Hi Wayne, I'm not saying it wasn't a good idea to go to the Apple Store, but I would expect the speaker and microphone to maybe suffer froma bit of a cold after a submersion, but I would probably give it a day or two to completely dry out and see if that doesn't restore them. As for the hissing this has already been dubbed "hissgate is the" and it's been documented. Just surprised that with all the publicity these exploding Samsung Note 7 devices got nobody called it "BangGate" or "FireGate".
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 9:32 PM To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Advice for those with the new iPhone 7 or 7 Plus Greetings. I know it is a generic subject, but this is a cautionary tale for those that have the new iPhone 7 or 7 Plus phones. If you have any hesitation of your phone not working as expected, don't wait a long time or think that the problem will go away or will fix itself, before you take your device back to an Apple Store. In my own case, I accidentally dropped my new 7 in a bathtub with about 4 inches of water. I pulled the phone out, dried it off, but noticed that the speaker did not seem as loud. I took my phone to the Apple Store and had a technician look at it. He did several tests with the speaker and the microphone, and he did find that a mike was not working as expected. Then, no questions asked, he swapped my ten day old phone out with a brand new one of the same color and gig size as my last one. I took the new one home and was able to restore from my latest ICloud backup, which happened to be that afternoon. I've heard on the Macbreak Weekly podcast that the Apple Stores have a certain number of phones available to swap out in these cases, and they will do the swapping no questions asked if they can verify the problem. The deal is you have to take your phone inwithin the first two weeks or so after you get it. IN my case, the phone was advertised as being water resistant, and a mike evidently had some water damage after the phone's swim in the tub. However, if you hear hissing or other strange noises from your new phone, then it is worth taking a trip to the Apple Store. Kind regards, Wayne -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My website: www.wayneism.com My book list: www.wayneism.com/books.php -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
