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Looking for a great set of bluetooth headphones, that work as a hands free too.
I had a set of Nokia-bh501 's and they were pretty good. But audio quality was a bit crap. Tinny and baseless, but for phone calls they were king.
The Jabra 3030, motoralla s9 and the ericson ds220 were recomended by the threads
http://www.shopbot.com.au/default.asp?kw=Jabra+BT3030&position=search
http://www.shopbot.com.au/default.asp?kw=HBH+DS220&position=search
http://www.shopbot.com.au/default.asp?kw=Headphones+S9&position=search
So far, the jabra 3030's are the only ones with full play, pause, forward back etc... controlls and their quality, and battery life were praised.
Any others I should know of?
Try these:
http://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-P..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=054NY98WRYHE8C5ZPNSJ
Funny thing, I had just made a post about them in another thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=401545&page=12
They have full controls, and long battery life too.
I love mine, wouldn't trade the for any others.
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I really like the Motorola S9's. Good sound quality for music but not so good for the phones calls. The mic isn't that clear either. But they are great for sport activities and the like and pretty discreet. However the battery life isn't the best. They have skip forward, skip backward and play/pause controls too.
Have you seen the Itech Clip Radio D? I am also looking for someone that is using it to get some impression.....
Stereo, Radio, Oled display.
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Try Bluerek ST1
I,v just got the Bluetrek ST1
Stereo Bluetooth Head set with also can be used for calls.
There have play/pause forward back and volume buttons and also a call buttion for use with voice commander to voice dial or track sellect via voice, works great so far and have reall good music playback.
There was also on offer at have price with was a bonus, I was worried the the sound quilaty or loudness would be a problem after switching from a wire set of head phones, but theres been no problems and are much better then i was hoping for.
hopes this helps.
al
p.s. got mind from play.com in the uk for £17.99 thats half price highly recommeneded.
Anyone have the Motorla HT820's? I got some for Christmas and I like them a lot but I was wondering if there's any way to improve the audio quality when listening to songs. It's good, but you can still her some high pitched crackling in the music.
The HT820s are among the best around for audio quality. I just set an equalizer in Coreplayer to tune it to my preference. Also check A2DP settings to be sure you use high quality.
The high-pitched noise is pretty common in average quality MP3s, maybe the previous headphones were too crappy for you to notice it but now the HT820s are so good you do hear these defects
Despite not having tried the other two (bias suggestion), i would go for the Motorola s9s. They're worth every penny i put into them.
kareem9nba said:
Despite not having tried the other two (bias suggestion), i would go for the Motorola s9s. They're worth every penny i put into them.
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I would not recommend the Motorola S9 even though I really liked mine. I used it with my phone, Skype and speech recognition, but after one year, the battery was worn off enough to make the sound (in and out) really bad. And since it was older than a year, the warranty was no longer valid so I couldn't get the battery replaced. So the S9 is great but unfortunately after a year is useless.
Hmm, thanks for the heads up . I think i'm going to call them up and ask for an exchange in case my battery does go bad.
It's the same kind of batteries that's used in all those kinds of devices, and they should last longer. If yours went bad after a year it was probably faulty. I would believe this is just an isolated case, nothing to do with all units of that model, and something that could also happen on any other model.
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I would not recommend the Motorola S9 even though I really liked mine. I used it with my phone, Skype and speech recognition, but after one year, the battery was worn off enough to make the sound (in and out) really bad. And since it was older than a year, the warranty was no longer valid so I couldn't get the battery replaced. So the S9 is great but unfortunately after a year is useless.
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I wish that my S9s had lasted that long!
I used them (all 3 pairs) down the gym, and they lasted between 1 and 2 weeks each. They do not handle sweat ingress at all well, which is pretty lousy considering the way they're marketed.
Then had a pair of Jabra BT620s. Sound quality wasn't as good, and my only issue was that I looked like a total eejit whilst wearing them.
So picked up a pair of Jabra BT3030s. Pretty good sound quality, but they failed in exactly the same way as the Motos - had them clipped to my tee shirt whilst running. Bit of sweat got into them (they're supposedly waterproof), and bzzzt - they failed.
Nokia BH-501 is good but fragile
Hi,
For twelve months now I have been using the Nokia BH-501 headsets. I am happy with audio quality for both music and calls. Mostly I am happy with the price, as they go for less than $US50 here in Australia for some reason, while any other headphones with the same function have been priced much higher.
The main drawback I have found is that they break. No matter how careful I am, they develop stress fractures just back from the earpiece, after about a month of daily usage.
I am currently onto my third pair... I use plastic tape to keep them together, and they work fine...
Saving up for a more durable set of headphones now, but making do in the meantime.
I'll watch this thread for more suggestions from the experts.
Cheers.
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fcasini said:
Have you seen the Itech Clip Radio D? I am also looking for someone that is using it to get some impression.....
Stereo, Radio, Oled display.
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I have this and out of the S9 and the 10 other models and types that I have I use the Itech Clip. Now I did go get some nice KOSS noise canceling ear buds that make everything much better. I have this one http://www.itechdynamic.com/en/products_spec.asp?cid=2&pid=02042
I prefer Sennheiser MM 200, perfect for sound quality.
Im using Motorola S705..
Sound quality over calls is much quieter than music for some reason but overall it sounds OK
just lacks a bit of bass. Decent.
Really Great stereo bluetooth headsets..SONY HBH-DS205
If any of u guys are looking for great Stereo Bluetooth Headsets, "SONY HBH-DS205" are really graet one..very light weight, Great sound quality( no one can beat Sony for that), The best is, u can use any other earphones, in case if u doesnt like the one it comes with...so, thats great. I am using the music player software, "PocketMusic Player Bundle 5", which supports everything, like A2DP, equaliser, remote controls, etc...
I used bluetooth stereo headset from O2 atom..it's really nice, the sound, the style..it can play, forward, backward..the only problem it only available on white..
Hey guys i'm looking at getting a Bluetooth stereo headset for when i go workout and want to listen to music. I was looking in to the Motorola S9 but i have read some reviews stating that they tend to break when you sweat a lot. Also I kind of wanted a headset that had two individual piece and not one piece that with plastic that wraps around your head (For benching purposes). Anyone have some good recommendations?
I am more than happy with Jabra 8010. They are convertible, so I don't have to have wear 2 pieces if I know I'll be making just some calls (even though you can and the call is coming from BOTH pieces unlike that pos Jaybird I've shipped back the same day) There is no fancy blue LED blinking all the time which I HATE. Why it is there on the most BT earphones anyway?
But it has nice and unobtrusive OLED display which shows quite a few informatopn like caller ID, call history or phonebook. You can change also settings like whether you wear the "master" on your right or left. Also it has an EQUALIZER. But unless you WANT it to be on or if call is incoming, it'll show caller ID. Othervise the display's off.
Switching between modes is a snap with pushing one button you get headset, press it again and you have A2DP. Dedicated on-off switch you dont have to press and hold like many others but just slide it back and it's off, slide it fwd and it's on.
I LOVE jogwheel as a volume control. Volume change is immidiate. it's like turning a volume knob on the radio. Convinient and quick.
Battery life is beyond my expectations as it can play over 6 hours of stereo music straight and the sound is IMHO better than Moto820 (I used to have before and which ones lasted me 2 months of sporadic use) and DEFINITELY better than overpriced Jaybirds. Don't get me even started on those. Just let me say that don't remember to be so dissapointed with a purchase.
Call quality is excellent too especially when I wear both pieces. I HAVE VOICE IN MY HEAD!
And I never had any complaints from the other party s well.
My only complaint is about wearing. Don't get me wrong. They are comfortable and very lightweight. Sometimes I even forget I'm wearing it.
But the way those earloops were made, it takes some twisting and adjusting to have them exactly where you want them to be.
They are not gym proof. They holding too loosely on your ears for that.
For everyday use, walking around, in your car i.e. when there is someone else who don't like your kind of music, and so on they are excellent.
AND because they don't make them anymore, you can find them on the net for as low as $28 free shipping.
It it is a long time since I purchased so well-rounded overall no-fancy-nonsense product in general.
Too bad they took them off the market. My guess is they were loosing money.
My .02
Hi all,
I've just finished my review of the No.1 G2 Smartwatch. I found it to be a pretty impressive smartwatch overall. I loved the fact that it supported both iOS and Android. Whilst all the call features and notifications worked across both platforms, Android was clearly far better integrated, with notifications having app icons, you are able to respond to messages straight from the watch, etc.
Most features worked really well. However, the heartrate monitor seemed inaccurate and I couldn't get the IR Remote feature to work.
The included camera is pretty average and more of a novelty than anything else. I've embedded a sample video recording below:
The build quality is excellent and feels much more premium when compared to the similarly priced Pebble.
If you're wanting to start playing with wearables, I have to say its a pretty cheap way to get a cool new toy at under $80.
Check out the detailed review for plenty more information and photos: http://hometheatrelife.com/no-1-g2-smartwatch-review/
Thanks to GearBest for providing me the Stainless Steel variant to review. You can purchase it from them here.
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Hi all,
I've just finished my review of the No.1 G2 Smartwatch. I found it to be a pretty impressive smartwatch overall. I loved the fact that it supported both iOS and Android. Whilst all the call features and notifications worked across both platforms, Android was clearly far better integrated, with notifications having app icons, you are able to respond to messages straight from the watch, etc.
Most features worked really well. However, the heartrate monitor seemed inaccurate and I couldn't get the IR Remote feature to work.
The included camera is pretty average and more of a novelty than anything else. I've embedded a sample video recording below:
The build quality is excellent and feels much more premium when compared to the similarly priced Pebble.
If you're wanting to start playing with wearables, I have to say its a pretty cheap way to get a cool new toy at under $80.
Check out the detailed review for plenty more information and photos: http://hometheatrelife.com/no-1-g2-smartwatch-review/
Thanks to GearBest for providing me the Stainless Steel variant to review. You can purchase it from them here.
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Thank you DarkscytheX,
Is it possible to change the wallpaper on the watch, not the clock face but the background for settings and menus. In some of the pictures for the No.1 G2, the menu has a blue background but i can't seem to figure out how to change it.
It's not possible to change the wallpaper to a custom image however, if you go into Settings>Display there is an option to change the wallpaper to 1 of 3 pre installed options
For 2 minutes, forget about everything and just imagine an Alien comes to Earth and asks "Hi! I want THE Smartphone with the best specs... Which one should I get?"... A Simple answer is "Xperia XZ Premium". It has the best screen, 4K HDR, Stereo Dual Speakers supporting High Def Audio, can shoot 960 fps at 720p, can shoot 4K HDR at 30 fps, IP68 water resistance, etc... Technically, it's by far the phone with the best specs.
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And yet, the only thing that we can hear about is Samsung's Note 8 and Apple iPhone 8. And that's because of Sony's bad marketing and absent marketing strategies.
What I will try to explain below is how Sony fails miserably at marketing it's product and even in supporting them.
Btw, my previous phone was the Note 7, and i had to give it back for obvious reasons. Before that I had the xperia mini pro, and before that the xperia mini, and before that a samsung phone. So if one thing is clear, it's that I really can't care less about both companies. It's just a frustration on Sony's weak approach of marketing.
First of all, let see how Samsung handles its marketing.
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- The Note 7 exploded because they couldn't fit a Battery into the phone properly. And yet, they didn't even bother Re-branding. They just recalled, apologized and moved on. They even re-released the same phone as Note FE. And the Note 8 is the most expected phone right now. They faced a Tsunami, they didn't even flinch, they just surfed on it.
- Samsung is advertising its S8, S8 plus and Note 8 Infinity Display like they invented some kind of teleportation device. They even came up with the slogan "Unbox Your phone!" cause their latest phones have no bezels, even though they totally have bezels on the top and bottom and very little on the sides. But hey! Who cares! They somehow managed to make everyone jump on the bandwagon and love that useless overly extended display which has no use for media whatsoever.
- Next, Samsung brings a new Resolution! QHD+ Resolution which is 2960 x 1440. Yes. QHD+. And yet... THERE IS NOT EVEN ANY MEDIA FILE AT THAT RESOLUTION!!!! Not one video, not one wallpaper, nothing. There's no media for that Resolution. Even QHD is not a widely adopted resolution. 4K is by far more popular. But Samsung doesn't care. The S8 and S8 Plus show digital bezels to play any media with usual resolutions. You could fit the media to the screen but then you will lose some top and bottom pixels on your image or video. But does Samsung care? Does anyone care? Of course not. It's Marketing. "Hey! We brought more Pixels! It's QHD+". That's exactly like Apple's "Retina Display". Just name a Resolution and make it sound like you invented something new, although it's completely useless.
- Samsung bought Harman. You know the company that excels in Audio. So you'd expect that the Note 8 will come with excellent Dual Speakers for better audio experience right? Well, of course not. The Note 8 will come with the same useless speaker they use on any of their device since Samsung was founded. But instead, what they will do is make you pay more for the Note 8 cause they added earbuds. Harman earbuds. The Note 8 new feature: Harman earbuds we put next to it. It could have been worse though. They could have put the earbuds IN the Note 8 itself. Oh! They already did something like that with a Stylus.
- The S-Pen. If you like the Note, it's because of the S-Pen right? You'd think "yeah the S-Pen is awesome. Very productive tool, you can draw, etc...". Well, did you know that ALL the features of the S-Pen (like the 4096 pressures sensitivity) actually belong to the S-Pen itself? And that the Note, neither its display, has nothing to do with it? Think of it like Samsung is selling you a Stylus, but makes the Note look like a whole unit with the S-Pen just because they opened a hole inside to put the pen in it. And guess what you have less of, because of that pen? Less battery. Ask yourself this. Imagine you have a smartphone like the note, and they tell you, "hey, buy this stylus. It's useful. But we will open your phone, take some features out and put the pen inside cause we dont want you to carry it in your pocket". What would you say? But if a marketing manager elaborates the principle and put it differently, you'd say "YEAH!". (Even I did. I bought the Note 7 cause of that Pen).
And that's Samsung for you. Marketing. They are no different than Apple. They sell you yesterday's technology, and tell you that it's the new hot thing and you should buy it. If you're not a Tech enthusiast, you will fall for it easy. (Ok. They're not as bad as Apple. But still, every year they get closer and closer to Apple's marketing strategy).
Now it's time to see how Sony handle things...
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- 4K HDR Display. Everywhere on the internet you will read "4K useless on a phone, you can't see the difference between a 4k and a HD display". You will read "LCD is not good for VR because of this and that". Both of these statements are false.
First let start with the 4K perceivable or not: Once you watched a 4K video on the XZ premium, you know you saw the difference. You know. Anyone that watched a video on the XZP knows. But does any other person on the planet know? Of course not. Why? Cause Sony didn't bother telling them. I mean, look at Samsung's new slogan for the Note 8: "Do bigger things". "Unbox Your Phone". So where's Sony's Slogan for the 4K Display? Where is the marketing strategy pushing the idea that 4K on a phone is not only perceivable, but it's now essential and if your phone doesn't have it, it's garbage cause you will miss all the media of the world. Even Youtube is 4K now! Well, Sony didn't bother. They just don't care. So no Slogan. Nothing. The only thing they could come up with is "4K HDR looks nice, please buy our phone".
Second, let see how the XZP does in VR and what is the fuss about LCD and VR. Samsung is pushing VR like a pregnant woman giving birth to twins. And yet, their QHD+ resolution is still weak for a VR headset. But the Xperia XZ Premium has a 4K Display. And once you try 4K VR, you understand that 4K is THE Resolution VR needs. And that rumor which says "LCD Display is no good for VR" is completely false. You understand it when you try and see it. But let say you couldn't try it to see it for yourself. Then here's a piece of information that will help you know. Pimax (which is a VR company that designs VR headsets for PC, competing with Occulus and HTC) is now releasing a VR headset with 8K resolution. The Display they use is an LCD display.
So, all these said. What has Sony have to say about that? You'd expect a Sony VR Headset and a lot of noise on that awesome 4K VR. I am sure you all tried 4K VR with a 3rd party headset right? You'd think Sony would push the XZP VR capabilities even further. Well they don't. Sony just doesn't like doing things. It's boring for them.
Maybe you may think "Yeah but Samsung has Occulus behind them". True. But I wonder what Sony has in their own ecosystem... Hmmmm... What was that thing called again? PLAYSTATION? and even Playstation VR with many VR titles???? But no. Sony wouldn't do that. It would be wrong to advertise the most capable Smartphone in the market and support it with its own ecosystem. Let 3rd party software and headsets worry about VR and all. Sony doesn't even need compliance with Google Daydream. They're fine. Leave Sony alone.
- Stereo Dual Speakers supporting High Definition Audio. Of course Sony puts only the best in its phone. As a hardware. But what about the software? I mean, if there was a volume problem with these speakers, Sony would immediately remedy that right? Right? RIGHT? Cause they support their product and care right? Naaaah. Just go to the google playstore and find some 3rd party app to increase that volume you are so fond of. Don't bother Sony!
- Sony has the best camera sensors. Even Samsung buys Sony camera sensors. And in the XZP they put an excellent Camera that can shoot 960fps at 720p. And 4k HDR at 30 fps. But what if somehow, their awesome, (no sarcasm), wide lens had such a distortion, (which is completely normal btw), that some may see it as an issue? Cause you know that a wide angle camera that tries to get anything will obviously distort the image and this must be fixed with a software right? RIGHT? I mean Sony would have thought to code a proper software for that... Right? Of course not. Forget about that, they don't even advertise there slow motion camera properly. Why would they care about that? Instead, enjoy a nice paragraph where Sony explains that this distortion is normal and acceptable in the current market. Of course writing 1 paragraph is way easier than writing codes and then updating the phone etc... Stop annoying Sony with your useless demands.
- Sony has the best possible ecosystem any phone manufacturer would dream of. Samsung's Occulus? Laught at that. Sony has PLAYSTATION! Yes. I don't know if you heard of it, but Playstation belongs to Sony. I specifically write it down, because if you know Sony only from the Xperia phones, than you may not have heard about that. You see, Samsung automatically starts the Occulus app when you put it in the GearVR which is a Samsung Headset made in collaboration with Occulus. They do it so you feel like their VR experience belongs to an ecosystem. Does Sony's Playstation, which belongs to "Sony", (no really, it does), collaborated with the Xperia department, (which also belongs to Sony), to push VR headsets on Xperia devices and completely destroy any competition because they have like all the titles they need? No. Sony doesn't care about that. They don't like to do... things. They have enough money. Stop annoying them with your nonsense childish requests.
- Forget about VR. Sony has an excellent service called Playstation Now, which streams PS3 games onto your PC. They could easily make it available on any Xperia device. How I know that? Cause a company called Liquidsky is now doing it with PC Games. Yes you can play streamed PC games on your android. And no, there's no latency. I played and finished a PS3 Sony exclusive title called "Beyond two souls" on my windows 10 laptop. Yes I streamed the game from a country that is not supported by the Playstation Now cause its too far, and played and finished the game with almost zero latency. So will Sony bring that to the XPZ or any other Xperia device? Of course not. Sony doesn't like to do... things. It's boring to them. They'd have to make an APP for that. Oh oh oh slow down. They already made an App for PC last year. It's not like they gonna make an app every year for a different device!
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If Samsung had released a 4K Device with dual speakers, and had a department called Playstation I can't tell you what would happen to the world: Samsung would declare that they now possess the Korean government and would start to engulf neighboring countries. And no one would resist them cause everyone would be too busy playing 4K Playstation games in VR on their Note 13 devices.
Sony's marketing is so terrible and misses so many opportunities that even that Alien mentioned earlier would think that Samsung makes better phones and would opt for that S8 Plus cause it has a big display.
I am sure that there are many many so called "Logical" and "Rational" explanations why Sony fails so bad in marketing. But it doesn't matter, cause they are just failing and I don't think that Disney will come and fix their next Xperia phone for them.
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Sony's marketing is so terrible and misses so many opportunities that even that Alien mentioned earlier would think that Samsung makes better phones and would opt for that S8 Plus cause it has a big display.
I am sure that there are many many so called "Logical" and "Rational" explanations why Sony fails so bad in marketing. But it doesn't matter, cause they are just failing and I don't think that Disney will come and fix their next Xperia phone for them.
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I agree with this. In fact the last form of advertising that I remember seeing relating to an Xperia phone was at a Tmobile store and that was a dunk tank with a Z3 (I think). It's a shame too because Sony phones are consistently awesome.
The real problem now rearing it's ugly head is the lack of VoLTE calling and WIFI calling compatibility (US). This is a great reponse to your "Galaxy 8" statements. Why would average consumers choose a less compatible phone and what would motivate a sales associate to sell a less compatible phone.(US again) I honestly can't say that I would.
The fan fact is that Sony has the most pattents in VR technology but still haven't released any VR Headset for the XZ Premium. This is very sad because this was the very purpose of this device.
Regardless how they handle marketing I will continue to buy Sony products because there's simply no other phone that can beat Sony.
You know I find your post very special AND interesting! And I need to say that I'm a huge Xperia fan (since the Z) but I mostly agree with what you write. There are indeed some mysteries in their way of handling what they do. I feel like they have the expertise and skill -maybe the best of the world!- to manufacture top-end components and devices but once this is done they have no idea how to manage all of this. Somehow like an "autistic savant" (not sure how to make it sound like in french ) but they obviously need to hire competent poeple for after the production. I find it crazy that many people around me even don't know what Sony exactly does, let alone smartphone.. and yet for me too, they just do the best! But with something like this, the odds are good that it will be rather low succesful (I wouldn't too buy a flagship from a brand I almost only know they build cameras and TV..)
You still didn't mention some other things like dual SIM, stereo recording, camera button, quick capture (with lockscreen bypass!), noise cancelation, LDAC, DSEE HX, S-Force, PS4 remote, side fingerprint sensor, etc.. (even mirror:victory when you put the S8 vs the XZP. Then you said something pretty interesting with the VR (I actually opened the "Daydream" thread here) and I wish to know more about this, really.
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You know I find your post very special AND interesting! And I need to say that I'm a huge Xperia fan (since the Z) but I mostly agree with what you write. There are indeed some mysteries in their way of handling what they do. I feel like they have the expertise and skill -maybe the best of the world!- to manufacture top-end components and devices but once this is done they have no idea how to manage all of this. Somehow like an "autistic savant" (not sure how to make it sound like in french ) but they obviously need to hire competent poeple for after the production. I find it crazy that many people around me even don't know what Sony exactly does, let alone smartphone.. and yet for me too, they just do the best! But with something like this, the odds are good that it will be rather low succesful (I wouldn't too buy a flagship from a brand I almost only know they build cameras and TV..)
You still didn't mention some other things like dual SIM, stereo recording, camera button, quick capture (with lockscreen bypass!), noise cancelation, LDAC, DSEE HX, S-Force, PS4 remote, side fingerprint sensor, etc.. (even mirror:victory when you put the S8 vs the XZP. Then you said something pretty interesting with the VR (I actually opened the "Daydream" thread here) and I wish to know more about this, really.
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lol, I completely forgot about half the features you mentioned and didn't know about the other half! That's Sony for you!
About the Daydream VR, i went to your original thread to answer you!
I've always wondered why Sony don't do any marketing for their new phones - I saw ads for the S8 and iPhone whatever everywhere but nothing for the Sony phones (at least here in Australia anyways)
Sony Mobile should takes some marketing courses at Playstation division.
@nomailx You are in here all the time complaining about Sony and misunderstanding features that this phone has. Look at all this tl;dr... why you rant to us? Go rant this to Sony in an email or something.
Hello everyone, I'm doing some research about Fitness and Smartwatch's / headphones. I will use this information for YouTube videos in the future and would love it if you could spare a few moments to take part in my 2 surveys ?
Headphones
https://forms.gle/4vzVT1zBvzdnC2GC7
Smartwatch
https://forms.gle/2V7mhtL9mRsFBopFA
The smartwatch form doesn't work for me. Using Firefox
smartwatch form opens for me in Chrome...
Both the forms not working for me.
so initially when I purchased my red hydrogen one the audio wasn't anything no worthy, however it was moderately acceptable at that time. Nonetheless now that I've had this device for almost 3 years, the audio has gotten progressively quieter. Call volume is so low and quiet I can barely hear anyone I'm on the phone with. Audio playing through the stereo speakers on my phone it is quieter and almost any other phone that I know of. Ringtones and notification sounds are too quiet, I seem to have to keep my phone fairly close to me at all times or I end up missing phone calls. Not to mention the microphone levels and Gain is fairly awful on phone calls people are always telling me that they can't hear me, especially on speaker phone calls. Iliterally have to yell into the phone at point blank for them to hear me. Aux output for the most part and nearly every device that I've tried it on except for a few, and uncomfortably strong static filters through, as if there's some electric feedback or static feedback coming from the device or possibly the hardware that the audio is being processed through on the device...
These are my workarounds I have allowed me to continue to use this device this long...
For audio and music coming through the built-in speakers I use an app called boom, the app includes a smaller app which is really just as smart equalizer plug in / widget, with system wine equalization and loudness and also virtualization control.
When it comes to phone calls, and especially video calls, I'm simply forced to get as close as possible and often close my eyes just so I can attempt to understand and listen to what people are saying to me. I really can't express enough how annoying that could be, is quite a handicap technologically. It seems everyone and their cheap phones and devices nowadays play so loud and sound so much louder and clearer than this red hydrogen one could possibly compare to, especially considering how much this phone cost when it originally came out...
Now when it comes to AUX output, I am forced to use a hi-fi USB OTG adapted DAC
(dragonfly red), so I'm sure there are many cheaper more obtainable and more practical DAC options out there, even in line aux amplifiers, that utilize tiny capacitors and tiny little circuit boards to draw power from the weak audio output signal and amplify your audio in line without any other source of power...
In general the best option on this device seems to be Bluetooth output, yet even that seems to fall short when it compares the other devices and they're built in sound processing...
It's funny it just seems to be such a concern to me considering I came from an LG v30, which house possibly the best and highest quality sound and audio processing with built-in quad that hi-fi dedicated audio processors...
Yep, I gave up the world's best mobile phone audio quality device I've ever seen or read about with built-in hardware, I gave that phone up for the aesthetics, and unique functions of a 3D display, that hilariously I rarely ever desire to use or play with, honestly I agree rather bored of taking 3D photos and editing 3D pictures and video only for myself to be the only person that got to experience it got pretty boring, and truthfully every single game available in 3D on the device, it's quite lame and boring to someone like me, my 7 year old really enjoys it and I let her play some 3D games on my phone. But it really does run the battery down a lot faster than regular applications, so I don't even do that much anymore.
I'm pretty sure that I'm on the precipice of collecting and saving and or obtaining a newer and better cellular device to adopt as my daily driver, it's really only a matter of time before that happens. Currently I'm in a long drawn-out process to root and flash a custom ROM on a Motorola g stylus XT2043-4 that Is cracked but functional it happened to find in a vehicle that was purchased by the car lot my family used to own before we closed down at the beginning of this year.
Anything has got to be better than the sacrifice I'm making just to feel this highly engineered aluminum milled ergonomic 3D paperweight that I once desired and admired so much...
I guess unfortunate that I purchased this phone at a major discount considering the company had discontinued all development and future product releases, I honestly paid $185, and I just looked them up the other day and you can find red hydrogen one phones at around $58 on eBay if you look hard enough, some were even brand new never used....
Personally if I was going to buy another $100 phone that has no product support or updates, I'd buy another next bit Robin phone and root and flash custom ROM on again, now that phone was quite impressive when mounted especially for the price...
Thanks for reading my post, LOL I'm quite interested to hear literally anyone else's experience with this device, especially if they're anywhere close to similar to mine...
killacam4207 said:
so initially when I purchased my red hydrogen one the audio wasn't anything no worthy, however it was moderately acceptable at that time. Nonetheless now that I've had this device for almost 3 years, the audio has gotten progressively quieter. Call volume is so low and quiet I can barely hear anyone I'm on the phone with. Audio playing through the stereo speakers on my phone it is quieter and almost any other phone that I know of. Ringtones and notification sounds are too quiet, I seem to have to keep my phone fairly close to me at all times or I end up missing phone calls. Not to mention the microphone levels and Gain is fairly awful on phone calls people are always telling me that they can't hear me, especially on speaker phone calls. Iliterally have to yell into the phone at point blank for them to hear me. Aux output for the most part and nearly every device that I've tried it on except for a few, and uncomfortably strong static filters through, as if there's some electric feedback or static feedback coming from the device or possibly the hardware that the audio is being processed through on the device...
These are my workarounds I have allowed me to continue to use this device this long...
For audio and music coming through the built-in speakers I use an app called boom, the app includes a smaller app which is really just as smart equalizer plug in / widget, with system wine equalization and loudness and also virtualization control.
When it comes to phone calls, and especially video calls, I'm simply forced to get as close as possible and often close my eyes just so I can attempt to understand and listen to what people are saying to me. I really can't express enough how annoying that could be, is quite a handicap technologically. It seems everyone and their cheap phones and devices nowadays play so loud and sound so much louder and clearer than this red hydrogen one could possibly compare to, especially considering how much this phone cost when it originally came out...
Now when it comes to AUX output, I am forced to use a hi-fi USB OTG adapted DAC
(dragonfly red), so I'm sure there are many cheaper more obtainable and more practical DAC options out there, even in line aux amplifiers, that utilize tiny capacitors and tiny little circuit boards to draw power from the weak audio output signal and amplify your audio in line without any other source of power...
In general the best option on this device seems to be Bluetooth output, yet even that seems to fall short when it compares the other devices and they're built in sound processing...
It's funny it just seems to be such a concern to me considering I came from an LG v30, which house possibly the best and highest quality sound and audio processing with built-in quad that hi-fi dedicated audio processors...
Yep, I gave up the world's best mobile phone audio quality device I've ever seen or read about with built-in hardware, I gave that phone up for the aesthetics, and unique functions of a 3D display, that hilariously I rarely ever desire to use or play with, honestly I agree rather bored of taking 3D photos and editing 3D pictures and video only for myself to be the only person that got to experience it got pretty boring, and truthfully every single game available in 3D on the device, it's quite lame and boring to someone like me, my 7 year old really enjoys it and I let her play some 3D games on my phone. But it really does run the battery down a lot faster than regular applications, so I don't even do that much anymore.
I'm pretty sure that I'm on the precipice of collecting and saving and or obtaining a newer and better cellular device to adopt as my daily driver, it's really only a matter of time before that happens. Currently I'm in a long drawn-out process to root and flash a custom ROM on a Motorola g stylus XT2043-4 that Is cracked but functional it happened to find in a vehicle that was purchased by the car lot my family used to own before we closed down at the beginning of this year.
Anything has got to be better than the sacrifice I'm making just to feel this highly engineered aluminum milled ergonomic 3D paperweight that I once desired and admired so much...
I guess unfortunate that I purchased this phone at a major discount considering the company had discontinued all development and future product releases, I honestly paid $185, and I just looked them up the other day and you can find red hydrogen one phones at around $58 on eBay if you look hard enough, some were even brand new never used....
Personally if I was going to buy another $100 phone that has no product support or updates, I'd buy another next bit Robin phone and root and flash custom ROM on again, now that phone was quite impressive when mounted especially for the price...
Thanks for reading my post, LOL I'm quite interested to hear literally anyone else's experience with this device, especially if they're anywhere close to similar to mine...
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I can sympathise with your experience as all my previous Sony Xperia flafship devices including LG V series has impecable audio sound quality speaker hardware & sound system boosting digital or DAC audio software, but unfortunately the Red hydrogen one audio performance does not come close to compliment or reflect the 3D visuals capabilities. the speakers sounds tinny, lacking base, no depth or a proper rendition & the 3D audio surround sound enabled is actually more lackluster than disabled & furthur deminished the audio loudness. I sincerely beleived if the Red hydrogen one phone had continued to receive firmware updates it would have improved audio, video display & other tweats. I am a big fan of the Titanium version premium built quality & design & I currently own it in 2023 with worldwide SIM LTE works astonishingly well for today's standards but lack all future software updates is a pity, I actually am proud of showing my Red hydrogen one phone in public & draw parallel to the luxury VERTU phones as attention grabbling....