iPhone 4: Speaker sound is very brassy/tinny/metallic... water damage?

[Elemental]

I'm pretty sure I've noticed this to a degree since I first got the phone but I'm not certain if it's worse. Speaker sound that is higher pitched and when the volume is turned to high especially seems to give that very brassy resonance to it. Perhaps it's just the phone, but given that my last 2 "regular" cell phones had much better sound output, I would have thought the iPhone to have higher standards.

My biggest concern is that this may be due to water damage. When I was applying a screen protector, I had to use water and apply the protector over top. I was careful but there must have been some water that crept inside the main button because when I first turned it on after, the sound was very soft. I left it off for a while and the sound improved but had an even worse metallic/brassy/tinny quality to it. This later improved and I'm left now where I am. My external water sensors don't show any damage so I'm thinking that Apple will replace it but I wanted to know if this sounds like it's worse than it's supposed to be.

Do all iPhone 4's sound a bit brassy from the speaker or is it just mine?

 

[Elemental]

Re: iPhone 4: Speaker sound is very brassy/tinny/metallic... water dam

Nobody with an iphone 4? Even knowing if the earlier models did it could help.
I'm just hoping someone could crank up the volume and listen to some music and see if the sound gets distorted (especially higher notes).

 

[T J]

Re: iPhone 4: Speaker sound is very brassy/tinny/metallic... water dam

I have a 3Gs and that baby is loud and clear! I rarely turn it up all the way it's so good. If you got water damage it could be the problem. I suggest you take it straight to your local apple store and let some wiz kid run some diagnostics on it, they are good. Not sure a warranty will help if you have water damage but it's worth a shot. Good luck.

 

[Elemental]

Re: iPhone 4: Speaker sound is very brassy/tinny/metallic... water dam

It's really only at high to full volume that I notice a problem.

I checked the sensors before and they are normal and I have also taken it to the store and they couldn't think anything was out of the ordinary but it of course is very loud in there. I compared with a friends phone and they tell me the same music is crystal clear so I'm going to try again with that ammo.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Re: iPhone 4: Speaker sound is very brassy/tinny/metallic... water dam

My dad just got an iPhone and it doesn't sound tinny at all. I think it may indeed be water damage for yours.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Re: iPhone 4: Speaker sound is very brassy/tinny/metallic... water dam

This happened to my Palm Centro. The speaker sounded tinny for a few days before it failed completely. I got it replaced.

 

[Brolan]

Re: iPhone 4: Speaker sound is very brassy/tinny/metallic... water dam

Using headphones/earbuds during a call gives much better sound than the speaker.