I smashed my iPhone in a rage because of this...

[basslib]

Let's face it, Apple is and always will be my benchmark when it comes to computers, but this is about something else entirely, I'm talking about the iPhone, or rather the iPhone software. Imagine that you worked for 21 consecutive hours, excluding meals and coffee breaks. In the end, you are sending a report of all the work done to your boss via chat. How do you do send it? Normally I go to the gallery, select the content and send it via an instant messaging app. Here are the steps: Home Screen>Photos>Library>PhotoXXX>Share>ChatXXX.app. After typing the body of the message for 20 minutes, my phone rang and I had to answer the call. At the end of the conversation, the message still being composed was deleted. Why?

 

[Taz Mangus]

If I was typing in 20 minute message I would type up in a text document first. This way I can catch all my mistakes before I sent the text. I would then copy all of the text and paste to send it.

 

[basslib]

If I was typing in 20 minute message I would type up in a text document first. This way I can catch all my mistakes before I sent the text. I would then copy all of the text and paste to send it.

I would have done so, but I was too tired and iOS too inviting not to take the quickest route. Oh, and I almost forgot, I spent a lot of money on covers and screen protectors, after the incident, the iPhone came out intact.

 

[Wando64]

Was the chat app iMessage?

If not, it is probably unfair to blame the iPhone and/or Apple for something they didn’t design.
If you are typing anything on an Apple app (mail, notes, messages, etc…) and you receive a call, you should not lose anything.