Static in Iphone 4s

I hope Apple will do something about this.

It's freaking ridiculous that a $700 phone doesn't work like it's supposed to.

Sure it's fast and the camera is great.

But the battery life is crap and so is the annoying static your hear when you use 3G.

Third Iphone 4s for me and they all have the same problem... Could Apple give som response? are they aware of the problem and working on a fix? Or am I going to keep exchanging phones? Really tired of this..

By now your complains here DOES NOT RESOLVE ANYTHING! GO AND CHANGE THE PHONE! It's a defect on the phone and has nothing to do with iOS5. Like all of you I had the the same issue from day one. I changed my phone 3 days ago and was lucky to get a phone with no static and/or echo issues.

Of course complaining helps, how else is Apple gonna take notice? I've already changed my phone several times but the problems remain!!

Hardware ? Microphone to sensitive you suppose or what ?

I have to agree.

In my case, Apple isn't officially acknowledging the issue of the static, of which I have clearly recorded.

I am on my 4th handset and the static issue was present on all of them, but now the battery performance on this last one is horrendous. We are not alone and the battery's poor performance is coming to light on the web via Tech Crunch and other sites.

I have a firend that doesn't experience any of these issues we speak of. SO why doesn't Apple just admit there was a bad batch, track it down and do a recall that specific batch of phones.

So I am going to try one more new handset and if it can't cut the mustard or Apple can't assure me of a fix is coming soon, its back to my iPhone 3G and open my eye's to other solutions for a smartphone. I have been very patient and they know it.

I'm going to get my third replacement tomorrow.

I still wonder why there aren't more people complaining about this issue...

Can't you try your SIM in your friends phone?

Or are you both on the same network?

Curious if it's related to the provider.

If you're both on the same network it might be just your phone being bad.

Only way I see that be the case is if everyone that got a replacement just got back another broken phone

that had been turned in for the same issue 🙂

I could imagine Apple checking the phone and when they don't hear the noise they just wipe

the and put them in the refurbished stack?

I'm on my third SIm aswell, same probleme as bevor...

I don't think this is a provider related problem.

Any chance you can try your SIM in someone else's 4S?

Or their SIM in yours?

I think it should be related to a network, otherwise these forums should be full of complaints?

Can imagine that you have no problems when you're not in a 3G area (and you just call on 2G)?

Same problem here.

Two new iPhone 4S, white 16 GB in the household,

both got static noise when making phone calls, with and without headset.

Sometimes it get really bad and can barly hear what the person in the other end says.

People in the other end complains that they hear echo and cant hear me.

Provider: Telenor, Norway.

No chance for a test on another 4s.

The sound can also be heard on EDGE, so in my devices it's not related to 3G or EDGE. The Sound can be heard when data is transfered over the carrier's network. No problem on WLAN.

Same situation on Orange , T-mobile, Play in Poland.

I just got my second new phone.

The genius was incredibly understanding and helpful. He made a test call on the device and noticed the static.

He didn't experience the echo/interference issue, but that seems random.

In response to some of the other posts, I've never had anything but stellar service from Apple, and this time was no different.

He swapped it out and I went on my way.

Once in the car I made some test calls and noticed an incredible difference.

Calls were clearer and the static was much quieter.

I thought I was in the clear!

Unfortunately the echo/interference has returned.

It was really bad too... Sounded like a helicopter.

But the worst part of it is that the static has returned.

I haven't synced any of my old data, just loaded a few apps, and an audiobook or two onto the new phone.

I don't think any of that could have caused the static to return, but I've since reset everything back to factory-fresh to see if I can make it any better.

I really don't k ow what to do.

If I'm still having trouble by tomorrow I'm going to seriously consider just returning my 4s to AT&T (begore my 30 days are up) until they get this worked out....

*sigh*

I'm having the same issue that many have described here. I'll be in the middle of a call and I either get static or echo. Sometimes both. Its so bad that I can barely hear the person on the line and they say they can't hear me. It just becomes a lot of noise.

I've been monitoring these threads to see if Apple responded or someone found a solution. Maybe a software update would help too. Problem is that my 30 days are soon to be over. I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to return my new phone for a refurbished phone and have the same problem.