14 DAY TRIAL // After reporting issues like the "green line of death," GPS problems, and unresponsive screen in cold weather, some iPhone X owners are now hearing crackling and buzzing sounds from the earpiece speaker.
MacRumors reports that a limited, yet increasing number of iPhone X users claim that "crackling" or "buzzing" sounds are coming from earpiece speaker of the smartphone, which is located on the front, but only when they use high or max volumes during music or video playback, but also during phone calls, alarms, or ringtones.
"Love the phone but I was wondering if anyone has had any issues with the speakers slightly sounding a little crackling whenever max volume," said user ShadowYYZ on the MacRumors forums. "Noticeable on certain songs and even my ringtone which was bought from the iTunes Store."
Apple did not yet comment on the matter
It would appear that the not everyone is affected by this issue, which does not depend on the version of the iOS 11 operating system installed on the device. iPhone X has lunched just two weeks ago and comes with iOS 11.0.1 by default, though Apple released iOS 11.1.1 a few days ago with various improvements.
The iPhone X's earpiece doubles as a speaker to provide stereo sound in combination with the bottom speaker, so hopefully this is a software issue, not a hardware one, otherwise many iPhone X owners will have to send their faulty units back to Apple for a replacement.
Apple did not yet comment on the matter, but this is not the first time something similar happens, as iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus owners reported last month a static noise issue in the earpiece speaker during phone calls, which was fixed with the iOS 11.0.2 software update.