Do Not Disturb - iMessage issue

Yeah, my friends and I were literally just talking about this (in a group iMessage, go figure). Everything turns off proper as far as sounds and vibration goes, but lock screen still lights up and banner still comes down when using the phone. Really hope they fix it.

 

I noticed this as well and was very disappointed as this was a feature I felt was long overdue and I was very much looking forward to it. I chatted with an apple support rep who suggested it should work when the phone is locked but you'll still get alerts if you are using the phone. I haven't been able to totally verify this but I think he was correct. Either way I told him that this feature needs to be better setup and he agreed and said he would report it up the chain and also encouraged me to do the same on my end by giving feedback here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html