Really Annoying Feedback Noise

Does anyone get feedback on speakers of all types when their iPhone is on and near? I, so far, have received feedback noise on both home, work, car, and conference call telephone speakers. It appears to start when the phone attempts to wirelessly sync up to receive new email and text messages. This has become a problem because I can't seem to listen to the music on the phone without getting extremely loud feedback. And it was embarrassing during a conference call when the phone was causing the feedback within the phone overpowering those speaking on the phone. Any suggestions are helpful.

Though maybe not entirely identical I have noticed RF interference and also iPhone speaker crackling while playing music at home(I have a Wi-FI network). I was listening to a song out of the built-in iPhone speaker and all of sudden had terrible crackling - so while the song continued to play I turned off the Wi-FI connection on the phone and it after a minute the song quality went back to normal. So was this RF interference, WI-FI related or the fact the iPhone was going out to get new emails?

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