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iPhone 12 and later contains a…

iPhone 12 and later contains a barometric altimeter, so it knows when you're at high altitude and the accelerometer knows when you're traveling at high velocity… so why can't the iPhone just enable Airplane Mode automatically? Why do I have to do it?

2.7k likes · October 6, 2024 at 12:55 PM UTC

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