iPhone 5s mic problem

The phone is made to be held to the right ear. It's simple, just don't be left handed :/

The phone is made to be held to the right ear. It's simple, just don't be left handed :/

Same issues. Siri has issues hearing commands. Audio comes in and out inconsistently when talking on phone without headset. Voice memo recording is inconsistent as well.

Been having the same issue when laying on my couch talking on the phone. If I sit up and position phone in "normal" position it is usually fine. If on then phone with phone sideways or almost upside down I'm told I'm muffled. iPhone 5s silver 32GB

I have a very unique problem with my iPhone 5s gold and the issue is very consistent all the time. Not sure if I can take it to the Apple store and get it fixed. The issue I have is that if I call someone and he/she hardly hears me when my phone is on my left ear. If I move the phone to my right ear, it is perfectly OK. Most of the time I am very much used to picking up the phone using my left hand and start talking. Please note that this is nothing to do with my ears and I am not deaf or something. The problem is that whoever talks to me hardly hears what I speak when the phone is on my left ear.

servlet, have you read other posts in this thread? Sounds like you are probably obscuring the noise cancelling mic with your left hand.

I took my 5s into Apple store last week with this problem and they took it away immediately for scrapping (I also had a touch screen issue). God knows why I waited 5 months before taking it in... I was in & out of the genius bar with a brand new handset synced with all my previous settings, apps & content restored via my iTunes in under 20 mins.

I had my phone swapped because when the phone is titled and I am laying down, people say I am muffled.

Same issue on the new device and it upgraded me to ios 7.1.2 which is draining my battery so fast.

I don't know what else to do to solve the problem.

sadly, the problem has not gone away in US... even with the update iOS 7.1.1 according to one individual, the problem persists among all the iphone 5s users I know 😟 on my 8th phone and have officially thrown in the towel and given up. There is no hope people.

I just acquired the IPhone 5S, with an Otterbox case, and downloaded the latest ios7.1.2. Right away callers told me my voice was muffled and garbled on calls. Siri and voice to text worked fine. I read the suggestions from the responders on this site and narrowed my problem down to the noise cancellation microphone on the back, at the top. When I held the phone to my left ear I was holding the case at the top to ensure good ear contact. My hand was positioned over the noise cancellation mic and was affecting it, maybe channeling my speaking up to the mic as background noise. I found that if I hold the phone case half way down, with the top mic unobstructed, and keep the bottom mic of the phone within reasonable proximity of my mouth, it would not muffle or garble. If the phone drifted away from my mouth during a conversation the volume got softer as you would expect, but the clarity remained. Working so far.

getting my 5s changed again. This will make 3rd phone in 9 months. Same issue: people cannot hear me, complain I fade in and out, or that my voice is distorted or muffled. This issue can be found all over the internet - not just here. Wonder if anyone from Apple cares???

Quick answer: they don't

My Iphone5s is the same everyone is telling me the sound is muffled. I'm left handed and people say it is better when I hold it across to my right ear which has made me wonder if the mic is badly positioned for left handed people to use?

My wife's phone has the same problem and it's driving me crazy. I went to the Genius Bar and called me from the phone and then swapped them round. They sounded ok but it isn't. There is clearly a problem with her phone buy how can I persuade Apple to replace the phone?

i have same problem too, how solved this problem ? If I'm on the phone with me lying like a muffled voice sometimes, not always but annoying.

Hello,

i have the same problem with the microphone. After i replace all the microphone part from my iphone, the problem still persists. So i try some voodoo and some google. nothing worked.

I fix the problem finaly by blowing with an air spray the mic from the back of the phone. So i thing this is the only solution to fix this anoyng problem.

You shound try this, and tell us if it works.

Also you can try to clean the little hole of the mic from the back of your iphone ( is located between the flash and the camera) with a thin wire ( but do it gently)