Damn, hoping they are correcting this ASAP, or they will be swapping out a lot of devices...
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iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Exhibiting 'Hissing' Noises Under Load for Some Users
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Damn, hoping they are correcting this ASAP, or they will be swapping out a lot of devices...
Did you end up getting your device changed today? Let us know if the replaced one has the issue or not? Would appreciate it.
Thank you
You are certainly entitled to your opinion. I'll stick with my first-hand experience.Or maybe you are just not hearing it.
But that's good for you - not that I really believe you
So all the previous devices have the exact same hardware issue?
Come on!
Plugging in the headphone does not remove the noise from my recordings by the way.
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But you want me to believe that all the devices that I have tested this on all have the same exact hardware issue?You are certainly entitled to your opinion. I'll stick with my first-hand experience.
Really?
Did you ever think that just bc youre experiencing something a certain way does not mean its uniform to the rest of us? We have all tested it for ourselves on our phones and ipad or old phones and MAYBE some of us actually do have a legitimate issue with the phone. Just bc yours isnt that way doesnt not make it the standard for the rest of us...
I'm talking about static noise present in a recording made with the phone not holding it up to your ear, I hear just a small amount of it when I hold the phone to my ear and I heard a little from my 6 so in that area it is the same, try comparing recordings.
Did you ever think that I might have the exact same issue that you have on my iPhone 7?
The question is if this so-called noise has always been there. If a lot of people experience this on their older iPhones (and iPads) as well - something that points in the direction that the "noise" has always been there to some extent?
You have to agree that it seems strange that the "noise" is present on an iPhone 7, iPhone 6/6S and iPhone 5S along with an iPad Pro 9,7 if this is only a hardware issue on the iPhone 7?
The only thing that could be the answer is that the hissing/noise is MUCH worse on other peoples devices. I guess we will never know.
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I both hear a tiny bit of hissing when I hold the back of my iPhone 7 (and iPhone 5S/6/6S) against my ear in a quiet room AND get a some static noise on recordings - something that is also present on my older devices if I turn the volume up quite a bit. I guess there will always be some static noise on a recording? Some mentioned that plugging in the headphone should eliminate the static noise. In my case it does not.
So it might be that the static noise and hissing that you experience is A LOT worse than what I experience. That is the only thing that would make sense...
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To be honest guys, I can only hear the static only when there is dead silence and volume all the way up. I recorded inside my car, work, and outside and you can't hear it at all what so ever. Besides most videos taken have white noise from something. I mean how often do you take a video in dead silence? I'll still go to apple but if they don't have a replacement, I don't care if I have to wait for one.
I went through all of the devices handy to me, mine and not mine:
The iPhone 7 is one of the loudest. (two different 7's, one verizon, one t-mob)
iPad Air 2 is up there as well. (four different devices, one cellular, cellular was the loudest of all the device handy; sounds like there is a hard drive inside if you get it right up to your ear and disable wifi.)
iPad Pro 12.9" isn't all that loud unless the brightness is cranked. (one device, 256GB)
iPad Pro 9.7" is about the same as 12.9 except it does it at all brightness levels above half. (one device, 128GB)
iPhone 6S Plus, about half the level of hissing of the 7 (one device)
iPhone 6, about 1/3-1/2 the level of hissing of the 7 (two devices)
iPhone SE, same level as the 6 (one device)
It's "coil noise" or "coil whine" almost for sure. Apple people wouldn't be anywhere nearly as familiar with it as PC gamers are since Apple doesn't put real video cards in their computers. That's why it's a big deal all of a sudden (limited or no exposure to it).
It's not really a big deal and you probably won't find an iPhone 7 without it for some time (or never if Apple ignores it and keeps using the same components).
The only time it can jump to the level of a "problem" is if the noise suddenly gets louder and stays that way or if it does get louder and a physical shock corrects it temporarily. That means there is a part losing integrity inside and you should get the phone replaced, if possible, at that point.
It can induce noise in recordings if the conditions are right and if it bothers you, get a replacement if you can. Just remember that there are quite a few powerful RF devices inside a smartphone so it's not really an ideal recording device anyway.
The iPhone 7 is one of the loudest. (two different 7's, one verizon, one t-mob)
iPad Air 2 is up there as well. (four different devices, one cellular, cellular was the loudest of all the device handy; sounds like there is a hard drive inside if you get it right up to your ear and disable wifi.)
iPad Pro 12.9" isn't all that loud unless the brightness is cranked. (one device, 256GB)
iPad Pro 9.7" is about the same as 12.9 except it does it at all brightness levels above half. (one device, 128GB)
iPhone 6S Plus, about half the level of hissing of the 7 (one device)
iPhone 6, about 1/3-1/2 the level of hissing of the 7 (two devices)
iPhone SE, same level as the 6 (one device)
It's "coil noise" or "coil whine" almost for sure. Apple people wouldn't be anywhere nearly as familiar with it as PC gamers are since Apple doesn't put real video cards in their computers. That's why it's a big deal all of a sudden (limited or no exposure to it).
It's not really a big deal and you probably won't find an iPhone 7 without it for some time (or never if Apple ignores it and keeps using the same components).
The only time it can jump to the level of a "problem" is if the noise suddenly gets louder and stays that way or if it does get louder and a physical shock corrects it temporarily. That means there is a part losing integrity inside and you should get the phone replaced, if possible, at that point.
It can induce noise in recordings if the conditions are right and if it bothers you, get a replacement if you can. Just remember that there are quite a few powerful RF devices inside a smartphone so it's not really an ideal recording device anyway.
I don't mind the noise it makes when I'm scrolling around on a page or something like that. I have to hold it to my ear to notice. But the audio recording quality is bad. The noise is constant there.
When I go to the Apple Store to exchange mine, I'll ask if they can access the phone camera and record a video to see if it makes the noise as well. That way I don't have to be stuck with anothe iPhone making the same noise again.
Somebody please explain me how shuch a small processor can do such noises when it doesn't even have a fan?
And yet, we don't if it's an 'Issue' yet. Apple has not confirmed anything. It doesn't seem to affect performance or operability, except a slight whine.
saw this comment on arstechnica, thought I should share
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/hissing-iphone-7-coil-noise/?comments=1
sorry to all affected users tho
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/hissing-iphone-7-coil-noise/?comments=1
sorry to all affected users tho
Just picked up a 7+, was restoring and noticed a pretty significant coil whine that I could hear without putting it near my ear, according to Apple this is 'expected behaviour on this model'. However, they are happy to replace it as I just picked it up today.
It's not the processor making the noise. It's the "power supply" that is making the noise. There is a little tiny power supply in a phone that takes the battery level voltage and converts it down to the sub-volt levels the processor and other components use.
It is common on high-density high current power supplies. Yes, the power supply in the iPhone is considered "high current" relative to its' size.
Here's a couple of videos I took of my ATT 7 Plus
With no microphone attached to the lightning port:
With a pair of Sennheiser Momentum On-Ear headphones with inline microphone, attached to lightning port via the 3.5mm adapter:
I do not hear this sound (which resembles a high-pitched frequency interference, very similar to how coil whine sounds on a desktop/laptop PC) when I put my ear up to the back of my phone, under load or not. I *do* hear faint popping/clicking type sounds, but not the coil whine sound. This sound is only present in video recordings when a microphone isn't attached to the lightning port.
Ignore the "whooshing" type sound, that's my air conditioner. The noise I am talking about (and am hearing in every single video recorded with an iPhone 7) is the high-pitched interference sound.
With no microphone attached to the lightning port:
With a pair of Sennheiser Momentum On-Ear headphones with inline microphone, attached to lightning port via the 3.5mm adapter:
I do not hear this sound (which resembles a high-pitched frequency interference, very similar to how coil whine sounds on a desktop/laptop PC) when I put my ear up to the back of my phone, under load or not. I *do* hear faint popping/clicking type sounds, but not the coil whine sound. This sound is only present in video recordings when a microphone isn't attached to the lightning port.
Ignore the "whooshing" type sound, that's my air conditioner. The noise I am talking about (and am hearing in every single video recorded with an iPhone 7) is the high-pitched interference sound.
Mine has the same sound. I also tested it that the sound went away when I plugged in the headphones. The sound is mostly heard in quiet environments but under normal background noise it's not really audible. Looks like all iPhone 7 make this same sound
I definitely hear the difference.
It's just so overall disappointing for iPhone 7 users... I'm pretty sure Apple will quietly make a change and let the early adopters just deal with it on their own.
It just doesn't make sense to be the first on the block with an Apple product or software anymore. Not sure why people keep falling for it year after year and still sing the praises of Apple.
Was Apple able to silently fix this problem? I have got my 7 with this issue and i think this can happen also on replacement phone