iPad mini retina speakers/volume

I got 3 iPad mini retina. The 32gb sound is good, but the two 16 gb is terrible. Hardly possible to understand Siri answer even with max volume. It is the present for my children. There is no Apple store around. What should I do ?

I solved my issue. Hope my feedback could help.

The English uk Siri voice is muffled.

After contacting the support they asked me to send back the two iPads.

But after more investigation I figured out the bug. I went to settings / general / accessibility / VoiceOver/ languages and dialects / default dialect

I tried to enhanced the quality, but the download does not worked. I changed to Australian English and download the "enhanced quality" it worked (there is a blue scroll bar). Then try again for British English, and this time the download bar appears. And the Siri voice is clear.

I hope my feedback will help.

I have also give my ipad mini retina back and i hope that apple find a solution for this problem!!

The two iPad minis I bought a year ago are the best computers I've ever owned (I also have two 2011 Mac minis and an iPhone 5s at the moment). So I was looking forward to the retina iPad mini. Sadly, I'm returning both of them for a refund because of the lower volume and the weight gain (don't believe the reviewers — it's noticeable).

I placed my 2012 iPad mini a few feet away from me and one of the retina iPad minis and played the same song at the same volume. The original iPad mini drowned out the retina iPad mini that was just a few inches away from me.

That said, it's the added weight that tipped the balance. The volume might be a software issue, but the weight gain is a hardware issue. I'll take the lighter weight over the better display and faster processor since the weight is the iPad mini's key selling point (for me at least).

Maybe next year we'll get an iPad mini with a retina display that weighs less than 300 grams. A guy can dream.

I recieved my ipad mini with retina yesterday. Ridiculous how terrible the volume is on it . I don't know if there is an issue with the current batch or what. I would have to make a trip down to the apple store . Ipad Air volume was good, sad Apple doesnt acknowledge the bad batch. Will keep the thread posted.

I too noticed last night my iPad mini 2 was lacking a little in volume. That was until I loaded the same YouTube video on my iPhone 4S and was blown away by the sound difference and realised the problem was bigger than I first thought! Could this just come down to a software update if need be?

Apple HAS acknowledge the problem, internally. They have an active capture on the issue.

I'm having the same problem. Not sure what to do.

Having the same issue my ipad mini retina speakers sound very very low, on two different ones called apple they say they have never heard of this issue had me do a restore didn't work, they want to exchange them but based off this forum that is a waste of time, they are igmnoring the issue entirely.

Same here, i also notice that the volume and sound quality was far behind my sister ipad 3. When open side by side, there is no way to match even max volume had been set. Hope apple can get this done if it was not a hardware problem

I'm quite sure there's volume bug in it. Go play around with other video clips, you will notice some clip their volume is really loud like mini1.

I had this same issue and went into an Apple store yesterday to get my ipad mini retina checked out and/or replaced and they gave me a brand new one. I have a first gen iPad mini to compare to and here's what I've noticed:

-In netflix, the first generation is definitely louder, but the sound is more crisp on the retina mini.

-In youtube loaded in safari, the same song played at max volume on both iPads renders almost identical volumes.

My conclusion? This is something software related and now that Apple is aware of the problem, they can work on a fix without recalling all units! Hopefully I'm correct because that will definitely make everyone's life easier -- no extra trips to the Apple store! 🙂

I originally bought the ipad mini retina the first night they went available and I thought it was just my unit but I can barely hear the speakers on this thing. It's embarrassing to even show off my new ipad because the speakers sound so horrible. I'm going to put in a call tomorrow. I am ready to return this thing. I'm also having problems with apps and safari closing at random times. I'm over it.

i had same problem here, my ipad mini rentina (16G) shipped on last week had same issue, volume speaker lower than ipad mini, and sound is not WARM like other, bad thing for high quality device.

I have a ipad mini with retina 32G and I can not hear it. My 5 phone is louder and so is my husbands ipad mini and my ipad 2. Terribly disappointed .