Comments on: iPhone Volume - There Isn’t Any

By: sheree

sheree — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:00:52 +0000

I will not purchase another iphone due to the lack of volume control! My hearing is within normal range, and I’ve tried to use the ear phones but nothing helps!!!

By: mandy

mandy — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:39:44 +0000

OMG! i thought that it was just me having a issue with this phone! So does anyone know hoe to fix this issue or do we just go about life with a phone that only works when it wants?

By: Patrick Carroll

Patrick Carroll — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:26:15 +0000

Just with respect to hearing a person on the other end of the line: I followed Apple’s advice and picked out what looked like fluff from the ear piece at the top of the phone. It worked, but I cracked the glass in the process. Be careful, I’m just nipped it with a blade and it cracked all the way to the bottom and up to the top. I still can’t here the ringer though.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:48:02 +0000

I can’t hear people talking - they have to yell for me to hear. I’m so annoyed as I love everything else about the iPhone. Can anyone help me please?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:53:07 +0000

I can’t hear the iPhone when someone calls me. The ringtones are too soft and I end up missing calls since I can’t hear them ring!

SMS messaging is almost impossible since I can’t hear them when they arrive.

Has anyone got a solution for this frustrating and highly annoying problem?

By: hammy

hammy — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:39:56 +0000

omg!! i have the same problem, i cant hear anyone, they cant hear me, it jamz ALOT.. my itunes is not working, i cant hear anything and when i cant turn the speakers on when someone is calling me
i was working fine the first day but then all of a sudden it started jamming and i couldnt call UGH :@!! other phones are not like that! whats up with the iphone?

By: Patrick Carroll

Patrick Carroll — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:00:24 +0000

Quoted below, and as stated by tc3 on November 30th, 2007, is the problem I’m having . Why is it okay on the first ring and then drops off, that is THE question! This is having social consequences. My wife thinks I’m ignoring her calls. Today I took it from my pocket after feeling the vibration and was amazed to find it was not on silent mode. I had not heard a thing. And she had to shout on the call so I could barely hear her. Perhaps we’ve got double the trouble — she has an iphone too!!! HELP! pcx

“The thing that really pisses me off is when I dial a number on my iPhone and put the phone up to my ear, the first dial ring is the perfect volume. After the first dial ring, the sound noticeably drops off - almost in half.

If the volume is right on the first dial ring, why not the rest of the call?” tc3

By: peter

peter — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:32:44 +0000

The volume for such an innovative company really does stink. Its truly baffling why Apple has not done something about this. How hard can it be? My Sprint Sanyo phone is so loud that I have to pull it away from my ear..

As far as the first ring being loud and then dropping, I, too experience this. I believe its the crappy junky garbage ATT network that is responsible and believe it or not THAT statement is direct from the mouths at the local ATT store.
In short..
The “I” is fantastic.

The “Phone” sucks badly.. get rid of ATT and I believe most of the problems will be solved, including terrible reception, dropped calls left and right which just add misery to the already crappy junky volume issue.

Any Apple executive is welcomed to discuss this with me.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:59:15 +0000

I completely agree. The volume is way too low on the iPhone. I, too, have missed the majority of phone calls and emails. This is ridiculous after dishing out $400 for a phone.

By: iphoneuser

iphoneuser — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:57:55 +0000

I too can not hear anything on my iphone, if I hold it up to my ear. If I use a bluetooth headset with it, I can hear just fine. Even while sitting at my desk, I keep the bluetooth headset on, and I can hear the phone ring through the headset.
The apple dongle earbuds also work well, but get in the way of work. [With all this “new-fangled wireless invention”, you would think that someone would invent headphones that don’t have cords.]