According to their reports online, they are hearing «crackling» and «buzzing» sounds directly from the iPhone X's front - facing
earpiece speaker when the volume of the device is set at high or at the maximum level.
Not exact matches
The tiny
earpiece at the top of the phone that you use to listen to phone conversations on now doubles as a
speaker when you play videos and games on your iPhone 7.
Now
when it comes to the
speaker, Motorola has stuck to using the
earpiece as the only
speaker on this phone.
I am really really happy to see actual stereo
speakers on an iPhone — near as I can tell the
earpiece up top can just get super loud so you get proper stereo separation
when you're watching a video.
As for audio,
when you want to unplug your headphones, Moto eschews the typical bottom - mounted
speaker for an
earpiece that also doubles as a front - facing
speaker.
Also,
earpiece mode doesn't work
when a Bluetooth device is paired, and the call might drop if you decide to switch from Bluetooth to the
speaker or vice versa.
Impressively, despite such a huge reduction in bezel space, Apple has managed to continue offering stereo
speakers on the iPhone X. Like the iPhone 7, the
earpiece on the top of the iPhone X acts as a tweeter and a secondary
speaker when the phone is switched to landscape mode with the primary
speaker located at the bottom of the device.
This was particularly true on the highway
when trying to talk to someone, and I found myself just using the regular
earpiece speaker instead for phonecalls.
When you're not using earbuds, a U11 - style BoomSound Hi - Fi setup, combining the
earpiece speaker and a bottom firing woofer, provides about the very best on - device playback outside of the few phones that offer front - facing
speakers.
While the top bezel houses set of sensors and front facing camera module, it's all between the display and
speaker, which also acts as the
earpiece when calling.