Iphone 4 mic and speaker

As we're users here just like yourself, we would have no idea why Apple switched the microphone and the speaker. Unless they've formally announced it somewhere, any ideas would just be speculation (which is prohibited by the Terms of Use of this forum).

Not sure, but I like it better this way. I seemed to muffle the speaker more when it was on the left side while playing games.

StevenB4 wrote:
Not sure, but I like it better this way. I seemed to muffle the speaker more when it was on the left side while playing games.

I think that developers need to code in the option to swap screen orientation. I prefer games that do that.

More costly than the gaming implications of the speaker/mic switch is the issue of iPhone accessories that were designed for a left-side speaker and right-side mic. My Griffin dock non-electronically amplifies the audio output of my iPhone. Looks like that functionality is now gone.

AlikaAlex wrote:
More costly than the gaming implications of the speaker/mic switch is the issue of iPhone accessories that were designed for a left-side speaker and right-side mic. My Griffin dock non-electronically amplifies the audio output of my iPhone. Looks like that functionality is now gone.

Isn't that kind of moot?

I didn't think the iP4 would fit in that one.