iPhone volume automatically decreases when I pick up or move phone.

This is super frustrating to me, I will be playing a pod and if I pick up or move my phone the volume drops significantly to an almost inaudible level. Pressing the increase volume button does nothing the only solution I have found is to pause the pod and wait 5 secs and play again. Then go back 15-30 sec to catch what I missed.

I have already turned off the “attention aware” setting which is the only suggestion I have seen for solving this issue.

This may not seem like a major issue but I love listening to pods as I do chores around the house or get ready for work and this really takes me out of my workflow groove as I’m trying to be efficient.

I’m finding this extremely frustrating, especially because I cannot think of a single use case for this garbage “feature”. I’m already picking up the phone if I want the volume down the button is right there.

I have been an iPhone user since the original, this is so annoying I’m almost considering a Samsung for my next phone(not really, I don’t have time to learn a whole new ui) but this is really driving me insane.

Please help me solve this problem so I can remain a satisfied iPhone user!