iPhone alarm clock limit discovered after a decade

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iPhone alarm clock selector has a hidden limit, stopping at 16:39, discovered by users after over a decade. This design choice, implemented in iOS 7 in 2013, was for system optimization and memory efficiency on devices with limited RAM. The change replaced an infinite scroll with a more resource-friendly system, unnoticed by most users until recently.


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