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I've just realized why I dislike receiving calls on my cellphone: I can't hear the person properly. After every call I'm frustrated because I've had to piece the conversation together from the words I did manage to catch. It is rare for me to not have to ask a person to repeat themselves at least a few times.
It's not volume, it's definitely loud enough. I don't know if it's the compression/codec - I can understand zoom/skype/internet calls fine (but maybe I'm just more used to those codecs). I don't know if its the phone - I've had this problem for years across a couple phones (but they're all lower-end devices).
So why is it that cellphones suck at the very thing they should do?
11 months ago
Maybe phonecalls always disturb you and your brain is still in another place (gemini space) :-) · 11 months ago
lower end phones definitely do have poorer quality speakers and audio compression. I've taken a couple back after buying them for this reason. I've found the more recent feature phones running KaiOS seem to be much better · 11 months ago
Maybe it's differentiation from background noise? I tend to use zoom/skype etc. in more controlled (e.g. quiet) circumstances, but cell-phone use less so. Do you have the same issue on a cell-phone with earphones/headset? · 11 months ago