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There is a fun discussion going on around how the iPhone handles the “Ring/Silent” switch.

Marco on the iPhone’s Mute behavior

“The user told the iPhone to make noise by either scheduling an alarm or initiating an obviously noise-playing feature in an app.

The user also told the iPhone to be silent with the switch on the side.

The user has issued conflicting commands, and the iPhone can’t obey both.”

Marco is right that it can’t obey both, so I would like it to obey the command I issued last. That means when I say “shut up” I mean to shut everything up until I say otherwise. It means I don’t want my phone to make any noise at all.

When I used to have a regular alarm clock, I had to reset it each night before bed. That was normal. If I forgot and overslept it was my fault. I feel the same about my phone.