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z0r0 t1_irsqb7e wrote

Reply to Some iPhone 14 users say the crash detection feature has triggered false alarms and called 911 during rollercoaster rides or after a phone drop while driving by speckz

Calling it now- this "feature" is going to be a lot more of a hassle than apple bargained for. There's no winning here- to make this a usable feature, it requires WAY more investment into things like geofencing, analytics around where and how people use their phones and data crunching around things like pop-up carnivals. I give it a few months before orgs like the FCC step in to put a stop to it.

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Hypoglybetic t1_irsn2i5 wrote

Reply to comment by FormerlyUserLFC in Roller coasters are triggering iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Crash Detection, here's a workaround by chrisdh79

No, it wouldn't. Getting T-boned outside of an Amusement park shouldn't increase your risk of dying because someone was too lazy to properly calibrate some sensors.
Fix your god damn sensors. The airbag going off creating a pressure wave should be registered as an impulse, not a gradual up and down. Increase your god damn sample rate. A roller coaster's Gs should not register as an impact, again, increase your god damn sample rate, Apple. Great America park is a few miles away from Apple Park, how did they not test this?

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rickg t1_irshkaj wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Some iPhone 14 users say the crash detection feature has triggered false alarms and called 911 during rollercoaster rides or after a phone drop while driving by speckz

Or you could watch WTF you're doing. They're clearly labeled and if someone isn't paying attention to which bar is OFF and which is POLICE, that's not on Apple.

For those of you who clearly don't have an iPhone... the power off slider is at the top. The Emergency Call slider is halfway down the screen. You'd have to be beyond careless to swipe the latter when you meant the former.

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