>2017
>we have 4K HDR movies, streaming video and video games
>we have FLAC and Opus high-quality streaming audio
>we have gigabit broadband and LTE-Advanced
>phone calls still sound worse than AM radio
Why? It's 2017.
>>58685835
the voice channel was designed with a buttload of compression for potato radios of the era
>>58685835
they use that shitty formant encoding to make calls. what y ou're hearing is not the real persons voice but a rendering of it.
We have volLTE and HD voice on cellphones as well as higher quality calling methods what are you talking about
VoLTE exists though
But it only works when both phones support it
>>58685835
you stole this fucking thread from the front page of reddit.
https://www.att.com/shop/wireless/features/hd-voice.html
https://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/smartphones.html?taxoFeatures=HD-Voice
https://www.verizonwireless.com/solutions-and-services/hd-voice/
https://www.verizonwireless.com/smartphones/hd-voice/
lol I just noticed my device has wifi calling. is it significantly better?
>>58687252
I don't know, but if it is the other person probably had to use it too.
>>58685835
I suppose, there is no such thing as VoLTE in 3rd-world countries like US, right?
>>58685958
What the fuck are you doing on reddit, you fucking double agent. You're just as bad as him.
>exile.exe
Related question, will we ever be nostalgic again like we used to? A large part of what makes early 2000s and before nostalgic is the fact that video picture and audio quality were worse or had signature looks for the era. With video and audio now basically peaked, since all future content will be high quality and look recent will we ever have nostalgia like we did pre 2000s? Look at how hot the whole 80s/90s aesthetic is now.