Speakerphone (loudness, clarity) - Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review

Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi A1's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
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I will rate the speakerphone only 3* because this device could have easily had stereo speakers for its size and bezels and it doesn't.

My Mi A1 bottom speaker has a hissing sound when producing sound at the lowest volume when you are in a quite room. Anyone has this?
You have to place the your ear to the speaker at the lowest volume when playing sound to reproduce the issue.
It's like a problem it cannot produce low volume.

Khye said:
My Mi A1 bottom speaker has a hissing sound when producing sound at the lowest volume when you are in a quite room. Anyone has this?
You have to place the your ear to the speaker at the lowest volume when playing sound to reproduce the issue.
It's like a problem it cannot produce low volume.
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Yeah, I have the same problem. Kinda annoying when trying to watch videos/movies in bed at night
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XDA_RealLifeReview said:
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi A1's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
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I'm rating 3* because of the hissing/static noise on lower volumes

Kantastisch said:
Yeah, I have the same problem. Kinda annoying when trying to watch videos/movies in bed at night
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I'm rating 3* because of the hissing/static noise on lower volumes
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Just noticed this and yes, I have it too and I suspect this issue to be present on all of the other devices.
As much as I like and love the sound of the Mi A1, this issue is there with the bottom speaker. although I hardly use the speaker on low volumes, I use headphones for that purpose, had no issue so far with them on Mi A1. well looks like Xiaomi's side effect for boosting the sound on the bottom speakers too much. I am sure that this is a software issue and need minor tinkering, I just hope they don't mess up the great loud output just because this little annoying problem. Can they? Will they?

billysam said:
. I am sure that this is a software issue and need minor tinkering, I just hope they don't mess up the great loud output just because this little annoying problem. Can they? Will they?
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Simple choice in sound options "loud output vs quality in low volume" would be OK with me, I use low volume most of the time.
And yes, the hissing (both speaker and headphones) do exist and it is a problem.

Sound and volume OK.
Location is somewhat unhandy...
hand frequently covers the speaker completely when holding the phone in landscape.

yeah, is true the speaker have hissing sound at very low volume!
at normal/high volume sound is nice and no hissing sound, or at least, not audible.
Anyway i never use the speaker so low so for me the quality is very good.
about hissing sound using headphones. i have 2 headphones, cip one, from others old phones and no hissing sound even at lowest volume.
about this hissing sound, is a new bug from oreo? or was also in naugat? is a software issue or a hardware issue? will be fixed?

I think Mi A1 sound a little bit horrible compare to RN4x... RN4x has better sound wih viper4android. I've setting viper4android on Mi A1 but not find best sound with viper4android. Mi A1 crisp sound to high compare to RN4x.
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speaker sound has got worse since the last security update..

MI A1 after last system update mobile volume become very low even could not hear the sounds in normal mode and pls help

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Speakerphone (loudness, clarity)

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IMHO, the speakers are strictly average on loudness and clarity.......with V4A, I am able to squeeze out a little more out of them but at even mid volumes there are crackles. The sound (especially treble) sounds cheap and muffled. My evaluation is primarily by comparing this with my previous phone (Gionee M2) on which the sound was a lot punchier and fuller. Compare this with my wife's Lenovo Vibe P1 that overpowers anything else emitting sound in the house, it sounds like a whining wimp! hahaha! Wish it was possible to buy a spare and replace the speaker in H5X with the one on P1
Could be little bit loud.
The speakerphone isnt loud enough. Simple as that. I was going to get this phone for my dad, I had him test it out. He said he couldnt get the phone because the speakerphone isnt loud enough. I love this phone to the point of brainwash, but I had to accept his answer. What a shame.
During my months of usage, I would say that this phone's bottom facing speaker is very loud, to the point that if you are listening to different types of genres of music, it can be a little distorted when on the max volume to the point that it sounds very unpleasant to listen to, or like it is "crackling" sort of. But of course, in the stock music player app that comes loaded on the phone's EMUI, there is a equalizer option that you can turn on to adjust the bass and such other options to meet your sound quality that you are looking for.
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itsrustlife said:
During my months of usage, I would say that this phone's bottom facing speaker is very loud, to the point that if you are listening to different types of genres of music, it can be a little distorted when on the max volume to the point that it sounds very unpleasant to listen to, or like it is "crackling" sort of. But of course, in the stock music player app that comes loaded on the phone's EMUI, there is a equalizer option that you can turn on to adjust the bass and such other options to meet your sound quality that you are looking for.
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Thank you so much for your feedback. Here at honor, we love getting comments from our customers. We'll definitely forward your feedback about the Honor 5X's bottom speaker being a little distorted to our development team as we're always looking to improve our products. (ED)
its muddy at high volumes, tweaking some conrrols using poweramp helps a lil bit.
Not great
There is a notable distortion at high volumes
The speaker position was a bad design. I wish it was facing front.0
For vocals, the speaker gets the job done but for music, hell no! Its speaker produces slightly high pitched sound making it super bad for music. On full volume, there is slight 'sound-tearing' effect.
AtaliaKetch said:
For vocals, the speaker gets the job done but for music, hell no! Its speaker produces slightly high pitched sound making it super bad for music. On full volume, there is slight 'sound-tearing' effect.
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Custom ROMs and audio mods will solve your problems.
Sent from my Honor 8 using XDA Labs
I actually thought there are two speakers. :laugh: Turns out the other one is the mic.
sniperlife:D said:
I actually thought there are two speakers. :laugh: Turns out the other one is the mic.
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Glad that u dint tear it down to check if it is one or two
gopinaidu77 said:
Glad that u dint tear it down to check if it is one or two
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That would be silly. Hahaha.
sniperlife:D said:
That would be silly. Hahaha.
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Lol. Haha you could have seen by the way
gopinaidu77 said:
Lol. Haha you could have seen by the way
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Yes of course. Haha.
sniperlife:D said:
Yes of course. Haha.
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Do u own a PC ?
Certainly better than the recently launched honor 6X.
For my liking its fine.not that bad

Speakerphone (loudness, clarity)

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just got mine today, speaker is very good its loud and clear with little to no distortion
Much better than other phones I've experienced by far. Sounds clear without rattling speaker sounds when high.
Great speaker. It's not as fantastic with music with lower tones, but for voices it is very clear which is fine since that's pretty much all I use my speaker for is for Lynda.com videos (tutorials) and speaker phone. Speech come through clear enough to hear across the room on loud. Speaker could get a bit louder (I've heard louder), but it's not as quiet as some other devices I've had. It's high end is plenty loud for me given I have sensitive ears when it comes to higher tones and noise.
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Odd speaker location
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It's decent
Good in sound quality..
When compared with other smartphones in the same price range this smartphones sound quality is better..
Its clear and loud
The loudspeaker is pretty decent doesn't make strange sound on full volume while my Redmi 4x volume is too low as compare to G6
As far as I'm concerned, the speaker volume is the worst part of this device. I have to set volume to the max to get a decent sounding ringtone. It's very clear and has great quality, but it's just too weak.
One of the loudest speakerphone having mobile phone.
I am so impressed with its performance.
I am coming from Nexus 5X.
Coming form iP6S+ and because of that I'm disappointed. Almost no low tones. It seems like it's good for voice, but not for music
Almost great
The speaker gets quite loud, with no distortion, the quality is kind of mediocre, the position is not a problem, at least for me
I know this thread is for the speakerphone but posting this here since there isn't a thread for the audio jack quality.
Has anyone noticed something weird about the 75 point volume adjustment when headphones are connected? It feels like 50 is the real max volume of the phone. From 50-75 it sounds like all the phone does is limit the audio to get more perceived "loudness". (google up audio limiting) This is more apparent in Hi-Fi tracks because of the greater dynamic range to limit and increase loudness, but for normal mp3s with its limited range, there is practically not much of a difference in actual volume levels to me between 50 and 75.
Is it just me or does anyone else feel like this?

Speakerphone (loudness, clarity)

Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Honor 8 Pro's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
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It's only so-so. At times, I still struggle to listen when I use the speakerphone function.
Well, it's loud and clear although at full volume there's distortion.
Coming from a moto x play whose speaker provided dull sound and wasn't even loud. This has got a very clear and crisp sound that's loud enough. It's great.
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Not that great. I am migrating from the Vibe X3. The latter being a COMPLETE phone except with Lenovo refusing to send a VOLTE update. Rants aside, the speakerphone on the honor is not bad but neither is it great.
I hope honor can mimic the quality of the Axon 7.
Pretty loud.
gopinaidu77 said:
Pretty loud.
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It was no thumping, good, improved !! Compared to honor 8.
venugopalu007 said:
It was no thumping, good, improved !! Compared to honor 8.
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Use the dolby mod .
gopinaidu77 said:
Use the dolby mod .
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It is my relative phone , i dont want to root it.if i did he gone a kill me.
it is moderate. and I dont expect it to be louder as I use the headphone most of time. dont like to play music in public.
its not extremely loud.its normal which is good
not that great which i was expecting.but no complain.
Max volume is very loud in quiet places.

Speakerphone (loudness, clarity)

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After January's security pack update, the upper speaker is kinda "vibrating" when the volume is set up to maximum. How to fix this?
matheuspintor said:
After January's security pack update, the upper speaker is kinda "vibrating" when the volume is set up to maximum. How to fix this?
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Had the same buzzing before and after update on upper speaker on full volume some times... Just leanrned to live with it.
And the maximum sound of this phone is one of its weakpoints.
matheuspintor said:
After January's security pack update, the upper speaker is kinda "vibrating" when the volume is set up to maximum. How to fix this?
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Reboot. It'll fix it for a while.
I think something is happening when you connect a bluetooth device which messes up the volume settings.
Not in mine...
Tomar777 said:
Had the same buzzing before and after update on upper speaker on full volume some times... Just leanrned to live with it.
And the maximum sound of this phone is one of its weakpoints.
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Considering LG V40 over 3a just coz of poor quality of sound... I remember, I never heard my Nexus 5 ringing from my pocket or the next room... is 3a sound that low and bad?
Lordificated said:
Considering LG V40 over 3a just coz of poor quality of sound... I remember, I never heard my Nexus 5 ringing from my pocket or the next room... is 3a sound that low and bad?
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i dont know if they fix something, but after a couple of months i have changed ringtone and the ring volume is "ok" (not ultra loud but i hear it from the next room) and this buzzing is gone.

Speakerphone (loudness, clarity)

Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Google Pixel 4's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
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XDA_RealLifeReview said:
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Google Pixel 4's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.
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I think they're quite amazing. I'm coming from a Pixel 2 XL and these are significantly louder and more clear. There is also WAY less distortion and rattle at full volume. Bass is punchy for its size, and the rest of the frequency range sounds pretty balanced. Also note that I'm coming from the Pixel 2 XL, to the smaller pixel 4 and it's performing way better. Even though both speakers aren't front facing anymore it still sounds better.
Here to confirm it is stereo earpiece and bottom firing speakers together. Reviews did not mention if the earpiece acted as a speaker, and I was worried it would be stereo bottom firing only, a-la pixel 1. Fortunately that is not the case!
KHANrad_SIN said:
I think they're quite amazing. I'm coming from a Pixel 2 XL and these are significantly louder and more clear. There is also WAY less distortion and rattle at full volume. Bass is punchy for its size, and the rest of the frequency range sounds pretty balanced. Also note that I'm coming from the Pixel 2 XL, to the smaller pixel 4 and it's performing way better. Even though both speakers aren't front facing anymore it still sounds better.
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In my case what noticed is that I can hear voices much more clearly vs Pixel 2
So maybe they tuned them to sound better on the High frequency.
Let's face it... nobody should use a phone as a speaker regularly.
Now to watch series or YouTube video is really important the audio. And I'm enjoying much more the YouTube videos now because I can hear them without raising a lot the volume
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Coming from a 7 Pro the earpiece speaker is considerably louder. I think the "Dolby" tuning by Oneplus might give a little better spatial separation but I am very pleased with the audio quality of my P4.
Came from an LG G7, which was touted for its speaker's loudness and fidelity. I can say, without a doubt, that this sounds much better. It sounds warmer, fuller, and can get louder without distorting or sounding overly sharp. Pleasantly surprised, to be quite honest.
First time I've heard the Pixel 4 speakers was impressed how good they sound: full, bassy, quality.
KHANrad_SIN said:
I think they're quite amazing. I'm coming from a Pixel 2 XL and these are significantly louder and more clear. There is also WAY less distortion and rattle at full volume. Bass is punchy for its size, and the rest of the frequency range sounds pretty balanced. Also note that I'm coming from the Pixel 2 XL, to the smaller pixel 4 and it's performing way better. Even though both speakers aren't front facing anymore it still sounds better.
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I agree fully with this. I too came from a Pixel 2 XL and while I was initially bracing for a downgrade in speaker performance, due to lack of dual front firing speakers and speaker size, I was completely blown away by the audio performance of the Pixel 4. It is an improvement in every way possible from my 2 XL. Where it shines the most for me is clarity at high volumes. My 2 XL would break up pretty badly at above 70% volume and sound pretty trashy but my Pixel 4 can keep it's sound integrity pretty held together even up at volumes in excess of 90%. All in all, I love this phone.

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