Phonak I 70s, a shortcoming and deficiency. Or it looks that way.

I'm new to my Phonak I 70s.

 Phonak I70s seem to have a deficiency, and a behavior that my 4+ year old Signia 5X dealt with perfectly.

 

DEFICIENCY: 

When I pause my phone's bluetoothfrom, (NOT switching bluetooth on/off), the Phonak has a 7+ second delay until ambient sounds are no longer reduced.

What the H? 

I see that as a risk to safety first, let alone an insult to anyone who wants to start speaking to me while I'm playing audio through my phone.

No need for this deficiency in a top end product

 

BEHAVIOR NOT BELONGING IN A MATURE PRODUCT:

My prior hearing aids allowed me to lower ambient sounds on the earpiece, but raise the volume for my bluetooth streaming.

This allows optimal way to have a clear stream, OR, to keep in touch with my environment.  My dynamic choice

 

The Phonak I70 only allows increase/decrease volume of signal, no ambient noise selectivity.

NOTE:  If there is ambient noise selectivity, that existence does not counter my statement on the lack of dynamic user selectivity of background sounds <separately from> streaming volume.

I understand that their technology may run differently, but as a SW developer for decades, you can always program around a problem, and as a User Experience consultant, you can add that as one more Settings option.  It's not like adding one more option would be new territory for them.

This is a less than ideal, or missed opportunity, coming from a top notch company.