I think that is the sound of your volume rocker slightly moving

 

Never noticed until you pointed it out. I could baaaaarely hear it by putting the device up close to my ear

 

Mine does it as did every single iPhone I ever owned or looked at. I believe it is something in the camera module in higher end phones. It's irony in the truest form...The POS phones don't rattle a bit, the $750+ phones rattle like a toy.

 

The only thing that makes any noise on mine is the volume rocker

 

Mine makes the noise as well it's coming from the camera. Just shook my s4.makes the same noise

 

Its the Camera, the AF mechanism to be more precise. EVERY SINGLE phone with AF has that rattle, and the more sophisticated the mechanism the louder it is as there are more parts and larger parts in the mechanism.

The reason why low end phones don't make the sound is due to either not having AF OR having a cheaper and more 'simple' AF mechanism.

Every phone I have owned since my Sony Ericsson W800i Walkman Phone has that rattle, there isn't much they can do about it, AFAIK optics are a very sensitive area.

 

I would say maybe it is camera shutter making the noise

 

LOL......Like I said^

Its probably the camera

 

It's probably the OIS mechanism in the camera. If I remember correctly, OIS actually causes the lens or sensor to pivot to counteract shaky hands. If I had to guess, that would be the rattling noise you guys are hearing. Or I could be 100% wrong lol

 

touch your s pen on the end. Mine moves slightly so may be movement from that

 

I would have never noticed that rattle until you folks pointed it out. Very Interesting.

TS

 

Which is exactly why I'm not listening to their videos or doing anything else to try to find out if it is on mine. My ADD will never stop listening to it after that.

 

That has got to be one of the most stupidist answers I've ever heard.

So basically this so called engineer doesn't know if it is indeed the camera mechanism that causes that rattle or if its by design but does suggest you exchange the device thus possibly involving a re-stocking fee and a long ass wait to get a new device to only find out at that point in time if the rattle is there as well. and if so, to live with it.

I would have slapped the guy.

TS

 

Well, let's be fair. It's a retail store employee. Not an actual engineer.

 

Who is also a retail store employee (just one with slightly more experience and/or training), not an actual engineer.

Verizon is not going to waste the salary level requirement for an actual engineer by sitting them in a retail store fielding functionality questions on mobile devices.