While the new Nexus flagship devices, the Nexus 5X and the Nexus 6P are getting great reviews as powerful Android-powered smartphones, the accessory makers of the devices are seemingly having trouble in keeping the perceived quality of the complete Nexus experience at a high level.
In the latest news regarding problematic Nexus smartphone accessories, it seems that some cases made for the Nexus 5X are covering the primary microphone of the smartphones. Needless to say, this is a mistake in the designing process of the cases.
A redditor by the name of brucesnb posted on the online forum regarding the issue being seen in the Spigen Ultra Hybrid case for the Nexus 5X, along with a picture of how the case is completely covering the hole at the device's bottom edge that serves as the primary microphone of the smartphone.
Several other users posted on the thread, claiming that they also have Nexus 5X cases which are covering the microphones of their devices. The issue seems to be prevalent in cases that are released early by accessory manufacturers, which in addition to Spigen, include Cruzerlite, Diztronic and Verus.
While the problems with the various cases have not yet been verified, the users are saying that the manufacturers have been made aware of the issue, and that the companies will be sending replacement cases for the customers that purchased faulty Nexus 5X cases.
Users that have such faulty cases for their Nexus 5X smartphones can make do by making a small hole on the case using a small drill. However, the point is that customers should be getting perfectly fine products when they purchase them, and should not have to make their own holes for the primary microphones of their devices.
The news follows a report earlier in the month which revealed that some cases for the Nexus 6P, the Nexus 5X's bigger brother, are blocking off the laser auto-focus feature of the smartphone. The laser auto-focus, which is located to the right of the camera sensor and LED flash at the back of the Nexus 6P, is being blocked by the third-party cases as the holes made for the camera components are not wide enough to include it.
Such problems by accessory manufacturers could stem from either faulty designs or basing such designs on dummy units of devices. Dummy units are often sent by smartphone makers to accessory manufacturers before the devices are launched so accessories could be ready by then. However, it would seem that the sent dummy units were not true versions of the devices, or the devices were modified afterwards.
