Glitch affects iPhone alarm in the New Year
A problem with the Apple iPhone meant that its alarm clock did not sound for many people on the first two days of the New Year, causing lateness through oversleeping. The company says that the bug rights itself from the 3rd of January 2012. However, customers are still angry because this is not the first example of the iPhone alarm glitch.
Many people have said that the failure of their iPhone alarm meant that they were late for work and for transport on days when public celebrations and holidays meant that transport was restricted anyway. Technology giant, Apple has said that the problem will automatically right itself on 3rd January.
"We're aware of an issue related to non-repeating alarms set for January 1 or 2,"Apple spokeswoman Natalie Harrison said in a statement quoted by Macworld.
Previous alarm problems
The nature of the problem was not disclosed but it seems to have affected the one-off alarm setting, as opposed to people who had set a recurring alarm on the iPhone 4. A temporary solution to the problem is to set a daily alarm, as opposed the one-off.
It is not clear if all iPhone models were affected, though commentators that all with the iPhone 4 software are likely to have been troubled.
This problem is not completely new. A similar failure of iPhone alarms happened when time went an hour back in November 2011, at the end of daylight saving time. In reverse to the present problem, that time it was the recurring alarm that failed and the one-off that did function normally.
These incidents are said to be particularly embarrassing for Apple because they pride themselves on the simple functionality of their technology.
The iPhone handset was launched in June 2010 and has been hugely popular. Over 1.7 million people across the world have bought an iPhone, representing Apple’s most successful product launch.
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