“Video” calls? I regularly talk shit to my mother when her flip phone cuts out. She used to yell at me for putting her on speaker (because it degraded the quality of the call to her ears) until I got an iPhone, then it magically stopped being an issue (better microphones)? Now I put her on speakerphone on my MacBook. She doesn’t even notice, and has said it makes me sound clearer. Like seriously, get a smartphone (you can even put it in zoom/old person mode, both Apple and Samsung are real good for that), and pair it to a good speaker with good mics and noise cancellation (or AirPods Pro or Galaxy Buds Pro or the Pixel ones) and it’s like you’re in the same room.
But yeah, it sucks to be thought of in a negative light because your tech isn’t working at its best.
“Video” calls? I regularly talk shit to my mother when her flip phone cuts out. She used to yell at me for putting her on speaker (because it degraded the quality of the call to her ears) until I got an iPhone, then it magically stopped being an issue (better microphones)? Now I put her on speakerphone on my MacBook. She doesn’t even notice, and has said it makes me sound clearer. Like seriously, get a smartphone (you can even put it in zoom/old person mode, both Apple and Samsung are real good for that), and pair it to a good speaker with good mics and noise cancellation (or AirPods Pro or Galaxy Buds Pro or the Pixel ones) and it’s like you’re in the same room.
But yeah, it sucks to be thought of in a negative light because your tech isn’t working at its best.