i-Phone alarm snooze conundrum....

[Fab Foodie]

My i-phone alarm snooze is set (automatically I guess) at 9 minutes. Why 9 minutes? Why not 5, 6 or 10 minutes? This has puzzled me for some time....

 

[Eric Olthwaite]

9 minutes is the smallest known unit of time in the Sumerian calendar.

 

[OldShep]

It’s aye been
Easy work around is switch off snooze and set a series of alarms at your desired snooze time.

 

[Fab Foodie]

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It’s aye been
Easy work around is switch off snooze and set a series of alarms at your desired snooze time.

It doesn't bother me functionally, I can't see why some programmer decided on 9 minutes!

 

[OldShep]

Something to do with 9 being a single digit. 10 would have caused problems.
11 minutes and I’d be sound asleep again.

 

[Milkfloat]

As usual Apple did not invent the 9 minute snooze. It is convention on most alarm clocks - I believe something to do with the gearing on early clocks.

You can add an app if you want to customise the snooze time https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alarmy-wake-up-alarm-clock/id1163786766

 

[Fab Foodie]

As usual Apple did not invent the 9 minute snooze. It is convention on most alarm clocks - I believe something to do with the gearing on early clocks.

Ahhh, now that's interesting.....

 

[steverob]

9 minutes does seem to be the snoozing standard and no-one really knows who first did it or why it became thus. Had a radio alarm clock once that was a rebel and did only 7 minutes - it didn't last!

 

[swee'pea99]

Standard Samsung Snooze - 10 mins.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Standard Samsung Snooze - 10 mins.

SPLITTERS!!!!!

 

[Fab Foodie]

9 minutes does seem to be the snoozing standard and no-one really knows who first did it or why it became thus. Had a radio alarm clock once that was a rebel and did only 7 minutes - it didn't last!

But why 7 mins????

 

[vickster]

But why 7 mins????

Why not?

 

[Rocky]

A snooze is for wimps......as soon as my alarm goes off, I'm out of bed and under a cold shower in preparation for the Prof giving me a quick birching. @Fab Foodie I suggest you follow my example.

 

[Pale Rider]

I think my cheapo push button mobile is 10 minutes.

But the innovation of being able to set alarms daily has proved useful because I currently need to be up early on three regular days of the week.

It's the only reason I started using the mobile as an alarm because my bedside alarm clock doesn't do that.

 

[ColinJ]

But the innovation of being able to set alarms daily has proved useful because I currently need to be up early on three regular days of the week.

It's the only reason I started using the mobile as an alarm because my bedside alarm clock doesn't do that.

When I first went on warfarin I forgot to take my pills on a couple of evenings. That is NOT something to make a habit of so I needed to carry an alarm about with me to remind me to take them. Then my dose got adjusted so I was to take different amounts on different evenings. Daily alarms on my smartphone are perfect for that. They remind me that it is pill time, and the label on each alarm tells me what dose to take.

If I am going to be out on a ride at alarm time, I temporarily change the setting of the alarm to when I will be back at home, or carry the pills with me.

It's an ideal solution which has stopped me making any more medication mistakes.