Google and Samsung have verified there are volume difficulties with their flagship cell phone the Galaxy Nexus.
The result is complaints on net forums about unexplained alterations in volume.
The handset, the first one to feature Google’s operating-system Android Frozen treats Sandwich, happens to be obtainable in the united kingdom and it is because of continue sale in america in December.
Samsung asserted it’s conscious of the issue and can provide a repair but didn’t say when.
“Regarding the Galaxy Nexus, we’re conscious of the amount issue and also have created a fix,” Samsung said inside a statement. “We will update devices as quickly as possible.”
Google issued a nearly identical statement.
Silent alarm
Posting on Google’s Android user forum Damian M summed in the problem many appear to be experiencing: “Volume drops to nothing seemingly randomly, volume rocker becomes unresponsive for some seconds,” he explained.
Quite a few users reported the issues became worse while using the 2G network. Others complained that they are not able to depend on the unit.
“Had this issue since purchasing the phone around the 17 Nov. Happened to date on 3G, wifi and taking advantage of the gps. Additionally, it happened today again when my alarm discontinued,” wrote one user nicknamed Stuartea.
“I had been awake coupled with not touched the telephone yet, the alarm sounded for any second after which went silent. Believed that was weird so checked the telephone and also the volume was down. I can not trust the alarm to wake me up let’s focus on work!”
It’s unclear at this time if the issues come from hardware or software faults.
Rivalry
The issue may come as Apple rushes to repair a bug in the new operating-system iOS 5.
Users complain that iPhone batteries are running down too rapidly.
A preliminary software patch from Apple to resolve the issue hasn’t seemed to have helped.
Apple and Samsung are involved in a fierce rivalry for share of the market.
Research from Strategy Analytics suggested that Samsung had overtaken Apple being the earth’s biggest shipper of smartphones between July and September.
The research asserted the South Korean firm had shipped 27.8 million smartphones within the three-month period, in contrast to 17.A million from Apple and 16.8 million from Nokia.
Meanwhile, Samsung and Apple remain kept in intellectual property disputes all over the world. Both of them are attempting to ban sales of every other’s products.
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