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Proximity Sensor Presents Latest iPhone 4 Issue

Posted by kdawson on from the not-the-face-time-we-had-in-mind dept.

tekgoblin sends news of the latest iPhone 4 glitch being reported in user forums and elsewhere: the phone's proximity sensor seems not to be detecting nearby faces, as it is designed to do, in order to deactivate the screen during a call. The result is often unintended input. "On the iPhone 3GS, the proximity sensor was located to the left of the earpiece speaker. But that space on iPhone 4 is now occupied by the front-facing camera, and the proximity sensor is above the earpiece. What's not clear is whether the iPhone 4 screen's misbehavior is due to the new location of the sensor, or it's because Apple tweaked the sensor's responses in [some] way."

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  1. Re:iPhone 5 ... by jamesh · · Score: 1, Troll

    Maybe the iPhone 4 should be dubbed iPhone Vista... it sure sounds that way.

  2. Re:R&D by Techman83 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Apple is a legal and marketing company that occasionally designs Software and Hardware.

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  3. Re:Next please! by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 1, Troll

    Apparently the fanbois are strong here now... I guess since they cannot use the iPhones (with the antenna and prox sensor issues), they have to surf /. and defend Stevie's honor...

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  4. Re:So much for Apple's 'flawless' execution by MidnightBrewer · · Score: 1, Troll

    Sorry to disappoint you, I'm an Apple fanboy, and I certainly hope that they fix this in a software update ASAP.

    What are the mods doing recently? Seems like "troll" and "flamebait" are being confused with "insightful".

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