Internet users were surprised to discover the reason behind the iPhone alarm snooze time being set to nine minutes.
A user on Quora, a forum where internet users ask questions to be answered by experts, decided to find out why the snooze time on the iPhone alarm is set to nine minutes. The answer shocked the web.
The user, Phillip Remaker, wrote on the forum: “Nine minutes has always been the standard in the alarm clock industry. No one agrees exactly on why it became nine minutes, but there’s no shortage of theories about it.”
Other profiles responded to Phillip, saying that in the past, watchmakers had trouble adjusting the gears of clocks and alarm clocks to set a snooze time of ten minutes.
“Most of the early designs only allowed the snooze to be set until the dial returned to zero. Since the dial only went from zero to nine to show the time, we ended up with a maximum snooze of nine minutes,” explained one comment.
Many pointed out that it would now be possible to set a ten-minute snooze with digital clocks, but manufacturers chose to stick to the industry standard.
“Now, with digital clocks, this is just an artificial nostalgic standard,” said one of them.
Some users suggested setting multiple alarms at different times to adjust the snooze duration.
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