Samsung Stratosphere In-Call Audio Crackling and Echo

Sometimes when I accept a call I notice that anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes in the speaker starts crackling with a weird distortion. It sounds kind of like one of those radiation detectors in the movies. The person on the other end hears echoing and not the noise itself. I would have thought this was due to a faulty earpiece but it is so intermittent I doubt it. Does anyone else have this problem? My phone is now 15 days old.

I've had my Stratosphere since about the beginning of February and I have had the same problem. During a call I'm told that my audio cuts out and also that the other party keeps hearing a clicking sound as the audio breaks up. I called someone today and left a voice mail. When I listened to it, prior to ending my call it was just a series of clicking sounds. I wound up sending the individual a text instead.
I've removed the battery and replaced it as well as done a system reset and also disabled the privacy settings. Help! I really like this phone but will need to make other arrangements if this isn't resolved quickly.

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