iOS 10.3 Fixes Exploit That Caused iPhones to Repeatedly Dial 911

[ackmondual]

The analogies just get less and less applicable.

I continued it, but I didn't start it.

At least it's been covered by others how iOS updates can render a device to a point where its usability is sufficiently compromised to the point of "why bother?"

 

[Tech198]

I'd feel much more comfortable with a phone that explodes.
Well, if you have both an iPhone and a Galaxy Note 7, the iPhone can call the police for you when the Note explodes.

lol.... I guess your right there... it only hurts the user, not disrupt services. I often wonder if emergency services would have been aware that they users had 'help' from an iPhone doing this.

My guess is they would have had no clue,, would just blame users..

 

[charlituna]

So it's now going to take longer to dial numbers — we can no longer do it automatically like before for legit purposes just because of this exploit? This is why we can't have nice things...

[EDIT to clarify]

This is only for numbers that are from texts, emails and websites. If you are dialing the number or it's from your contacts etc, it's the same as before