iPhone 7+ Speakers Static Noise

[jacob_w]

Hi all, received my iPhone 7+ a few days ago and noticed a weird buzzing sound when I snoozed the alarm this morning. I soon realize that this noise comes up every time I pause an audio played on the speakers.

Is it just my phone or possibly a software issue? Running iOS 10.0.1. Already tried resetting.

 

[jacob_w]

Just came back from the Apple Store and the genius ran an audio test and confirmed that it's a hardware issue. Clearly the speakers are modular and can be replaced but they had no spare parts available yet so he suggested that I exchange for a new one.

 

[jacob_w]

Exchanged for a new phone today however this one has the same problem?
The Apple specialist told me to upgrade to 10.0.2 and I did, the noise persists.

This is so frustrating