iPhone X Owners Experience 'Crackling' or 'Buzzing' Sounds From Earpiece Speaker (macrumors.com) 104
MacRumors reports:
A limited but increasing number of iPhone X owners claim to be experiencing so-called "crackling" or "buzzing" sounds emanating from the device's front-facing earpiece speaker at high or max volumes. Over two dozen users have said they are affected in a MacRumors discussion topic about the matter, while similar reports have surfaced on Twitter and Reddit since the iPhone X launched just over a week ago. On affected devices, the crackling sounds occur with any kind of audio playback, including phone calls, music, videos with sound, alarms, and ringtones. The issue doesn't appear to be limited to any specific iPhone X configuration or iOS version.
"The speakerphone for an $1100 phone should be at least as good as it was on the iPhone 6 and 7," complained one user, "but instead, it's crackly, edgy and buzzy."
"I believe we all knew the iPhone X would be highly scrutinized," writes Slashdot reader sqorbit, "but the reported problems appear to be stacking up."
"The speakerphone for an $1100 phone should be at least as good as it was on the iPhone 6 and 7," complained one user, "but instead, it's crackly, edgy and buzzy."
"I believe we all knew the iPhone X would be highly scrutinized," writes Slashdot reader sqorbit, "but the reported problems appear to be stacking up."
That... (Score:5, Funny)
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You're listening wrong.
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I was under the impression this was old news and Apple had already issued a software upgrade for this?
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That takes courage.
And therefore a new set of headphones.
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That's the sound of holding it wrong.
For $1000 (Score:1)
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I fixed this issue by getting a brand new Galaxy S5 instead. It was about 1/5th the cost of an iPhone, and I can download an app to add some static and crackling noises on demand.
Maybe (Score:2)
Maybe it's a piece of dust.
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Bravo, sir.
I eagerly await the posts from the apologists.
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It's Apple, so it's probably fairy dust.
Once again iPhone is behind (Score:1)
Blackberries had a buzz in the earpiece 10 years ago. They called it the Blackberry Buzz.
Rich people with too much cash and freetime ... (Score:1, Troll)
... buy expensive toy, expensive toy does not make them happy.
They blame the company which made the toy.
Hey it reminds me of a song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
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http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/w... [wikia.com]
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Maybe the dawn of the $1000+ phone which is designed to be obsolete in a couple of years and need a bunch of dongles and/or new wireless headphones, a case and AppleCare to be viable means our society is in a Mobile Phone Event Horizon.
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Maybe the dawn of the $1000+ phone which is designed to be obsolete in a couple of years and need a bunch of dongles and/or new wireless headphones, a case and AppleCare to be viable means our society is in a Mobile Phone Event Horizon.
If that were true, they would be getting a little cheaper with every new product.
There are several problems with the iPhone X. (Score:1)
This recent Slashdot discussion lists other indications of insufficient management at Apple: Should Apple find another CEO? [slashdot.org] One of the comments: More about recent management of Apple [slashdot.org]
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Dig up Jobs. Even dead he's more competent than the Kook running it now.
Some of the stories that seem to indicate problems (Score:1, Insightful)
Some iPhone X Displays Plagued By Mysterious 'Green Line of Death' [slashdot.org]
Hackers Say They've Broken Face ID a Week After iPhone X Release [slashdot.org]
The iPhone X you bought may soon be obsolete: Apple Could Launch Two New Full-Screen iPhones Next Year [slashdot.org]
Some iPhone X Buyers Are Having Problems Activating Their Phones [slashdot.org]
An iOS 11.1 Glitch Is Replacing Vowels [slashdot.org]
App Developer Access To iPhone X Face Data S [slashdot.org]
Hah! 11 stories are not enough! (Score:2)
Stay logical. If you know, better teach us. (Score:2)
The 12 Slashdot stories to which I linked are summaries that link to many stories at other web sites about Apple not managing correctly. When there are many stories like that, the entire reputation of Apple is lowered.
You also said, "Meanwhile Apple has built $260+ billion in cash on its books."
I don't say I know all the answers. However, it appears to me that Apple has done extraordinar
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As an Apple user I agree with your comments and your point of view.
There's a reason I'm still running 10.9.5 on my mid-2010 Mac mini. The new macOS looks like a toy, pro features are removed or reduced and the OS-wide fonts looks like crap on regular monitors.
The new Macs are more expensive than ever, no thanks to Tim Cook and the Canadian dollar exchange rate, the hardware is literally obsolete on the low-end Macs, the lack of usable ports on the new hardware is just plain insane.
In short, Apple has peaked
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It's not the content, it's the repetition. Find a new topic to obsess over.
Not repetition. We have not yet begun. (Score:2)
In my experience, people on Slashdot don't like talking or even thinking about management, but that would be helpful in our understanding of the work we do and of the world in general.
One of the problems is that many Slashdot readers have
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As a user, I don't fucking care about the financial performance under Tim Cook. I don't want to buy a toy Mac with a castrated OS to browse fucking facebook, I want a real computer with a real OS.
There are 2 issues: Facts and what people think. (Score:2)
There are 2 issues: The underlying facts, and what people think. It is now easy to find articles that talk about Apple not managing well, about Apple being sloppy. Even if those articles are not grounded in reality, they have a
Wise up!! (Score:1)
You're listening to it wrong.
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If it can do that then it's a design flaw. Either Apple should have used better speakers that can handle the power, lower the maximum volume or use less powerful drivers.
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Just do the math (Score:3)
the iPhone X should be at least as good as it was on the iPhone 6 and 7
This is actually the ultimate hidden feature of the new phone: it's an X, that you replace with whatever number suits you. If you think the iPhone 6 was better, just apply "X = 5" to get immediately satisfied.
You get what you pay for (Score:1)
I bought a Motorola 4G for less than $200 about 10 months ago. No crackling or buzzing yet. I'm sure that the new iphone is still superior. After all, Apple says that it is, and Apple would never mislead you for profit.
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You have to wonder if 'you get what you pay for' is actually true.
Consider. I buy a Motorola phone for $200. I don't expect much from it. The odds are I'm likely to be pleasantly surprised - even though it's cheap it's not actually not too bad. Especially if I'm replacing a phone that is a couple of years old. It might turn out to be a big step up. I feel like I got an unexpected bargain and I'm happy.
The other option is I buy an iPhone X for $1000, plus some other stuff the people at the store managed to
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There's no need to be upset
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
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Over two dozen users affected! (Score:2, Insightful)
Of the millions sold.
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Especially if they can't hear you, because their phones are buzzing to loud....
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Reported, not affected. Knowing the difference can elevate you out of the status of ignorant fool.
Haste makes waste (Score:3)
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It just whirs (Score:2)
New apple slogan: It just whirs!
The worm trying to get out? (Score:2)
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Don't companies even check obvious stuff any more? (Score:2)
Not just Apple, but It seems clear that many companies are now doing less and less even basic testing of products before they just push them out.
its not really surprising in itself, As long as they can get away with it, but the really wierd thing I keep seeing is how so many consumers keep coming up with (ususally quite lame) excuses to cover for the companies even blatantly screwing consumers. Its clear that there's some wierd Stockholm Syndrome-like thing happening amongst many consumers where they just d
Overestimating (Score:3)
Well over 10 million iPhone Xâ(TM)s shipped, but since there were 24 posts on a forum it must be a systematic problem with the entire line (as the headline and article imply)? Come on.
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On that forum, among the subset of users who a) scrutinize their device and b) care enough to post about it.
Shit the number of times I've had a problem with a device and decided to post on some forum about it stands at zero, despite a very long list of devices I've RMA'd for various faults over the years.
This is especially important for a company which offers a bar full of "geniuses" to solve your problem. Why the hell would you sit and post on a forum?
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Generally those who post on the Apple forums are tech-savvy people. Not people like my parents for example, hence they are more likely than the rest to report a problem. But let's pretend for every post there's 100 others with the same problem who never said anything. Heck, make it 1000. So, 12,000 devices with faulty speakers in a batch of 10,000,000 first-run models? Somewhat lower than average for any device actually.
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Heck, make it 1000. So, 12,000 devices with faulty speakers in a batch of 10,000,000 first-run models? Somewhat lower than average for any device actually.
And you dismiss 12000 customers as not a systematic problem? If you were running companies they'd never get that low to begin with. 12000 of the same issue is enough to bridge a variety of user related issues and points towards quality or design, and hence a problem that needs to be investigated.
Mind you 12000 in the worlds most expensive and highest margin cell phone is ludicrous regardless of how many units are shipped.
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They'd never get that low? Look at all the problems the Pixel phone has, they have a lot more than 12 complaints on their screen problems. Same with Samsung. Multiplying by 1000 is my attempt to be generous and give you benefit of the doubt, even so that would still only be a 00.12% failure rate, and since Apple is allowing everyone to swap their device at an Apple Store I don't think this is as big a deal as you claim.
At maximum volume (Score:2)
Youâ(TM)re probably overdriving the speaker. With phones having to power over every other sound - like those people walking down the street with their phones on speaker - at some point you canâ(TM)t drive the coils in the speakers any harder and you get a buzzing or crackling sound at the peaks.
Every amp has that âoeproblemâ if itâ(TM)s more powerful than the speaker it drives.
Turn down your freaking phone, there is no reason to have your phone at maximum volume anywhere, hopefully
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In this day and age it shouldn't be possible to over drive a speaker. The audio driver software should know what the limitations are. It should detect and over driven speaker and back off.
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It's actually the opposite. Cell phone speakers these days are so small that overdriving them is considered normal. The DSP in the audio codec/amplifier is supposed to compensate enough to avoid artefacts and to avoid damaging the speaker but it is walking a tight line.
I was told this by engineers at Cirrus Logic, which makes audio chips for Apple and other cell phone manufacturers.
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Most speakers these days are overdriven, the DSP simply compresses the sound, which also results in a buzzing and crackling sound when you do it too much.
Sonic collection is now all over the USA (Score:2)
The sonic collection method has expanded from one US embassy to now include parts of the USA.
With the loud noises, bizarre sounds, weird noises, odd sounds.
Entropy (Score:2)
Apple smart move (Score:2)