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How many iPhone 4.1 users were late for work this morning?
I think that there is a bug in the Clock program. My alarm is set for 06:00am every morning and this morning it went off at 07:00am. This despite the fact my iPhone automatically put the clock back one hour on Sunday morning.
My theory is if the clock was already open in multi-tasking mode, it did not update when iPhone rolled the clock back.
It got me thinking about how much power Apple wields over us, and how much this little problem affected the UK economy?
Did anybody else get woken up an hour later this morning?
iPhone 4 users lend me your ears…
…because mine have been causing me all sorts of problems!
I am still loving my iPhone 4 but my adoration is becoming somewhat dimmed by a stange phenomenon:
During a call my ear inadvertently touches the screen and either mutes the call or cuts the caller off completely!
Occasionally I will even start a Facetime session spontaneously!
The iPhone uses something known as a proximity sensor to deactivate the screen when close to your ear; or, at least, it’s supposed to.
iPhone 4 Ear Problem
My colleagues weren’t experiencing it so I thought maybe the problem is more pronounced with left handers or that I simply had a duff one.
The forum suggestions ranged from resetting the iPhone to opening an App mid-call to something like the Calculator to prevent you from ‘earing’ the wrong button!
It now looks like Apple has come clean and admitted this is now a problem and say the next release (4.1) due for release next week should resolve it (ears crossed!).
To my mind this has been a much larger issue than the antenna problem which in my opinion was a storm in a teacup and simply a badly handled media issue.
4.1 should also address other bugs such as the Nokia Bluetooth problem (also experienced with my hands free Nokia car kit), and provide some performance boosts.
Extra features also include Online Gaming and HD YouTube video uploads. (I can take or leave these).
I would be interested to hear from anyone else with same issue – left handed or otherwise.
Watch Apple’s official video of yesterday’s event – which covers new retail stores, iOS 4.1, and the new iPods and Apple TV – here.
