iPhone 8 plus - Others can't hear me during calls

ATTENTION iPhone 8 plus Users: Don't waste your time with all the suggestions in all of those youtube videos or blog posts looking for likes and subscribers (No offense to those posters and thank you BTW for your contributions!) PUT A PIECE OF BLACK ELECTRICAL TAPE OVER THE REAR MIC BETWEEN THE CAMERA AND THE LIGHT SENSOR! (see below for details)

I'll bet your phone takes perfect video/audio using both the front and rear hardware. It probably also records memos perfectly doesn't it? And yet during a phone call you can scream at the top of your lungs into the bottom mic and callers can not hear you at all. Suddenly you turn speakerphone on and everything works perfectly, no? Basically there's a firmware issue (perhaps that's the the right terminology however it seems like the hardware and software are both fine) My best non-educated guess is that with Noise Cancellation disabled the phone somehow uses both the back and bottom mics to pick up on sound coming from you. When you turn Noise Cancellation OFF it's probably supposed to disable the the rear mic (this is the mic that would likely be getting wind blowing in it if you're outside) When you tape it off, it's like a "soft-mute" and suddenly Angels sing people can hear you again!

Also note that your videos will still have perfect audio...from BOTH sides. /shrugs I don't have to understand it to be happy this stupid thing works again!