Better Desire HD speaker sound comparison video

I've just made a better comparison video between the Desire HD and the Nokia N95.
This time I chose different music that has a larger range of low, mid and high tones. Especially the low tones were important for this test.



As you can see the difference is quite big.
The Desire HD shows no signs of any low tones at all, only high tones at a low "crackly" quality.
Also the volume is lower, but that wouldn't have been a disaster IF there were any low tones (bass).

So in short:
-Volume too low
-Absolutely no low tones (bass)
-Sound quality is low and "crackly"

Ok, we all know that the speakers aren't good, as my previous poll has shown:


A shocking 68% (>2 out of 3 people) is very disappointed with the speakers, but we all expected this outcome I guess...

Make no mistake, I'm not out to bash HTC, but to find a solution one must research the actual problem.
Having said this, I'm really interested in other high-end phone speaker comparisons, such as the Galaxy S, Iphone 4 and the Nokia N8.
If you have both a Desire HD and another high-end phone, please make a video of them playing the same song as I played, and post it in this thread.

The reason I want to do this, is to give HTC multiple comparisons so they can see for themselves that there is a problem with the speakers,
and that they are not acceptable for a brand new flagship phone.
Especially not when older flagship phones beat the Desire HD while it's over 3 years old...

It's such a pity, because the rest of the phone is absolutely amazingly fantastic.

Here you can find the track I used: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPoQsOBzlgQ

Desire HD vs Samsung i8910HD speaker comparison.

Desire HD vs Samsung i8910HD speaker comparison.
At the time the i8919HD came out, it was considered to be a pretty good phone, but not for long.


Also in this case, the Desire HD loses.

nmyseteroious said:

I'm not surprise with the result at all, both the N95 and I8910 have 2 speakers that are on the sides of the while while the DHD has only on speaker at the back of the phone. Both N95 and I8910 are also symbian in which you can access the hardware setup to tweak the loudness of the speaker.

However, to be fair to the DHD, I would wanna see comparison with other phones that have only 1 speaker and are android-based.

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Actually, I believe the DHD does have 2 speakers. It seems to have another one in the earpiece.

As I think it's still is fair because when I block 1 speaker on the N95, it still really outperforms the DHD.
Also, if the speaker would produce low tones, I'm sure it would have performed a lot better.
It's annoyingly high pitched, almost as if you're sitting next to someone who has their headphones or earplugs in playing very loud music....

appelflap said:

I don't know, but it is as if every device is made with some kind of shortcoming. By now, after using many devices over the years, I tend to conclude that it is a shameless marketing thing. Producers know that users of high end, state of the art devices will keep looking for the best, so they will continu to make almost the best, just to make a better one after 6 months or so.

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What you have just stated is a fact, and it's called planned obsolescence.
If you want to know more about these things, watch the documentary Zeitgeist Addendum here, or watch and download here.

SupremeBeaver said:

what song was used for that comparison?

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If you would have read the startpost, you would have known.

It's on the bottom of the 1st post, it's a youtube link.