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iPhone – I can’t hear you!

I absolutely adore my iPhone. It goes with me everywhere, and it does everything I need and more. How did I ever live without it? Right now, I’m asking how can I live with it? I have the ringer set to full-blast, and even have vibrate turned on. But for some reason, half the time I don’t hear the thing, or feel it in my pocket! Every other phone I’ve had has had a significant vibrate feature, which allows the vibration to be felt even in a purse. My iPhone, not so much. I have missed many a call (one right after the other no less) because of this. I’ve even been yelled at for not answering my phone, when I had it right there!

Sigh — the next iPhone needs to have a more significant vibrate feature so that when someone calls, I feel it.

Categories: iPhone
John Nagle
I use the old-time classic bell ring tone, and it’s plenty loud…I have to turn it DOWN in crowded restaurants to avoid getting “the stare”.
3 March 09 at 11:55
My complaint is more about the vibrate feature than about the ringer volume. More often than not, I have to have the ringer turned off because having it on at work is frowned upon, then I forget to turn it back on. With my Blackjack, I was able to set calendar entries which would turn the ringer off during working hours, and back on after. This made my life MUCH easier because it was off when I needed it off, and I didn’t have to think about it on a daily basis, or “get into the habit” of turning it on or off as I am coming or going to and from work.

It’s the little things… Most of those little things are great though… I think this is my only pet peeve about my iPhone that I can’t work around as easily as I would like.
3 March 09 at 13:17