Are we ready for direct and reflecting speakers on the Nseries?
The other day me and my sister were stuck in traffic and I was playing some music on my N95. She commented on the sound and how loud it was, eventually we came to the conclusion that she perceived the sound much louder than I did. This is logical especially since the side-mounted stereo speakers of the N95 were directly pointed at her (I had the N95 in my hand). The sound coming to my ears where mostly reflected (bounced of the windows and ceiling), by the time they reached my ears the volume was much lower and some detail was lost. On the other hand the sound I perceived had a much more open quality to it. This got me thinking….
The N95 is without any doubt the loudest Nseries when it comes to the external speakers, but from what I described above there’s room for improvement and I personally think this can be done by putting both direct and reflecting speakers. The reflected sound by the side-mounted speakers give music its spacious, open quality. By adding speakers just below the screen or below the keypad much of the lost details and volume (especially during dialogs is regained). Maybe this is something that Nokia could work on. What do you guys think?

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