I don’t think many aspects of the iPhone user interface design are easier than the time picker of the alarm function, but it seems to be wrong…
MacWorld I found tweets from people who found it to be no loop, even if it’s a few minutes, but instead a very long list with clear endings.
When the time returns to 00 23 times (or 11pm if it tilts like that) it actually moves to something new, rather than going back to zero. Similarly, when minutes pass from 59 to zero.
I’ve tested this and can check the claims. If you’re interested, the time list starts at 01 and ends slightly randomly at 16, and the split list goes from 00 to 39 (there are many full cycles in between). It took about 30 swipes to get from start to finish of each list.
This site speculates that this could be a more efficient way of programming, but if anyone has a better theory, let me know in the comments!
This is not the end of a discovery waiting to be made with an Apple picker. The question of how far the calendar is now in the future is beyond the limits of current scientific knowledge. Macworld’s David Price went until 6888, while Reditor went to 10,005, neither of which reached the end.
Is there an end? Are there any final hidden calendar entries? The world awaits fearless explorers to uncover the truth.
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