Headaches and Dizziness with iPhone 5

I have the same issue, in that if I use it for a few minutes, I get a headache. It is clearly the active noise cancellation. The samsung galaxy s2 had the same thing, but there was a feature to turn it off. When I asked at the apple store they told me they did not think there was one. I think the phone is much better overall than the 4s, but I must fix this issue. Hopefully Apple puts out a way to turn it off.

Same here - I keep having to pull my ear away from the phone. The sensation makes it feel like I need to pop my ears. I hate it and I hope Apple finds away to allow us to turn that off.

I called Apple support about this problem today. They hadn't heard of it before, but they agreed to exchange my phone so I can see if I just got a defective device. I'm not sure what I'm going to do if the new phone has the same problem. It's just not an acceptable phone if I can't use it without being in pain! I'll update this post once I try the new phone.

I would venture to say that it's not THAT phone - it's all of them. Glad you called them tho and do please let us know what you find out. Maybe everybody needs to call instead of posting to this forum - which apparently they don't read. Thanks Miranda!

Hi, I am from Singapore and I also encounter same problem, very irritating to the ears, wonder any resolution yet??

I doubt a replacment will change anything, but it is worth a try. Apple needs to put a software update, that lets you turn it off. That is very simple fix. Not sure why they do not have it.

If no one calls them to report the problem, they'll never fix it. Maybe if we all call, they'll realize that it's a real issue and put out a fix.

I have called, and they of course like the "genius" at the apple store say nothing on how to fix it. You can not. Just return it for another one.

Any changes? I am having the same problem and have been experiencing headaches and nausea that last hours when I talk on my phone. I've had others use my phone and they don't have the same problem. I think my ears are just more sensitive. Love other features of the phone but may have to get rid of it if I can't fix this.

Seems like they not intending to do something?? I had contacted my local mobile carrier for support and hopefully they can highlight to Apple. By the way isn't this support forum by Apple haha, the administrator should highlight it to the boss regarding this issue :-p

Anyway, hope all of us will have updates on this issue soon :-)

http://apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

The more people do this, the better the chance they will add the option.

I had just complete doing it 🙂

I filled it out. Hopefully apple does something about the active noise cancellation sooner, rather than later. I do not want to go back to the 4s.

I have the same problem. I get nausea and headaches. Feels horrible. I'm using unlocked with T-Mobile. Hopefully they fix this quickly

I had this problem also. Had to return the phone which *****. Had every iPhone and never had this problem until the new iPhone 5's noise cancelling. Hope the make it an option to turn off.