Comment by orev

As an iPhone user since the 3G, I’ve never had these kinds of issues, and I find it hard to understand how people are triggering this. The only thing I can think of is you have the screen facing out when in your pocket? And then resting your hands on your lap on top of the phone? The simple fix is to have the screen facing your leg when in your pocket. That triggers the proximity sensor and the screen doesn’t react to anything.

I know this sounds a bit like “you’re holding it wrong”, but there’s just the simple element of physics involved.

I’m truly curious in what scenarios this is happening.

P.S. I’m also aware that there’s a large population of people whose clothes aren’t manufactured with pockets large enough to hold a phone, and they probably deal with this type of thing more often. But I’m just talking about people who have pockets.