I can hear you before you pick up.

[Jordan Hoffmann]

A rather interesting issue has been appearing on the web in the last few days. It seems that some people placing calls to individuals with iPhones can hear the other line before it's picked up. In one case a caller told their friend that he could hear him before actually answering the iPhone. In another case the caller merely heard the iPhone's ring tone.

I am not sure how widespread the issue is, though if it is fairly persistent it could indicate a large security flaw. I'm guessing it might be a component defect, and is limited to a very very small percentage. Remember Apple had the iPhone get more than 5000 hours of call testing, I don't think something like this would be missed.

My iPhone seems to be having no problems, how about any one else's?

[Unregistered]

This is a problem with all cellular phones in varying degrees, although almost no-one notices it because no one looks for it. Usually it is also extremely faint, so unless you can clearly hear the caller on the other end I wouldnt worry

[Unregistered]

Okay, I'm the guy who made this story. Yes, they can hear me and its CLEAR AS DAY.

I brought it to the apple store and they were shocked. I went through 3 Iphones and it STLL does it. I need to go back friday for them to call AT&T and get this straight cause it might be something with the account but I doubt it.

I'll let you guys know how it went...