Level and quality of microphone on iPhone 13 Pro Max vs. 11 Pro Max

After a few complaints by my counterparts of presence of white noise and dumping sound of my voice, I ran a comparative test. I freed off both iPhone models from cases and recorded the same short message on the voice recorder app. The quality and level of sound recorded from iPhone 11 Pro Max is WAY better than that by 13 Pro Max! Is it normal and if no, then what may be the issue?

Posted on Nov 5, 2024 10:54 AM

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