Bad news:
Can anyone confirm?
Confirmed. But the caveat is that you won't hear it with 99% of music playing.
Using pretty much the most sensitive IEM I have had the pleasure of owning or auditioning, the FAD Heaven V (sensitivity >110 in case anyone was wondering, though I don't think sensitivity alone is the best metric for seeing what IEM is good for this kind of test tbh). This IEM made short work of the noise floor on the geek out. Literally unusable with that kit.
I can hear it:
Using App switcher. Initiating Spotlight search. Switching tabs in safari. Unlocking the phone. Pretty much any kind of a transition of apps or services.
Edit: in a dead quiet room at night, I can hear it with pretty much any interaction with the phone, including scrolling up and down.
That's what actually makes me disagree with him on it being hardware related, the extent of where it can happen and what triggers it. See above update.
I'm getting this phone but that glitch got me worried. I don't use high end IEMs but I'm a bit paranoid with reviews like this.
Hopefully it's a software issue.
I'm inclined to think it is. See my rationale above. Whether Apple will consider this worth fixing is another issue. But the odds of you having a sensitive enough IEM
and hearing it while music is playing in anything but a dead quiet room is very close to nil imho.
Dude ! Apple customer service is the best there is. If you found it hissing, and you are un-happy, they replace it without question....what do you mean you are worried
This isn't a quality control issue IMO. Getting a replacement will do nothing to alleviate the issue.
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That all said, here's my 2 sentence summary on the sound compared to my 5S:
The sound is no longer as harsh. Sibilant IEMs in the 5S will exhibit it a lot less on the 6S.
Really, the sound reminds me more of the 4S than the 5S, being more grandiose and less pointed and dense, while keeping more of the cleaner imaging of 5S. It's more organic and less digital sounding than the 5S, i.e. closer to the 4S in general feel of the sound.
Also, as this was a question that came up for the 5S:
compared to the 5S and 4S (all US models), the 6S has very audibly more gain. I'm generally 1-3 clicks of the volume rocker lower on any given track on the 6S than I was on either of the previous two.
I'm looking forward to someone measuring the z-out. Here's looking at you gsmarena...