Separate volume control for alarm and ringer

ibeeMe wrote:

The problem with turning down the volume at night and turning it up again in the morning is that it's annoying and I don't want to have to be bothered every day, I don't want to have to think about it.

I know! Thinking is so icky and annoying.

As a new iPhone owner, I was shocked to learn that it was missing such a basic function. Initially I just assumed that I was not able to find the correct setting due to being a brand new user, until I searched online and came across discussions such as this one.

Even ancient brick and flip phones allowed for a separate alarm volume setting, so I took it for granted for as long as I have owned cellphones and smartphones, and I definitely would have never guessed that such an expensive phone would be missing such a basic feature.

Having to change the volume every night and morning would not even be as much of an annoyance if it were not also for the fact that raising the volume also makes new text message notifications and phone calls really loud, which needlessly wake me up if someone decides to contact me at night or when I have an opportunity to sleep in. I know I could just set the phone to silent, but then I would have less to complain about. 🙂

I was even more surprised by the fact that some of the discussions on this subject are years old, yet Apple still has not done anything about this issue.

Do not get me wrong, other than this nuisance I really like the phone so far. I am mainly just curious if it is an intentional design choice, and if so, what the reasoning behind it is, or if for some reason it is not possible to implement due to the iPhone's hardware, though that would make even less sense, especially after it has been around for several generations.

_Matej wrote:

Do not get me wrong, other than this nuisance I really like the phone so far. I am mainly just curious if it is an intentional design choice, and if so, what the reasoning behind it is, or if for some reason it is not possible to implement due to the iPhone's hardware, though that would make even less sense, especially after it has been around for several generations.

No one here would be able to answer those questions. Apple hasn't, to the best of my knowledge, made any statements on the matter. I'm guessing (and that's all it is) that Apple had their reasons and that not enough people put up a fuss to cause them to reconsider the design choice. I encourage you to submit feedback.

Best of luck.

HI,

This very issue infuriated both myself and my partner. Such a simple and obvious need should already exist on a leading OS.

I have now installed 'nightstand central' and life has greatly improved.

Let's hope Apple sort this out and give us a capability that I had enjoyed on other phone manufacturers over 15 years ago.

BlackTigerAP wrote:

"You are alarming yourself wrongly!" (c) Apple

Is there a question in that grammatically-challenged sentence? If you're trying to give feedback to Apple, use the feedback link already provided.

Actually shows shoddy code, I never want my phone to ring only vibrate, but do use alarm so want it to have some sound there - old iPhone did this no problem new one doesn't. I can set sound on any item like email or message to "none" but can't do that on phone - poor functionality hopefully they fix

IdrisSeabright wrote:

BlackTigerAP wrote:

"You are alarming yourself wrongly!" (c) Apple

Is there a question in that grammatically-challenged sentence? If you're trying to give feedback to Apple, use the feedback link already provided.

I think it was an attempt at a pun...

Chris CA wrote:

IdrisSeabright wrote:

BlackTigerAP wrote:

"You are alarming yourself wrongly!" (c) Apple

Is there a question in that grammatically-challenged sentence? If you're trying to give feedback to Apple, use the feedback link already provided.

I think it was an attempt at a pun...

Well, you know what they say about puns..... 😉

iQuestion-B wrote:

The solution is to use the "bedtime" feature. It allows you to set separate volume levels for the alarm.

I'm sure that solution will be helpful to the people who are concerned about separate volume adjustments. As it happens, I'm not one of them.

Best of luck.

tdmk wrote:

Wow every helpful button unable to be clicked here??? Even after logging in.

How many have you already clicked? I know there are limits on the number of Helpful buttons you can click. Off hand, I'm not sure if the limit is by thread or by day.

I'd like to ask that as well. Who is Chris CA? He has replied to many questions, but with no solutions. If you don't have the issue or any helpful advice, why are you wasting our time? I too get tired of having to,and forget to, change my ringer volume. I keep my ringer off at work due to meetings, etc. I need to volume up at night for my alarm. If I forget, no alarm. I always used my android for my alarm. I really wish Apple would fix this. And I use DND at night.

Suggestions here -> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

hop2semar wrote:

Don't even know whether Apple reads these customer discussions to make improvements.

No, they do not. Use the feedback link:

http://www.apple.com/feedback