Some users of the new iPhone 7 Plus say the device makes a “hissing” sound when under stress.
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You’ll notice when the music finally turns on, you can’t really tell if it’s emitting from the built-in phone speakers or the wired Apple headphones this DIY maniac “drilled” into the iPhone 7. It seems to get worse if the iPhone is under load.
The new Lightning EarPods have been bundled by Apple in all iPhone 7 boxes, but the reported glitch apparently makes the multifunction remote control unusable.
Word of the iPhone 7 Plus issue hit Twitter this weekend thanks to Steve Hackett, who posted the audio recording above of his iPhone 7 Plus doing its best sprinkler impersonation.
A customer poses with his iPhone 7 at an Apple store during the launch of the new iPhones on September 17, at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. For scale, a recent benchmarking test saw the 7 Plus process JavaScript eight times faster than Samsung’s Galaxy S7.
Engadget has speculated that the hiss noise could be a “coil whine”, meaning it’s a small manufacturing defect as opposed to a design flaw.
It’s a common issue that affects most modern computers and takes place when the silicon is working extremely hard, causing tiny vibrations which then translate into sounds.
We do not think that there are any snakes inside the iPhone. The device should not be viewed as a budget phone.
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What’s more interesting is that the company recommends waiting for at least 5 hours before charging an iPhone that has been exposed to water because otherwise the device could be completely damaged. It has been learnt that the new A10 Fusion processor might be the reason since the sound only comes when large programs are being processed. We only need to see how the sales work for the iPhone 7, to see how the response is.
