iPhone 17 Pro Max making a mechanical and hissing sound when using the camera?

This is a user to user forum, Apple isnt here & won't respond to your posts.

Make an appointment at the Genius Bar to have it diagnosed.

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I have the same. When the camera is turned on, the lenses seem to wake up and make a click sound near the camera lenses, as if mechanical impact. You can clearly hear the "ticking" sound if you change the front, to the rear.

Most likely, the author wanted to hear the opinion of users and understand who faced the same problem. There is no need to make a diagnosis here, most likely, such a mechanism. Personally, I also wanted to know who has the same, just to know

There is no need to make a diagnosis here

Not sure what that means, the whole reason to post here is for help which includes a diagnosis of the problem.

I also wanted to know who has the same, just to know

Why, what possible good would it do just to know? Also, polling is not allowed in these forums

I offered a way to have it looked at and hopefully fixed, you just posted nonsense.

This is for order to at least calm yourself down. There are people who are serious about technology and this is normal. For me, it's useful when I find out that I'm not the only one who has the problem.

Yes, I also have a hissing sound. But what scares me the most is the sound of a mechanical click in the camera area as soon as you turn it on