Hi

the phone works great in speakerphone mode, and can pick up audio far away from the phone, but when recording video, it doesn't behave that way. the sound is very loud !

I think that it's a bug. I hope it.

Could you investigate ?

BR

Do you mean when recording video, there will be loud noise?
Can you please send us this video for review?

There is a special "noise reduction" setting in the camera app. had you tried this?