Text message sound on 3gs

when you receive a new text message, does it sound weird. almost like it's too loud or the speaker is blown. i've had the original and 3g iphone and none of them sounded this way.

This is an important topic. I am having the same issue. Using the default sms alert sound, it sounds like the speaker is blown. But when my phone rings, or when I put someone on speaker, it sounds fine. So I know it is not a blown speaker. This has to be software related: the tone does not play nice with the speaker: the decibels are way too high.
I am sure a software update will correct it, among a few other little software bugs I have noticed with OS 3.0. But overall, it is just so much faster and better than my 1st gen iPhone, I am not looking back.

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