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iPhone 6s Distorted Sound

Hello All,


I have just received my iPhone 6S (iOS 9.0.1) and i'm really enjoying the new features, however I've noticed that when I have my Ringer Volume turned up full there is a slight crackling/distortion when playing sounds from the bottom external speaker.


The best way I've found to reproduce this issue is by going into settings, turning the ringer volume to full (having the ringer volume anything below full will stop the distortion) and then playing the ringtone "Opening", the speaker will make a minor distorting sound at the high points of the ringtone.


I've spoken to a friend who has a 6S Plus and they have reproduced the same issue, I would like to ask if anyone in the community could try the ringtone above and let me know if they get the same problems with the speaker?


Thanks in advance

Craig

iPhone 6s, iOS 9.0.1

Posted on Sep 26, 2015 10:51 AM

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Oct 31, 2015 8:28 AM in response to Salvado89

Hi,


So i did the ios 9.2 beta beta public update and :

At 65 % battery - ios 9.2 beta :


Slowrise and opening : no more distortion at full volume.

I think they have decreased the volume of ringtones or something like that...


BUT : huge distortion on YT music video :


Try " Canon in D (classical guitar) per-olov KIndren" for exemple

Agnes Obel songs ( chords left,riverside etc)

Daft punk the game of love

Videos with PIANO or Classical guitar are sounds horrible !

😕


I think it's hardware and the speaker quality is really really bad. Shame for a product like that.

I had the 3gs, 4s, 5s and NEVER experienced this kind of issue.

Oct 31, 2015 8:57 AM in response to lewis2b

Shame on Apple , this is very sad !!! We have to make them see that the hardware MUST be changed people! We have to make them do a recall to factory or something like that ! I will send my iPhone 6s to garanty everytime until they solve this problem ! poor quality of speakers! I will tell everyone I know with iPhone 6s and plus to test and see if they have the same problem that we have.

Oct 31, 2015 8:59 AM in response to Craigus91

Shame on Apple , this is very sad !!! We have to make them see that the hardware MUST be changed people! We have to make them do a recall to factory or something like that ! I will send my iPhone 6s to garanty everytime until they solve this problem ! poor quality of speakers! I will tell everyone I know with iPhone 6s and plus to test and see if they have the same problem that we have.

Nov 2, 2015 10:59 AM in response to Craigus91

i also have same issue with my iphone 6. i contact apple support and they replaced my phone.. but have same issue my new device...

i notice one thing plz try this.. when i play opening ringtone at full volume the sound was distorted but when i connect headphone to my phone and than play ringtone.than there is no distortion coming out of speaker. plz try this and let me know if you phone to shows this strange behavior....


regards

Nov 2, 2015 11:30 AM in response to Craigus91

HI All,


I have the same audio distortion in all the aforementioned scenarios with my 6S with the addition that I notice it most whilst listening to spoken word podcasts.

I reluctsntly tried all the messing around with settings and even a factory settings reset to no avail. I subsequently tested this issue with 6 other 6S's from colleagues and family and all have the same issue. Although I don't like jumping to conclusions this looks very much like a hardware issue, most likely the audio amplifier over driving the speaker and/or rubbish speaker quality. Will be calling Apple Tech Support tomorrow just for the **** of it but don't hold out much hope.

Nov 2, 2015 6:50 PM in response to Salvado89

We honestly need someone decently big in the media to address this, because then it will have a stronger following. Most people are just oblivious and think it's normal, when in reality it's a flaw in the design and poor choice by Apple to put out such a device due to expectations of customers. Someone has to know of someone "famous" who would be willing to post via Twitter or something.

Nov 2, 2015 7:11 PM in response to ezmil

I called Apple. They asked me if Bluetooth was on because that's been causing some sound issues. It wasn't. They wanted me to reset my phone which did not make a difference. They wanted me to bring the iPhone in to an Apple store for repair. There is no store near me so they are sending me a replacement. I will update the thread on whether the replacement is any better. I am not that optimistic based on what I'm reading here. However I did receive my original phone on the first day they were available so it was certainly part of the first production batch. There has been time for fixes in production. Has anyone replicated the issue on a more recently purchased 6s?

Nov 3, 2015 4:13 AM in response to mr3j

I totally agree with mr3j ,honestly, what we need, is someone decently big in the media to address this problem and spread all over the INTERNET/MEDIA/ETC.

My iphone 6s was purchased on 9 October (date of launch here in Portugal), but I have many friends with the same distortion problem in the speaker than me. I'm trying to join them all to report this situation to APPLE in Portugal. I am waiting for about 2 weeks for a response by APPLE assistance to know if they will replace the iPhone or fix the one i sent to assistance..

It is a SHAME that equipment of this magnitude bring this type of failure, at least, APPLE has to enlighten customers and say whether it a hardware or software failure, because it will save us a lot of work, if is software, i will be much more rested.

But, ATTENTION, they can hide the speaker problem supposed to be of low quality, making a software update that slightly lower the volume of each sound of the mobile phone, so that this anomaly of the speaker is not noticed at all...

I SUGGEST TO YOU ALL TO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK OF YOUR ISSUE WITH THE SPEAKER FOR APPLE IHPONE TEAM WICH IT CAN BE POSSIBLE ON THROUGH THE LINK BELOW!

iPhone 6s Distorted Sound

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