Hands-On with Xiaomi MIX
piezoelectric speakers
re: "The idea isn't too dissimilar to bone conduction, which we've seen on phones from the likes of Kyocera. Bone conduction doesn't emit actual sound waves in the air, however, and Xiaomi's piezo actuator does. Totally neat."
>>>Your choice of words is confusing.
I used a Kyocera Torque phone with Kyocera's "Smart Sonic" speaker for a few years, it worked great. Besides giving great sound when held to the ear (even when wearing hearing protection earmuffs around noisy equipment), the Kyocera Smart Sonic speaker could deliver ear-splitting speakerphone performance. So in Kyocera's case, it did NOT rely simply on bone conduction, and Smart Sonic emitted PLENTY of sound directly to the air, no flesh contact necessary. In other words, Kyoce...
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>>>Your choice of words is confusing.
I used a Kyocera Torque phone with Kyocera's "Smart Sonic" speaker for a few years, it worked great. Besides giving great sound when held to the ear (even when wearing hearing protection earmuffs around noisy equipment), the Kyocera Smart Sonic speaker could deliver ear-splitting speakerphone performance. So in Kyocera's case, it did NOT rely simply on bone conduction, and Smart Sonic emitted PLENTY of sound directly to the air, no flesh contact necessary. In other words, Kyoce...
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