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?
3 years ago
Maybe phonecalls always disturb you and your brain is still in another place (gemini space) :-) · 3 years 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 · 3 years 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? · 3 years ago