Hi Neal, yes, this is carrier specific. The only carrier I've used with the iPhone in the United States is AT&T. But I use the very same phone in New Zealand, and there, the quality of calls is pretty much indistinguishable from a landline. In the US on AT&T, it is a much inferior experience and I know the duplexing issue you're talking about. Carriers have a choice over the codec in use, how much bandwidth each call takes up. AT&T are squeezing a lot more calls into the same bandwidth and it sounds absolutely yuck. I've not had any experience with the other US carriers.
Jonathan On 28/02/2013, at 10:55 AM, Neal Ewers <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: > Hi, I'm working on a podcast that will compare the call quality of the > Galaxy, the iPhone 5, and a land line. I have to say I agree. I can always > tell when someone is on a cell phone. But then, it's just the nature of the > beast. I'm not looking for broadcast quality. What I do get frustrated with > often is the poor duplexing on the devices. If someone is talking and you > start talking, they won't hear you until they quit talking. Perhaps this is > carrier specific? I'm guessing not, but I'm on this list to learn, so please > correct me if and when the need arises. > > Neal > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Ricardo Walker > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 9:52 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Call quality on the iPhone 5 > > > Whoa! > > I totally disagree here. I understand this is pretty subjective stuff, and > I understand if some say the iPhone 5 sounds better than the 4S and other > iPhones but, sound as good as a land line? A cell phone? I don't know > about that one. If the carrier supported enhanced audio, maybe but, none in > the U.S. do. Especially for the person who is on the receiving end. I've > yet to receive a call on a land line and not been able to tell immediately > the other caller was using a cell phone. > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Feb 28, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Anthony Vece <ajv...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Neal & Everyone; >> >> I am using an iPhone 5 on VZWireless and, I find that the call quality is > just about equal to a landline phone. >> Any and, all background noise is gone >> >> This was not the case on my previous iPhones. >> Anthony >> >> >> Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5! >> >> On Feb 27, 2013, at 6:25 PM, "Neal Ewers" <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> > wrote: >> >>> Hi all. I am sorry if this subject has been beaten to death. I just >>> signed back up for this list because I am switching from Android back to > apple. >>> >>> I was just reading about poor call quality on the iPhone 5. In my >>> opinion, I have not heard good quality voice on a cell phone call no >>> matter what phone I have used, but I wonder if people find the iPhone >>> 5 any better or worse than the norm. >>> >>> Thanks much. >>> >>> Neal >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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