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msmobiles.com_robot · Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 16777215

HTC Touch Diamond has a very good sound quality phone calls and here we are testing it and present to you recordings in MP3 files - both with and without headset! Don't believe what others say about sound quality o...

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Critic · Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 28

When you make a call the backlight lock (and screen lock if you have it configured) comes on immediately so if you have to enter a DTMF tone at a voice prompt you have to figure out how to turn the backlight on without hanging up the call (end call button) starting a call waiting call (dial call button), exiting the phone application alltogether (back button), or going to the home screen (home screen button).

Touching the center of the action button then waiting for the backlight to come back on before selectingthe keypad and then entering the choice...

My voicemail has already given up by then.

The Kaiser tweak for disabling it doesn't work. The only thing that does is dialling or answering and using the phone completely horisontal. As soon as you put it vertical the motion sensor locks the screen.

I've disabled the HTC Sensor Service sensor using Task Manager by FdcSoft simply so I can get my voicemail.

HTC & Microsoft please listen: the iPhone is NOT a good phone to copy!!!!!

Physboy · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 202

Edward a better test would have been to call a landline so that the variable of another cell phone's technology and cell network are taken out of the equation.

In addition, Mickey's complaints were regarding the sound quality on the Edge network. So, to verify or dispute his claim you need to do the test using the methodology above, over an Edge network. Otherwise you are wrong for stating that other people are lying when they make their claims regarding Edge networks.

That being said, Mickey should also be straight on the fact that the antenna is on the top of the Diamond, not the bottom of it.
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adamz · Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 44

Who's Mickey, and why is he making phone calls over EDGE?

I've been making phone calls over GSM 1900 with the Touch Diamond, and the voice quality has been just as good as any other GSM phone. I've had no complaints from people on the other end either.

gt2697 · Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 5

For those that don't know me, this is Mickey, one of the guest hosts of msmobiles.com

First off, I agree that I may have been a bit hard on the sound quality of the device, but I can tell you that on more than one occasion, I have heard negative feedback from the quality of the call I have been on. Also, I am in the US, so EDGE is all I get here with the current version of this device.

That being said, Edward, how can you say this was "very good sound quality". While it is audible, that shouldn't be the only requirement. Listen to Chris in your test calls, that is how I think a good phone call sounds. Your test calls rank as "Poor sound quality" in my mind. We shouldn't have to put up with calls that sound like this!!!

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raulr · Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 26

I agree with the other poster, while the sound from those sample voice recordings is audible, it is definitely not high quality sound. Pretty poor in my opinion.

gt2697 · Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 5

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chrisoldroyd · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 27

I can say one thing as I was on the other end of the call, the Diamond sounded fine to me, no worse than any other call I received that day, no the voice quality is not perfect by a long stretch but that is a restriction on the technology used by the networks rather than the phone. I will have my Diamond tomorrow and will test the voice quality out a lot more as I will be using this as my only device while I do the review, we all have to remember, the calls were recorded at my end via software on my phone so as Edward states my voice was recorded at source so was always going to sound clearer, but this was by no way a definitive test but an example.
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Physboy · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 202

Edward, how can you say that you do not think the bandwidth differences between the US and Europe have anything to do with the voice quality difference?

You are aware that the only bandwith from the Diamond that works in the US is the Edge bandwith? You should also know that as a fact the 3G voice quality is higher than the Edge voice quality as there is more data used for the voice stream for the previous bandwith.

That being the case it does not make sense that you hold the opinion that the bandwith difference does not have anything to do with it.

Chris, I emplore you to use the methodology I mentioned above. Also, it would be interesting to use the same methodology on a phone that Mickey thinks has good voice quality for comparison.
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kupe · Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 513

No offense but the last 2 motorola phones I've used, over CDMA, sound significantly better than either one of those two MP3 recordings. Is that an artifact of GSM (vs CDMA) I'm hearing? Does HTC still have a ways to go to reach Motorola's level of sound quality? Confused

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adamz · Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 44

Why are people talking about EDGE as if it's used for voice phone calls?
EDGE = Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution

Physboy · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 202