iPhone 11 Pro Max Where are mics on iPhone Pro Max

[Ambrosia7177]

Just got an iPhone 11 Pro Max, and am wondering where the microphones are located.

(What do you call the side of the phone with the glass on it where you tap on things?)

More importantly, which microphone(s) get used when you record video?

 

[C DM]

(What do you call the side of the phone with the glass on it where you tap on things?)

The screen?

 

[Ambrosia7177]

The screen?

The question what, "What is considered the front (and back) of my iPhone?"

 

[BuggyGT]

3 total microphones

 

[Ambrosia7177]

3 total microphones

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First off, so the "front" of your iPhone is based on which side faces you, huh?

Out of the three microphones, it looks like the bottom one is the biggest/most sensitive?

And if I am interviewing someone, then which microphone will be the dominant one?

(I ask partially to better udnerstand my new iPhone Pro Max, but also because the microphone on my iPhone 6S Plus died and that ended up trashing weeks worth of work, so I want to get a better grasp moving forward of all the parts and what does what!)

Thanks.

 

[AbSoluTc]

First off, so the "front" of your iPhone is based on which side faces you, huh?

Out of the three microphones, it looks like the bottom one is the biggest/most sensitive?

And if I am interviewing someone, then which microphone will be the dominant one?

(I ask partially to better udnerstand my new iPhone Pro Max, but also because the microphone on my iPhone 6S Plus died and that ended up trashing weeks worth of work, so I want to get a better grasp moving forward of all the parts and what does what!)

Thanks.

Are you actually serious right now?

What's the front of the car if you're looking at the trunk? The trunk?

Front is the screen. Back is the, uh, back. Mics are in the same place they have always been. Front and bottom.

 

[Ambrosia7177]

Are you actually serious right now?

What's the front of the car if you're looking at the trunk? The trunk?

Front is the screen. Back is the, uh, back. Mics are in the same place they have always been. Front and bottom.

Do you realize how ridiculous your response above is?

The "front" of a car is what someone standing OUTSIDE of the car sees when looking at the grill. So following your poor analogy, the "front" of your iPhone would be the side with the camera on it which is what I would have called the "front" of the phone, but apparently not.

Further following your poor analogy, when you are INSIDE driving your car, do you call the dashboard that you interact with the "front" of your car?

If you're going to be insulting, at least get your analogy right...

 

[Fuchal]

The iPhone 11 records stereo audio, so it will use a combination of the 3 mics based on device orientation and which camera is being used in order to produce a stereo audio track.

 

[AbSoluTc]

Do you realize how ridiculous your response above is?

The "front" of a car is what someone standing OUTSIDE of the car sees when looking at the grill. So following your poor analogy, the "front" of your iPhone would be the side with the camera on it which is what I would have called the "front" of the phone, but apparently not.

Further following your poor analogy, when you are INSIDE driving your car, do you call the dashboard that you interact with the "front" of your car?

If you're going to be insulting, at least get your analogy right...

Lol. You made your own point on how bad your initial question was to begin with. Thank you

Best comment of the year online "What do you call the side of the phone with the glass on it where you tap on things?" - Front/Screen.

Do you consider the back of a box the front since you're already looking at it?

 

[Ambrosia7177]

Lol. You made your own point on how bad your initial question was to begin with. Thank you

Best comment of the year online "What do you call the side of the phone with the glass on it where you tap on things?" - Front/Screen.

Do you consider the back of a box the front since you're already looking at it?

Re-read what I said. It's not hard to understand...
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The iPhone 11 records stereo audio, so it will use a combination of the 3 mics based on device orientation and which camera is being used in order to produce a stereo audio track.

Is that true for the iPone 6S Plus also?

 

[DeltaMac]

The front of a car is where the headlights are located, moving forward. It could be argued that, when backing the car, the front is the back, at that time. But, you are right - crappy analogy. Grill location doesn't necessarily tell you everything, either. A rear-engined (or electric) car may not have any front grill at all.
The seats face forward (well, except for that beater that my older brother had when I was a kid. The seats moved around a bit too much )

The screen is the front of the phone, where you see and control everything. The camera that you would use for selfies is front-facing. The more capable camera(s) on the back are, well, rear-facing.


I think you have to go back to the iPhone 4 before there are fewer than 3 microphones. I'm pretty sure that all of the 3 microphones are used with some mixture when recording audio.

 

[Ambrosia7177]

The front of a car is where the headlights are located, moving forward. It could be argued that, when backing the car, the front is the back, at that time. But, you are right - crappy analogy. Grill location doesn't necessarily tell you everything, either. A rear-engined (or electric) car may not have any front grill at all.
The seats face forward (well, except for that beater that my older brother had when I was a kid. The seats moved around a bit too much )

The point of my quick response was this...

A CAR front/back are named from the perspective of 1.) someone on the OUTSIDE looking in, and to your point which I hastily left off, 2.) the direction the car normally travels.

A CAR front/back is **NOT** named based on the DRIVER's perspective.

The same applies to planes, trains, buggies, horses, and even humans!

THUS, being of that mindset, I would have thought that the "front" of my iPhone was on the solid/non-glass side where the camera resides...

It was a legitimate question, but as often the case, there almost always has to be a snarky response from someone from the peanut gallery here at MacRumors... (Not you, Delta...)

The screen is the front of the phone, where you see and control everything. The camera that you would use for selfies is front-facing. The more capable camera(s) on the back are, well, rear-facing.

Got it.

I think you have to go back to the iPhone 4 before there are fewer than 3 microphones. I'm pretty sure that all of the 3 microphones are used with some mixture when recording audio.

I ask, because whatever happened to my iPhone 6S Plus, it was severe enough that it trashed 3 weeks worth of interviews...

I thought the certified repair place said it was the "bottom" microphone, and so I am inquiring in my OP as to how many mics thrre are, and their significance because I am trying to do a post-mortem of sorts...

Hope to hit the field tomorrow and start interviewing people, and this time will be relying primarily on my shotgun mic and wirless lav setup, but still am trying to better understand the workings of iPhone mics and also tryingt o set my expectations of how things should work.

(One thing I know that I need to be more aware of is that when I "ride bareback" and use my iRing, I probably need to stop cupping the phone in my right hand as my palm often covers up the botom microphone - althoug that wasn't the issue with my iPhone 6S Plus...)

 

[Tsepz]

This thread has made for a hilarious read especially after a long day at work, thanks for this, LOL. 😂🤣