Anyone else seeing significant issues with the Bluetooth signal/transmitter on their new Note 4?
For example: I stream music from my phone all the time. at home, i transmit to a Blackberry bluetooth music gateway. I also transmit to a Logitech UE bluetooth speaker when i'm travelling. And finally, i transmit to my car when driving, and wireless BT headphones when i'm at work.
On my Galaxy S4 (what i'm coming from), i could hold that phone any way and the music streaming over bluetooth never cut out at all. my phone prior to that - the Droid Razr Maxx - was not so forgiving, in that if i held it in my hand in a certain way, the sound would cut out...one of my biggest pet peeves with that device. I eventually had to get used to where to avoid holding it when streaming music.
also with the S4, i could have the phone at the farthest spot away from my BB Stereo Gateway in my apartment, and the sound never cut out. same with my UE speaker - i'd have to be very far away for the music to cut out while heavily using my GS4 for other things.
Now to the problem - i've only had my Note 4 since Thursday, and immediately I noticed the problem - i could be 5 feet away from my BB Stereo Gateway or UE speaker, and the sound starts cutting out - just bits of silence in between where the music should be. but if i put the phone down on a table or move closer to the receiver, it comes back.
So... Has anyone else experienced similar - that it seems like there's a problem with placement of the transmitter in the design, wherein your hand constantly blocks the signal, resulting in BT music or voice cutting out?? Or anyone noticed coming from a GS4 that the bluetooth transmitter in the Note 4 is significantly weaker?
I have to decide this week coming up if i want to return this device for something else, so I could really use everyone's input. I'd like to hear from others if it seems to be the way this phone is designed (which would suck), or if maybe i just got a bad one.
Thank you!
For example: I stream music from my phone all the time. at home, i transmit to a Blackberry bluetooth music gateway. I also transmit to a Logitech UE bluetooth speaker when i'm travelling. And finally, i transmit to my car when driving, and wireless BT headphones when i'm at work.
On my Galaxy S4 (what i'm coming from), i could hold that phone any way and the music streaming over bluetooth never cut out at all. my phone prior to that - the Droid Razr Maxx - was not so forgiving, in that if i held it in my hand in a certain way, the sound would cut out...one of my biggest pet peeves with that device. I eventually had to get used to where to avoid holding it when streaming music.
also with the S4, i could have the phone at the farthest spot away from my BB Stereo Gateway in my apartment, and the sound never cut out. same with my UE speaker - i'd have to be very far away for the music to cut out while heavily using my GS4 for other things.
Now to the problem - i've only had my Note 4 since Thursday, and immediately I noticed the problem - i could be 5 feet away from my BB Stereo Gateway or UE speaker, and the sound starts cutting out - just bits of silence in between where the music should be. but if i put the phone down on a table or move closer to the receiver, it comes back.
So... Has anyone else experienced similar - that it seems like there's a problem with placement of the transmitter in the design, wherein your hand constantly blocks the signal, resulting in BT music or voice cutting out?? Or anyone noticed coming from a GS4 that the bluetooth transmitter in the Note 4 is significantly weaker?
I have to decide this week coming up if i want to return this device for something else, so I could really use everyone's input. I'd like to hear from others if it seems to be the way this phone is designed (which would suck), or if maybe i just got a bad one.
Thank you!