One of the running jokes about the iPhone is that ita4a4s amazing, unless you actually want to use it as a phone. I guess it doesna4a4t make a reliable alarm clock either.
iPhone owners already encountered an alarm problem back in November, when the switch to Daylight Savings Time caused some repeating iPhone alarms to go off an hour late. Apparently, the New Yeara4a4s switch has caused problems as well &8212' and they were even worse, since the alarms didna4a4t go off at all (rather than just being delayed), and they affected iPhone owners who set their alarms manually (not just the ones who relied on an automatically repeating schedule).
I havena4a4t seen any concrete numbers on how many iPhones (and other Apple devices) were affected, but Reuters has a rundown of many of the complaints found on Twitter. An Apple spokesperson told Reuters on Sunday that after problems over the weekend, the alarm would be fixed today. Yet some iPhone owners said their alarms failed again this morning.
You can add me to the list of people affected. My alarm didna4a4t go off yesterday, but luckily there was no pressing reason for me to wake up. This morning it worked just fine &8212' until I hit the snooze button and overslept anyway.
While the iPhone alarm problems are getting plenty of coverage, they probably aren&'t as embarrassing as a4AAntennagate,a4 where Apple decided to offer free iPhone cases to offset reception problems with the iPhone 4. Yet the phones sold like crazy, and Apple couldna4a4t manufacture them quickly enough.
[image via Flickr/Alan Cleaver]
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