Interesting, tested 5 display units, all GVC, all have the crackle, about 2 of them are a lot better than the rest, seems like a true lottery with this.
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Hi guys. Been Eye balling this thread for a few weeks. Decided to register and share. Im from Thailand. My phone will have random rattles or cracks if I go over 50 percent. But its like someone said. Its only certain frequencies. Some people's voices on youtube wont rattle at all even on 100%. Some will start rattling at 80% some even at 50! but if I stay below 50 none. So hopefully they can tune out whatever hertz it is in the future.
For Reference mine is also a LG GVC Panel.
Apple needs to really look into this, because either their supplier is doing uneven products or its all units and some people cant hear the crackle.
I love the phone I can learn to live with it.... But for 1000 bucks they need to fix it
For Reference mine is also a LG GVC Panel.
Apple needs to really look into this, because either their supplier is doing uneven products or its all units and some people cant hear the crackle.
I love the phone I can learn to live with it.... But for 1000 bucks they need to fix it
exact same issues here, yeah i agree, its a great phone and im keeping it, but hope they put out a fix!
I have a replacement coming in and will chat with support again later this week (they want to wait and see what the replacement looks like)
This doesn't seem to be related to the panel. I've been able to test 2 Airs closely side-by-side across a bunch of different sounds (music, voicemails, videos, etc.), one a GVC and the other a G9Q panel. They both had the speaker buzz above certain volumes depending on the media being played. And to my ear they were 100% indistinguishable from each other - i.e., for a given media/volume if one phone had the speaker buzz the other did as well.
Reminds me of the haloing effect on the vision pro with bright content on a dark background. It's 100% there on every single unit (nature of the tech) and you either notice it or you do not. If you notice it, and it bothers you, you cannot unsee/hear it. That is what this sounds like.
I had an Air since a week after launch and had no speaker crackle even at 100% volume. I cracked the rear glass and they replaced the phone entirely (due to an apparent battery issue) and the new one does have the speaker crackle. I just checked and the new one is a GVC panel. Unfortunately I don't know what the first Air had as I never had a reason to check the panel type via sysdiagnose unless there's some method for doing so now, without the phone in my possession?
Any updates on this? Even i checked around 4-5 display units and all of em had this crackling issue.
I am confident that this can be fixed through a software update like what they did for iPhone 15 pros, but do apple even know about these concerns. Are they aware about this? Its not a massive thing for me, but after reading through these comments i feel like it might be a problem in the future.
I am confident that this can be fixed through a software update like what they did for iPhone 15 pros, but do apple even know about these concerns. Are they aware about this? Its not a massive thing for me, but after reading through these comments i feel like it might be a problem in the future.
I think people might be mistaking the crackle for the all round crappiness of mobile speakers in general. The Air just has one less of them than other phones; its not like the others sound markedly better or anything.
It has been brought up how awful the iPhone Air speaker is compared to other iPhone speakers. I have purchased the AirPod Pro3 earbuds to work around this issue regarding my Air. Having the earbuds completely change the experience of using the Air and in my opinion is the way to go 👍
No crackle on mine. Plenty loud enough. I don't see the issue.
Connecting your phone to an external audio device and saying there’s no problem is like living in a nice neighborhood in Cali and denying there are poop-ridden streets and a homelessness problem. 😂