Probably due to the poorly
made earpiece, the in - call voice quality was somewhat disappointing.
Not exact matches
Instead you have a spotter, Rob, who is sat up in the stands giving you instructions via an
earpiece, this only adds further to the experience in
making you feel like a real racing driver and I'll be honest, it felt so damn cool having someone as a spotter.
And I think it totally depends on if you went for the black or the white - the
earpiece / home button color
makes all the difference!
Huawei also stated a unique aspect of the TalkBand B1 is that it can be ripped off the band and used to
make phone calls, in which case it will also function as a removable Bluetooth
earpiece.
The
earpiece and loudspeaker volumes are abundant and the microphone also
makes sure the receiver gets to hear every word loud and clear.
We've noticed that the Bionic will sometimes produce a rattling sound when
making calls through the
earpiece.
An unusual (but interesting) feature, the Tab 7.7 has an
earpiece,
making phone features a possibility, bit it is not yet enabled in the software.
At 7 - inches we'd hesitate to call it a phone, but it has an
earpiece and you can use it to
make phone calls.
However, the volume through the
earpiece wasn't loud enough at the max setting,
making it somewhat difficult to hear the other caller when we tried to have a conversation in a noisy bus terminal.
Just
make sure you're using a modern smartphone and headphones; that Jawbone
earpiece from 2007 is still not going to connect no matter how hard you try.
And as there's no room for a standard
earpiece, Vivo is rolling out Screen SoundCasting Technology, which
makes the screen vibrate to produce sound.
More frequently used switches like game and mic volume are placed on the left and right
earpieces, which
makes them easy to keep separate.
The thick metallic
earpieces are well built, and super light, which
makes them good looking and relatively comfortable over longer periods of time.
As with previous devices, phone calls are solid through the
earpiece, and the speakers just
make it better.
The plastic materials used to
make the compact
earpiece are not high quality, but they are durable comfortable to wear.
You can improve this a little by moving your phone closer to the main
earpiece, and
making sure there are no interfering metal objects nearby (your keys), but other sets at the price fare much better.
The top has no space left for housing the
earpiece which
makes us wonder what innovation Meizu used here.
The hexagonal
earpieces are
made from rock - hard plastic, and they're also customizable thanks to removable plates, which V - Moda will
make to order in just about any style you can think of.
Obviously, screen borders are not
making a comeback, with Cupertino instead reportedly focused on finding a way to hide the front - facing camera,
earpiece speaker and all the Face ID - enabling technology.
In fact, simply pressing the outside of the
earpieces to
make sure they're in securely will likely perform some function — most likely pausing or playing your music.
The device is comprised of a display module that sits in front of your face attached to a headband and an
earpiece —
making for a cumbersome overall design.
In order to ensure that call quality remains as clear as possible and to
make it easier to construct, HTC has micro-drilled the
earpiece instead of adding a speaker grille, minimising distortion and giving it an all - round better look.
According to Pei, OnePlus» implementation is a compromise between not wanting to compromise the functionality of the ambient light sensors, front facing camera and
earpiece (a reference to the Essential Phone), while also not needing to
make room for a large depth - sensing system (a reference to the iPhone X).
He also said that they couldn't have
made it any smaller without compromising the quality of the phone's other hardware features, like the
earpiece, front - facing camera, sensors and the LED notification light.
Call quality was solid if unspectacular, though I very much appreciated the Extra Volume button that
makes the other person just astonishingly loud in your
earpiece — construction zones and sirens be damned, you'll hear just fine.
That's because Xiaomi had to replace the piezoelectric acoustic
earpiece with a regular one, which
makes the top bezel a little more noticeable.
The earphones are attached to one another with a string which will
make sure that you won't lose one
earpiece.
Now think about this — What if the bezels were
made tiny and Moto logo was removed or at least moved beside the
earpiece?
Jabra went an extra step in
making them great for runners by putting a heart rate monitor in the right
earpiece and when paired with Jabra's Sport Life app, the headphones provide heart - rate readings during workouts — you can even add and track specific workouts for more in - depth statistics.
The accompanying illustration shows that Samsung wants to cut away a piece or two of the screen to
make room for the phone's
earpiece.
That's alleviated by the soft padding,
making it easy to wear the 6XX for long listening stretches, although your hair will get appropriately disheveled by those mondo
earpieces.
You can calibrate the
earpieces to
make sure they recognize when you are shaking or nodding your head.
Unlike a lot of on - ear headphones, however, the
earpieces don't fold in,
making them a little harder to pack along.
As far as the audio goes, the Galaxy S9 + finally
makes better use of its
earpiece by having it double as a speaker.
Xiaomi also
made a few design tweaks to
make the phone more accessible, including trimming down the size of the screen, and switching back to an
earpiece that actually works.
The outside definitely has taken on some of the looks of the Moto Z series with its smaller
earpiece and a larger rectangular fingerprint pad,
making it easier to swipe left or right.
Calls
made from quiet areas have a clear, natural tone, and
earpiece volume is loud enough to hear in most circumstances.
At the sides this border is fairly narrow, but it becomes quite wide at the top to
make room for the
earpiece and a Nokia logo.
The
earpiece would emit buzzing distortions
making it a bit more difficult to hear what a caller is saying.
BoomSound also
makes a return here in the style of the HTC 10: the
earpiece acts as the tweeter while there's a dedicated woofer on the bottom side of the phone.
For the latter, is utilizes Near - Field Magnetic Induction (NFMI) in addition to Bluetooth to
make sure that the
earpieces are reliably connected at all times.
The earphones themselves are connected to long cables that extend out of the ends of each side of the controls, culminating in simple and understated bullet - style
earpieces made out of aircraft - grade aluminum.
While the top bezel
makes good use of space as it houses an
earpiece, set of sensors, camera module, and an LED Flash.
On the front of the device there are fairly minimal bezels on the sides but mostly standard on the top and bottom so as to
make room for the front - facing camera at the top, along with the LED flash and
earpiece, while the bottom bezel holds room for the home button / fingerprint sensor as well as the two capacitive keys — the recents button and the back button.
To deliver the features you'd expect from a smartphone, like an
earpiece, microphone and front - facing cameras, Samsung's patent describes puncturing holes in the display to
make room for the components.