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Health App walking distances

I had my iPhone 8 ‘landscape’ in my pocket and got 50% less steps than my husband. I tuned it to ‘portrait’ and it was much closer. While my husband said he thinks it odd that anyone would carry their the phone that way I just wanted to post it as an FYI.

iPhone 8, iOS 13

Posted on Sep 12, 2020 6:44 AM

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Sep 12, 2020 7:36 AM in response to MaryO215

Thanks.

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