GSM-Forum - About the iPhone

iPhone only has one working bottom speaker/defective speaker

There have been many
threads in relation to the fact that one of the speakers on the bottom of the iPhone does not work.

The reason for this is that there is only one speaker on the bottom of the iPhone. The other hole that people often confuse for a speaker is the microphone.

Even though these pictures depict the 3G iPhone the same applies to the original iPhone.

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iPhone 4 (speaker is located on the other side to the previous versions)

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About the iPhone

Why does sound only come out of one speaker?

The iPhone only contains one speaker. The other grill/hole is the microphone. This continues to apply to the iPhone 4S.
There are three (two) dots near the ear piece, are they normal?
The three dots are windows to allow for an IR emitter and receiver to gauge if the phone is being brought up to your ear, so the screen will shut off. The other one senses the ambient light to adjust the brightness of the screen. On the original iPhone, the screen shutoff relied on the light from the screen, which didn't always work as intended
[COLOR="Black"][SIZE="3"]Can the iPhone be unlocked to work on Verizon/SNot on GSM only devices such as the original iPhone, iPhone 3G, 3GS, or GSM iPhone 4. The hardware of these iPhones will only operate with GSM networks, the above networks currently only allow new activations of CDMA phones. Some of these carriers do have GSM networks, but they are only for the use of older customers and a source of income due to roaming from other carriers. The GSM iPhone can only be unlocked to work on GSM systems, which is a global standard, and the reason the technology was chosen.print/Alltel/US Cellular?[/SI

Which Carriers, in which countries does the iPhone/iPhone 3G Operate?
Apple - Choose your country or region

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