Iphone 5 poor outgoing sound quality

Don't want to sound stupid but I am getting complaints that I sound like I am inside a tunnel. I tested my iphone5 and outgoing sound quality is up and down. for a few seconds it is normal then it drops and then again normal and drops again, like a wave. Any sugestion? Anybody experienced it?

We finally gave up on the iphone 5. I think it is a dud. We started to address our issues by speaking to Verzion tech support. They recommended a reboot / restore of the phone. No joy. They passed us on to Apple. Apple thought I was crazy, but replaced the phones. Ten minutes later, was still having the same issues described in an earlier post. Over time, they became more prominent. Worked with Apple support over the phone and email. Worked with a more senior technician and even he became baffled by the problems, but atleast acknowledged that their was growing evidence their was a problem. Apple could provide no solutions to any of the 4 issues I posed, nor could they provide a timeline for an OS update that might resolve some of the problems. After listening to crappy calls for more than a month and having my ear pop no less than three times a day on phone calls, we finally threw in the towel. Apple / Verizon could do nothing but recommend reset processes and genius bar appointments to consider replacement. How many times do you have to replace it to acknowledge that a problem exist in the device, not just one of the devices??? Verizon agreed to free us of our contract and we returned the phones to the vendor, albeit for a very reduced restocking fee. We couldn't get them to agree to nothing given all the technical issue we'd had; but honestly, it was worth the nominal fee to be done with it. We went back to AT&T and decided not to risk the iphone 5 even on their network. We went with the Samsung Galaxy SIII and it has been great. Great sound, great speaker, great functionality, no popping, fluid messagin, etc. No complaints. The iphone 5 was / is just plain disappointing when you take a step back and look at the what Apple has done, and then compare it to the Galaxy. Apple is losing its edge fast; and that's coming from someone who owns an iMac, Macbook pro, iPad, ipod, and 2 ipod touches. Look at the new touches... same thing different shape. How inventive.

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