apple.slashdot.org - MacRumors reports: A limited but increasing number of iPhone X owners claim to be experiencing so - called «crackling» or «buzzing» sounds emanating from the device's front - facing
earpiece speaker at high or max volumes.
Not exact matches
The tiny
earpiece at the top of the phone that you use to listen to phone conversations on now doubles as a
speaker when you play videos and games on your iPhone 7.
The words or sentences would reach a receiver that would then «speak» the words into a comrade's
earpiece or be played from a
speaker, perhaps
at a distant command post.
The Galaxy S9 and S9 + have stereo
speakers, one in the
earpiece and another
at the bottom, like on recent iPhones.
This matches other supposed leaks and rumors of what the next iPhone will look like, including a hairline - like strip
at the top that could house an
earpiece speaker and front - facing camera (s), and no home button on the front.
The microUSB port and headphone jack are placed
at the bottom and top respectively, and up front are the usual sensors, along with the
earpiece /
speaker, as well as the newly added front - facing camera.
In order to ditch the bezel, the proximity sensor is replaced by ultrasound, the
earpiece is replaced by a piezoelectric
speaker that uses the metal frame to generate sound and the front - facing camera takes its place
at the bottom of the device (which can be flipped for easier selfie use).
The S9 doesn't have dual front - facing
speakers — rather, the bottom - firing
speaker works in tandem with the
earpiece at the top of the phone for stereo sound.
Impressively, despite such a huge reduction in bezel space, Apple has managed to continue offering stereo
speakers on the iPhone X. Like the iPhone 7, the
earpiece on the top of the iPhone X acts as a tweeter and a secondary
speaker when the phone is switched to landscape mode with the primary
speaker located
at the bottom of the device.
There's a single
speaker on the device, which can be found
at the top of the screen, doubling as the
earpiece for phone calls.
Along the top and bottom are two slim bezels, which both house
speakers along with an
earpiece at the top and microphone
at the bottom.
As can be seen from the above image, we have an almost bezel-less phone running Android 8.1 with a notch up top for the camera, sensor, and according to the report
at ITHome, who obtained both the above and below images, a
speaker for the
earpiece.
An earlier teaser for the smartphone suggests that a
speaker built into the
earpiece at the top will work in conjunction with the bottom
speaker to provide the BoomSound setup.
Samsung's Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 + smartphones come with stereo
speakers one
at the
earpiece doubling and other on the bottom.
The main idea is that by housing a phone's various sensors and
earpiece speaker into a notch
at the top of the display, OEMs are able to further slim down bezels and fit a larger screen on a smaller body.
The phone's own
speakers (there are two, one
at the bottom edge, the other in the
earpiece) are loud and clear and can be tuned for video or music depending on what you're playing.
HTC is using the same «BoomSound lite» type of setup here with a small
speaker at the top of the phone (it's just the
earpiece speaker) and a bigger
speaker that plays a majority of the sound
at the bottom.
The setup is similar to what we see on other phones these days: The primary
speaker is located
at the bottom (on the left of the USB Type - C port instead of the right) and the
earpiece doubles up as the second
speaker.
Another big win for the S9 is the inclusion of stereo
speakers, with the
earpiece at the top of the phone pairing with the bottom - firing
speaker to produce much better sound than the S8.
Sound comes out of the
speaker at the bottom of the phone, as well as the
earpiece near the front.
Here we have just one
speaker at the bottom of the device and the
earpiece does not double as another
speaker.
There's the home button with the fingerprint sensor up front, and you also get a USB Type - C port
at the bottom, next to the primary loudspeaker (the
earpiece works as the other
speaker).
This means that the primary
speaker is downward firing, with the
earpiece at the top of the phone acting as a tweeter to enhance frequencies.
It is important to note though that the iPhone X's
earpiece doubles as the
speaker that works with the traditional
speaker at the bottom of the device in delivering stereo sounds.
According to their reports online, they are hearing «crackling» and «buzzing» sounds directly from the iPhone X's front - facing
earpiece speaker when the volume of the device is set
at high or
at the maximum level.
There's also one on the front for the
earpiece /
speaker at the time.
Along the top of the Axon M is a headphone jack, and
at the bottom are a USB - C port and two
speakers, which work in tandem with the
earpiece to deliver stereo audio equipped with Dolby Atmos surround sound.
The
earpiece (of course) is
at the top, but no external
speaker.