Apple Releases iOS 6.1.4 for iPhone 5 With New Speakerphone Audio Profile

Apple today released a minor iOS 6.1.4 update, bringing an updated audio profile for speakerphone. The new version, which arrives as Build 10B350, appears to only be for the iPhone 5.

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The update did not involve a beta testing period for developers and follows the release of iOS 6.1.3 in mid-March.

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Top Rated Comments

Jack Delgado Avatar
157 months ago
The Sound of Perfect.

The new iPhone 5 with the world's most advanced operating system--iOS 6.1.4--features the most awe-inspiring speakerphone audio profile, hand-crafted by engineers with years of experience. Don't just see what the iPhone has to offer:

Hear it.
Score: 53 Votes (Like | Disagree)
D.T. Avatar
157 months ago
The new audio profile shifts the speakerphone frequencies lower so everyone sounds like James Earl Jones.

"Hi Mom, you're on speakerphone ... hey, would you mind saying, the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force"?
Score: 39 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Coolio-Alert Avatar
157 months ago
And I thought with the Galaxy S4 and HTC One launch, there was nobody left on the iPhone. Weird.

You are very mistaken.
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
gmanist1000 Avatar
157 months ago
What happened to over the air updates?

This is an OTA update.
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
troop231 Avatar
157 months ago
Sucks that you can't even use LTE for such the smallest of updates.
Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ahunt01 Avatar
157 months ago
Here's a brilliant idea Apple, please fix the battery drain problem BEFORE addressing something that isn't really an issue.
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)