Re: iPhone 8

From	felix <felix@real_felix.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.cars, aus.comms, aus.computers
Subject	Re: iPhone 8
Date	2017-09-29 00:29 +1000
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On 28/09/2017 11:57 PM, Xeno wrote:
> On 28/09/2017 11:28 PM, felix wrote:
>> On 28/09/2017 8:31 PM, Xeno wrote:
>>> On 28/09/2017 7:24 PM, felix wrote:
>>>> On 28/09/2017 7:20 PM, Xeno wrote:
>>>>> On 28/09/2017 6:22 PM, felix wrote:
>>>>>> On 28/09/2017 5:21 PM, Xeno wrote:
>>>>>>> On 28/09/2017 4:19 PM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 28/09/2017 3:45 PM, Xeno wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 28/09/2017 2:48 PM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 28/09/2017 12:48 PM, Noddy wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 28/09/17 12:38 PM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have two friends who call me often, one has an iPhone 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and the other Samsung. the call quality from the Samsung 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> user is far superior to the iPhone. although that may 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have something to do with who the carrier is?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Has a *lot* to do with *many* things.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> like what?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Like location and network congestion for example. The *same* 
>>>>>>>>>>> phone can give different results at different times.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I haven't noticed that. it's always the same result 
>>>>>>>>>> regardless of when or where called from. and the person with 
>>>>>>>>>> the Samsung recently upgraded from an earlier Samsung model, 
>>>>>>>>>> and they call from the same location with the same carrier 
>>>>>>>>>> with the new phone, and the sound is remarkably better, so 
>>>>>>>>>> that can only be attributable to the phone. also I just 
>>>>>>>>>> realized that another friend has an iphone, and their call 
>>>>>>>>>> quality is the same as the other iphone, although they are 
>>>>>>>>>> with a different carrier. I have never heard call quality as 
>>>>>>>>>> good as with the Samsung which is the model before the 
>>>>>>>>>> current one I think.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Interesting. My experience is the reverse. My friend at Moonee 
>>>>>>>>> Beach had a Samsung Galaxy. With either Telstra or Optus, she 
>>>>>>>>> had poor signal, dropouts, garbled conversations, etc. There 
>>>>>>>>> were dead zones in her house so she had to make sure she never 
>>>>>>>>> moved into one when she took or initiated a call. That was 
>>>>>>>>> when I had my iPhone 4S and it worked perfectly at her place, 
>>>>>>>>> in any location - no dead zones. Note, mine was with Optus 
>>>>>>>>> since I live in a *Telstra free zone* (my choice). She then 
>>>>>>>>> bought the same phone, problems over. When I upgraded mine to 
>>>>>>>>> an SE, she did likewise. Her daughter went to an iPhone 6, 
>>>>>>>>> they swapped, so now she has an iPhone 6 and is as happy as a 
>>>>>>>>> pig in the proverbial.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I was only referring to the quality of the voice transmission 
>>>>>>>> as received
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That was *included* in what I wrote.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ok, what I'm trying to say is that I'm talking about how the 
>>>>>> voice sounds, ie. clarity, volume, whether it's just 'flat' or 
>>>>>> 'full ranging', etc., and not about calls dropping or stuff like 
>>>>>> that
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I was talking about the *gamut*, not single issues.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> you were addressing what I said, and I'm clarifying what I said
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Odd, I thought I was addressing my *experience* with Samsung vs 
>>> iPhone which, as I stated, was the reverse of your experience - in 
>>> every way. Actually, it was my friend's experience but it became a 
>>> *shared experience* whenever they tried to ring me or vice versa.
>>>
>>
>> initially you addressed my comments by relating your experience, as you 
>
> Indeed I did. My mileage varied!   ;-)
>
>> often do whether it's called for or not. it seemed to me that you 
>> might have misinterpreted my remarks so I sought to clarify them. I 
>> tried to 
>
> I didn't misinterpret your remarks. As I said, I addressed the gamut. 
> With phones there is rarely a single issue that causes communication 
> problems. 

and I tried to explain I not talking about a transmission issue. I 
talking about how different phones produce better or worse sound. 
another person who calls me has some crappy phone that is barely audible

> I learnt this the hard way when a friend and I were playing with VOIP 
> back in the days before it was mainstream. VOIP has improved a lot 
> since those heady days.
>
>> explain that I was talking specifically about the quality of the 
>> voice transmission I receive. 
>
> And that is exactly what my friend was having issues with - voice 
> quality. The change of phone fixed - rx, tx, signal strength, etc. 
> Which of those caused the voice quality degradation? Who knows?
>
> FWIW, my Galaxy had a different issue. It would go deaf. It would 
> neither call out nor receive incoming calls. The problem was that I 
> didn't make a lot of outgoing calls so didn't know until someone told 
> me they'd been trying to ring. That could have been going on for a 
> week or more because, on average, I only made 3 or 4 calls a month. 
> Numerous visits to Samsung repair centres where they would update 
> firmware and otherwise pissfart around. Invariably the phone would 
> work Ok for a time, then do it again. All I needed to do was reboot 
> the phone, not such a big deal, but I never knew when it was going to 
> play up. It could go deaf in a week, or in a few hours.
>
> BTW, it did have voice quality issues but I put that down to the 
> network at that time. It may well have been the phone. I just set it 
> aside and bought an iPhone 4S and my phone issues just went away. 
> Works for me.
>
>> I'm not looking for an argument here.
>
> Neither am I.
>
> You'll need to see Noddy about that. He's an argumentative little prick.
> Currently he can't tell the difference between a Certificate and an Exam.
>
>

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                Re: iPhone 8 felix <felix@real_felix.invalid> - 2017-09-29 00:29 +1000
                Re: iPhone 8 Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2017-09-29 00:37 +1000
                Re: iPhone 8 Noddy <me@home.com> - 2017-09-29 00:39 +1000
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