Mic issues. - iPhone 5

I seem to have an issue, with the microphone on the handset of the iPhone 5. People hear me, but its very tinny and echoey almost like i am constantly on "Loud Speaker".
Any one having similar issues?

Same problem here. I bought three iPhones for my wife and my two sisters for Christmas. 2 of them have a mic problem. Doesn't matter with or without a cover, the person on the other end complains their voice is very muffled, tinny, or can't here at all. Turning off the noise cancellation helped a little, but we have resorted to using clear tape over the rear mic which appear to solve the problem. Using the right ear also seemed to have an positive effect to for some unknown reason.
One phone was bought in Brunei apple store, the other bought from the online apple store in Australia. The third was also bought online in aus and appears to be ok for now.
I am so ****** off with apple right now. Imagine, a thousand dollar phone, only works properly with clear tape on the back. *** is this, con air or something?
Some other posts indicate it may be a problem related to the build date. Other user claimed their bad phones were built in week 44, 45, 46 and 48. While someone with a replacement phone from week 52 said theirs was ok.
Check your build week here and post,
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html

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