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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I know the phone is designed for you to hold it a certain way, but don't smartphones have the mic at the bottom next to the charge port?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I think the point is that the microphone should be close to your mouth, but not in the direction of your breath, so as to avoid pops. That's why headsets have the microphone a few inches away from where your breath would go through.

Hence, the preferred holding position would have both the speaker and microphone in optimal spots.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah, and my tiny Nokia from 15 years ago also had a mic next to charger very very far from my mouth. Worked completely fine though, since it's designed to do that.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

google pixel 6 pro user here, nope, at the top, because fuck the consumers, that's why

on a more serious note, normally it doesnt pick up too much external audio but if i'm in a crowded place i have to turn it upside down and back up constantly to speak and then hear

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know where you got that idea, there's definitely a mic on the bottom. The top mic hole is just for noise cancellation. Google even has an interactive diagram here https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7157629?hl=en#zippy=%2Cpixel-pro

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

welp, turns out i was wrong, thanks for the heads up

after some fiddling, i found that the voice recorder app i used to test where the microphone was only utilized the top microphone, while calls and voice messages (at least on signal) use the bottom one