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["lina.pio" <linapio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In fact there seem to be angry iPhone users who don't like it when their iPhone fails to wake them up because the phone's been turned off or in Airplane mode:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2621816?start=15&tstart=0

Also seem to be even more angry Android users about this missing feature:
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/576921-alarm-doesnt-work-when-phone-off.html


On 14 Jun 2013, at 10:17, lina.pio <lina.pio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That's a very good question. Does anyone actually know why it was taken out if that's a behaviour that no longer exists on Nokia phones?
> 
> From my point of view: if you have an alarm set to wake you up in the morning, you want to be woken up by it, phone off or not. I've never tried turning my phone off with an alarm set on my iPhone, I don't think I ever trusted it. But it was a feature I particularly liked about my old Nokia phone years ago - the alarm was resilient. 
> 
> But perhaps this can be an option enabled in the app settings? 
> 
> 
> On 14 Jun 2013, at 09:55, Dalius <dalius@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Either this or give option to turn off all notifications. Some people are religious about their sleeping habits ;-)
>> 
>> "Air plane" mode works for some I guess. 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Dalius
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:39 AM, David Planella <david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> While drafting the spec for the alarms API for the clock app, a question
>> came up that needs input from design:
>> 
>> * Should an alarm power up the device when the device is powered off?
>> 
>> Apparently Nokia Symbian/Maemo/MeeGo used to have this behaviour, and we
>> want to determine whether this is the path we want to go with our alarms
>> as well.
>> 
>> Lina, could you help us on this one?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> David.
>> 
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