Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: SMS "pings" on iPhone long after received on Mac Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 06:16:55 +1100 Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <582ba589$0$34694$c3e8da3$dbd57e7@news.astraweb.com> <582bd3cf$0$1332$c3e8da3$1cbc7475@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ej3q4ANXK9fVQ0cSetA06wLog2fWlRfPa+0i1zGsRlb4GTeFE= Cancel-Lock: sha1:WKUQ1upQ9eC7QNHOdnFJjSSrIWE= In-Reply-To: <582bd3cf$0$1332$c3e8da3$1cbc7475@news.astraweb.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:96990 misc.phone.mobile.iphone:94903 "JF Mezei" wrote in message news:582bd3cf$0$1332$c3e8da3$1cbc7475@news.astraweb.com... > On 2016-11-15 19:45, Jolly Roger wrote: > >> Wrong again. Typically it's a matter of seconds - especially if you are >> actively using the phone. > > My experience with iMessage (not SMS) is that the time delay between the > computer ad sleeping phone next to me is such that the phone may be > ringing because of a NEW SMS (aka: enough time for other person to have > typed in a totally new message,. So I have to look at the phone to then > realise that I had already read the message on the computer. > >> And *still* neither of you can answer the question: How exactly would it >> benefit me for my phone that is asleep in the bedroom to display a >> message >> *before* displaying it on the iPad I am actually *using* when I am in the >> living room? > > > Because nobody in the 21st century is ever more than 1m away from his > phone. So with the phone always at your side or on your body, whether > it is asleep or not is irrelevant. > > And you have not provided any evidence on why an intentional delay is > beneficial. Its obvious. You want the first notification on the device you are actually using so you don’t need to look at the phone.