iPhone SE (2022) iPhone SE (2022) Call Audio Dropping Issue

[1369281]

Ever since I got my iPhone SE (2022), my phone calls occasionally start having issues after a few minutes duration. The audio starts cutting out and then it drops more and more until there is no audio at all.

I never had this issue with my iPhone SE (2020). I noticed the issue within the first few days of having the iPhone SE (2022). I have Verizon Wireless.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? Maybe it is to do with kernel panics? Maybe it's a Verizon 5G issue?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

No particular guesses as to the cause yet, but here are some isolation testing to do when it happens again that could help with diagnosis:

• Switch to speakerphone. Does audio come back?
• If possible, switch to Bluetooth or wired headphones. Does that clear it up?
• Note the connection type while it’s happening - 5G, LTE, Verizon Wi-Fi, etc.
• Note the physical location when it happens.

 

[LostAggie]

I have the new SE on Verizon and the connection doesn't seem as good as the iPhone 11 I had...

 

[1369281]

Bumping this. I got a replacement iPhone SE (3rd gen) a month or so ago and it did not fix the problem.

There definitely is an issue with this generation of iPhone SE (at least with Verizon). I noticed it immediately when I got my iPhone SE (3rd gen) and it never happened before with any of my older iPhones. My girlfriend has an iPhone X and another member of my household has an iPhone 11. They do not have the issue. My iPhone SE (2nd gen) did not have the issue either.

I am going to hold out for an iPhone 14, but this is quite annoying... especially for important phone calls.

I wonder if the LTE modem is just weaker (lower power) or something...