LogFAQs > #901774928

Slip-N-Slide posted...

Poor audio quality is usually the fault of the network limiting bandwidth or compressing the audio to 300Hz-3.4kHz when the actual mics on the phones have a better range and quality. Many HD Voice phones which extend it to 50hz to anywhere between 3.4kHz to 7kHz all the way up to potentially 22kHz depending on the bandwidth the network will allow, which 50hz-22kHz is well outside of the range of human voices, but most networks simply don't care and limit the bandwidth to focus the traffic on data instead.

There really isn't anything phone companies themselves could do to improve them.

Aside from that, I agree that not having tactile buttons and a physical number pad is worse for calls, but it's a trade off you have to make unless you get on of the few smartphones with a physical keyboard like Blackberry or whatever.
The trade-off there is it becomes thicker, and to compensate they usually reduce battery size, etc.

Even then a lot of phones have volume button shortcuts to answer/silence calls. Only drawback is tactile buttons for dialing or using an automated system.

A physical number pad is a bit much, I'm really only asking for a green and red button to answer calls or hang up calls, because even with reduced sensitivity the samsung touch screen is just so super sensitive that it's prone to hanging up the call when I simply start to reach for it in my pocket. Just a couple of buttons on a touchscreen phone would be doable I think.