iPhone 8 Plus Sound Distortion

Very true. I did sent mine back to the reseller and they said everything is fine. I even record the popping sound when it happen and they don’t believe it. Very frustrating and disappointed as it is very common issue with the phone even my mom 8plus did the same thing. Hope it is software issue and it can be fixed. Pls Apple don’t hide.

Yes I have the same problem here with my iPhone 8 in Pennsylvania the only solution is to have the phone on silent and turn off lock sound and keyboard clicks it helps a little but still get bad pops here and there ios11.2.6 don’t fix it but iOS has a lot of other bad silly glitches to its very embarrassing I waste money on buying music I still do from them with these bad pops

Known issue by Apple.

No fix.

I’ve been working with Apple on this for 5 months, all the way up to Apple Executive Liason.

I’ve had 5 iPhone 8/8 Plus and all affected.

Also affects 7 Plus.

Replacements will have same issue so it’s widespread.

VERY not cool of Apple to not address this and refuse refunds.

Ouch... if it affects the 7Plus and only started since iOS 11, its definitely a software problem or a software-hardware compatibility issue then.

I got a replacement unit from Apple and its been working so far(bout a month n counting), even done a couple of OS updates and still havent experienced the distortion.

But i agree...VERY NOT COOL from Apple to play ignorant on this

That is great to hear that you have a device that no longer has the issue.

Apple has told me that exchanges will not be done as of now as the issue is likely to be in replacements.

I have had 4 replacements and all have the issue.

I really wish Apple would solve this as, IMO, the 8 Plus is the best phone ever made by Apple.

I am a bit sour'ed on Apple with how they have handled my situation but I truly do the issue is resolved for the people who have the issue. I am personally frustrated but I also recognize that Apple makes some of the best products in the world and has some of the best service in the world.

I had this problem before, but I already found the cause, and solved it

the "pop" sound from loudspeaker when playing music is caused by the setting of "Background App Refresh"

disable the "Background App Refresh", and no more pop will occur

Are there any updates on the issue? The same for my iPhone 8 256GB iOS 11.2.6.

I'm wondering if the 8/8Plus without such problem exists?

Who can confirm that saw 8/8Plus with latest iOS installed and without any sound distrortions in any third party application?

I've tested three different devices (two 8 Plus and one 8) in shops - all have the same issue!

It seems that there is no sense to change phone for a new one.

The list of problematic apps:

1. YouTube

2. Night Sky

3. Tiles

Thank you all for sharing results of iOS 11.3 betas testing!

I'm waiting for relaese with a great hope))

If anyone know the release date, please, report to the thread.

Or notify on release fact. So all of us could update our devises and confirm the issue to be fixed.

Kind Regards.

Having the same distortion issue with phone calls, have the 8 plus since September of 2017. The problem seem to be getting worse, will take it the store for troubleshoot. I was hoping all those updates would fix the problem, might need a special patch for distortion.

We just got a new iphone 8 today and downloaded the latest update and noticed the crackling noise. It wasnt as bad as i have heard reports about, but it is pretty disappointing when you spend $$$ and get a faulty product. We upgraded from an iphone 6 and kinda want to go back to an iphone 6 just one day into it. I wonder if android user have similar issues to this?

You can sign up for the public betas program or wait for the official release of IOS 11.3.

Apple Beta Software Program

I'm having the same issues

The 11.0.2. Did not fix my sound distortion at all.

Make sure you download the latest software ( 11.0.2)