iPhone 18 Pro Max clicking sound on UI interactions (iOS 27.0)

No, and as an active participant in these communities, I don’t recall any specific posts in this iPhone community with similar symptoms.,

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Personally, I’d just return the device within Apple’s 14 day return period. If you purchased from another merchant please review their return policy.

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Yes, I had the same problem and got a refund. It made me crazy ^^

I'll buy the phone again once the problem is fixed, because some people have had the same issue even after an exchange (see the Reddit threads)

iPhone 18 Pro 256 Gray—the same issue persists.  

I returned mine today because it is quite irritating, particularly when using the device in the evening within a quiet room.  

I hope the problem will be resolved.

I noticed exactly the same I thought I was crazy, but now I see that I was right , I just received mine last Saturday and I noticed since the first moment when entered to the initial config , I am from Mexico and the sound is randomly appearing, but yea , the trigger of the airplane mode was super accurate I could replicate the issue doing the toggle trigger

also yesterday I had an unexpected restart after entered to my bank app using Face ID

Noticed this clicking sound on my 18 Pro Max, also thinking that I’m crazy but I se there are more people with same problem. I can reproduce it also with scroling brightness slider quickly up and down. This scared me because I was thinking that display produce that sound… Is this software bug or I should replace it or this will be fixed with update.

I’ve experienced this too. I think it’s relating to the refresh of the screen. I’ve noticed opening/closing apps you can hear almost a “cricket” sound coming from the phone, definitely only really noticeable in a quiet room, but nonetheless still there. The sound isn’t as prominent when in low power mode. I haven’t yet found any solution to make it stop though!

I would have it looked after if I where you

This actually happened to me; I took it to an authorized Apple service center, and they said there was no hardware issue. I am completely frustrated—this is the first time in many years of using Apple products that I’ve had an experience like this.

I have the same issue.It’s my first iphone after a life of samsung, i love it but this sound ruins my day.It’s impossible to have long conversations because of the strange clicking..I hope it will be only a software bug and not a hardware problem.It’s a shame to pay 2000 euros for a phone and have this type of problems.

I have the same crackling sound.

I have an iPhone 18 Pro Max 1TB, same random click pop sound, and if I put my ear close to it I hear mini sounds. Apple, do something?

We can just wait for bug fix, as it’s obviously software related. Apple hurry up, it’s annoying for pricey phone!!