my Nexus 6P WITH the Viper4Android soundboost all the way up. Once I get V4A on the Pixel 2 I wonder just how loud it will actually get. Sounds amazing for such a small phone too, wow.
Got mine in yesterday. nice crisp clear sound... but the earpiece speaker is treble biased, and the bottom speaker is bass biased...
Makes things sound really weird when listening to music or watching movies in landscape...
I am getting an exchange unit and will update when that unit comes in.
Update: Exchange unit came in... I've been using it for a few days now, and I have noticed no difference from my last unit... an hour on the phone with google device engineers got me the response that this is by design to increase the frequency range... I still don"t like it as it bothers me..
who wants to buy a gently used pixel2?
ApoKyla said:
Got mine in yesterday. nice crisp clear sound... but the earpiece speaker is treble biased, and the bottom speaker is bass biased...
Makes things sound really weird when listening to music or watching movies in landscape...
I am getting an exchange unit and will update when that unit comes in.
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The same situation. Is it feature or defect? Can anybody confirm it? Thanks.
Anyone's speakers distorting or crackling? Coming from iPhone 7. Speakers on iphone are not loud, but they do sound good. Pixel 2 by comparison is tinny and crackle at higher volumes.
Coincidentally, I'm RMAing the Pixel 2 right now for ticking noise in earpiece and constant high frequency emission. Wondering if maybe my speakers are no bueno too. No one else seems to have the speaker distortion or at least too early.
Edit: I was playing "Bridge Burn" by little comets when i noticed. Then played thievery corporation's "Culture of Fear". Maybe someone else can compare?
Elvis_Stojko said:
Anyone's speakers distorting or crackling? Coming from iPhone 7. Speakers on iphone are not loud, but they do sound good. Pixel 2 by comparison is tinny and crackle at higher volumes.
Coincidentally, I'm RMAing the Pixel 2 right now for ticking noise in earpiece and constant high frequency emission. Wondering if maybe my speakers are no bueno too. No one else seems to have the speaker distortion or at least too early.
Edit: I was playing "Bridge Burn" by little comets when i noticed. Then played thievery corporation's "Culture of Fear". Maybe someone else can compare?
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I just got mine today I do not have the sound in the ear piece and also my forward face speakers are crisp loud and clear with just a slight thumping for base it amazing to my ears but what do I know I came from a s6 ?
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I just got mine today I do not have the sound in the ear piece and also my forward face speakers are crisp loud and clear with just a slight thumping for base it amazing to my ears but what do I know I came from a s6 ?
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Thank you sir. New phone will be here Wednesday. We shall see.
Elvis_Stojko said:
Thank you sir. New phone will be here Wednesday. We shall see.
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hope u get one without issues
Elvis_Stojko said:
Anyone's speakers distorting or crackling? Coming from iPhone 7. Speakers on iphone are not loud, but they do sound good. Pixel 2 by comparison is tinny and crackle at higher volumes.
Coincidentally, I'm RMAing the Pixel 2 right now for ticking noise in earpiece and constant high frequency emission. Wondering if maybe my speakers are no bueno too. No one else seems to have the speaker distortion or at least too early.
Edit: I was playing "Bridge Burn" by little comets when i noticed. Then played thievery corporation's "Culture of Fear". Maybe someone else can compare?
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My speakers seem to rattle a little at max volume, even just with Google Assistant or navigating. Haven't noticed any issues on calls though I haven't made a lot since I got my Pixel 2.
Overall quality seems all right a few notches down from max, but is quite noticeably worse than my nexus 6.
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Could anybody check if speakers are producing the same sound (you can cover it by finger). My unit's top speaker has more hights, bottom one has more mids and bass. Maybe it's by design. I am not sure. Thank you.
ales005 said:
Could anybody check if speakers are producing the same sound (you can cover it by finger). My unit's top speaker has more hights, bottom one has more mids and bass. Maybe it's by design. I am not sure. Thank you.
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Yes, absolutely agree with you. Bottom is far better at base and mids. Top speaker is opposite.
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The same situation. Is it feature or defect? Can anybody confirm it? Thanks.
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It could be related to separate dedicated drivers in each speaker (Allowing for larger respective drivers), or simply an equalization software aspect.
The Dark Knight Patriot said:
It could be related to separate dedicated drivers in each speaker (Allowing for larger respective drivers), or simply an equalization software aspect.
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Ditto here. Noticed it right out of the box. Top is treble biased, bottom is bass. It seems design derivative. Also possible too because the top speaker is also used for earpiece/speakerphone?
Waiting for more confirmation from google whether this is real or defect. Good to hear from here I'm not the only one.
No issue though with the phone so far.
https://9to5google.com/2017/10/24/t...2-sound-completely-different-heres-why-video/
The are crystal clear but when I compare them to my nexus 6, the bass is better on the nexus
Elvis_Stojko said:
Anyone's speakers distorting or crackling? Coming from iPhone 7. Speakers on iphone are not loud, but they do sound good. Pixel 2 by comparison is tinny and crackle at higher volumes.
Coincidentally, I'm RMAing the Pixel 2 right now for ticking noise in earpiece and constant high frequency emission. Wondering if maybe my speakers are no bueno too. No one else seems to have the speaker distortion or at least too early.
Edit: I was playing "Bridge Burn" by little comets when i noticed. Then played thievery corporation's "Culture of Fear". Maybe someone else can compare?
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Also have the ticking sound, and so so sounding speakers. Trying to RMA. Apparently turning off NFC is supposed to help with the ticking sound. Haven't done it myself....too many digital reward cards
Noticed quite a bit of distortion when navigating at max volume. The voice is full bodied and, combined with the software EQ choice, I think it hits that perfect low-mid tone and overpowers the speakers. Stepping it down two notches basically eliminates it. Also noticed that the speakers are very directional compared to the OG pixel XL. Had both devices playing the same music and Pixel 2 audio disappears when faced away compared to the OG pixel which was much more audible when the speaker was pointed away. I think the amount of bass they are trying to offer is lofty and unattainable and the device would sound better with a bit more mid and less extreme treble and bass. If I decide to keep this device I'll be praying for the dev community to offer up some display and audio tweaks. P.S. I haven't noticed the ticking/noise from the speakers on my device but I think if they dropped this ultra hifi EQ choice, a slight drop in highs would probably make it much less noticeable or might make it disappear completely if the frequency could be isolated and cut (I'm looking at you 6kHz and above).
Can anyone get me /etc, /lib & /bin folders? I might take a look if there is any ways to improve your device's speakers
Hello,
I'm seriously considering of buying ROG Phone 2, mainly for its front stereo speakers. Those who own this phone, could please tell me how are the stereo balance from this speakers? I used to have Sony Xperia Z5 Ultra. This phone had front stereo speakers but there weren't so good. I especially didn't like the balance of loudness coming out from each speaker. Bottom speaker was noticeably louder than top speaker, which was very annoying and ruining the experience of watching video or playing games on it. How are the front stereo speakers of ROG Phone 2?
Thanks
Sitti01 said:
Hello,
I'm seriously considering of buying ROG Phone 2, mainly for its front stereo speakers. Those who own this phone, could please tell me how are the stereo balance from this speakers? I used to have Sony Xperia Z5 Ultra. This phone had front stereo speakers but there weren't so good. I especially didn't like the balance of loudness coming out from each speaker. Bottom speaker was noticeably louder than top speaker, which was very annoying and ruining the experience of watching video or playing games on it. How are the front stereo speakers of ROG Phone 2?
Thanks
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Loud & balanced, 100% perfect stereo front firing speakers, each speaker having a dedicated amplifier, you won't get anything better...
Thank you for reply. Ordering one now.