There is a hack to still get a decent sound out of your phone. Put your phone in a cup or a glass to amplify the sound. This makes the music sound a lot more powerful. A glass cup, a mug or a cardboard cup work best, although you can hear a difference even in a plastic cup. Even a bowl is better than nothing. Put your phone in it with the speaker facing down, and of course check first that there is no drink left in it.
How is this possible you must be thinking? It’s not magic, just simple physics! Sound is a wave and normally your phone sends these waves in all directions. So the sound also spreads to places where your ears are not at all. By putting the phone in a cup, the sound waves first bounce back and forth and then are radiated upward out of the cup. As a result, it can sound a little louder. It doesn’t sound as loud as a speaker, but better something than nothing right?
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