Yep, better than having your face activate stuff whilst talking. Besides, 
headphones (earbuds) are included. 

David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
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On 28/03/2013, at 15:16, "Ray T. Mahorney" <[email protected]> wrote:

> so if you are using an automated system then you cant unless you are whering 
> a headset or everybody
> in range hears what the phone is doing?
> 
> 
> Ray T. Mahorney
> WA4WGA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> David Chittenden
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 02:07
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker phone
> 
> Yes, all iPhones have a proximity sensor just below the ear speaker. When 
> this sensor is blocked,
> the touch-screen is locked during a call to ensure you do not accidentally 
> trigger something with
> your face.
> 
> When VoiceOver is on, pulling the iPhone away from your face causes the phone 
> to switch to
> speakerphone. This is so you can easily hear VO whilst interacting with the 
> display. For the
> sighted, there is a speakerphone button on the display.
> 
> If VO focus is on the call timer during a phone call, the time duration will 
> be automatically
> announced. The solution is to move VO focus away from the call timer field. 
> Most iPhones leave the
> focus wherever it was the last time you were on a phone call. Some iPhone 4S 
> owners report VO focus
> moves back to the call timer on every call. I never experienced this with 
> either my iPhone 4 or
> iPhone 5.
> 
> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
> Email: [email protected]
> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 28/03/2013, at 14:20, "Ray T. Mahorney" <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> does the 5 do the same thing and if it is near the face is the DTMF pad 
>> disabled?
>> 
>> 
>> Ray T. Mahorney
>> WA4WGA
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
>> Of DJ
>> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 01:06
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: RE: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker phone
>> 
>> Guys,
>> 
>> I've discovered that if while on a call, I can stop VO from announcing
>> information such as the elapsed time of the call by taking the phone away
>> from my ear and tapping one time toward the bottom of the screen on the End
>> button.  After that there is no interruption.  Give that a try.
>> 
>> DJ
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
>> Of Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:56 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: RE: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker phone
>> 
>> Hi Susan,
>> 
>> Yes, my 4S also reads out the call duration every 20 seconds or so. It
>> doesn't matter if I move focus away from this, eventually the screen locks,
>> then if I continue to talk after about 20 or 30 seconds it resumes reading
>> the time. I can only hope Apple will implement better handling of this in
>> iOS 7, as far as I am concerned Voiceover should not say a thing by itself
>> if I am on a call. I know a bunch of people said to just use a 3-finger
>> double tap to mute speech altogether, but while this may be a work-around,
>> it does not address the issue. In any case, if I am out and about and have
>> my iPhone in it's belt case under a jacket or an inside pocket, I basically
>> have to stop, tell my dog to wait, then dig out the phone and do all this.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Sieghard
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
>> Of Susan
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:52 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: iPhone 4 keeps constantly switching to and from speaker phone
>> 
>> I've had similar issues.  Good luck. I also have an issue with mine calling
>> out the elapsed time on the calls.  This is so very annoying.
>> Does yours do that?
>> 
>> On 3/19/13, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> If your case does not cover the display, it is not a case issue for you.
>>> 
>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>>> Email: [email protected]
>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
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>>> 
>>> On 20/03/2013, at 7:32, "Christina C." <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Where is this sensor located? Thanks for all the advice. I think it 
>>>> may
>> be
>>>> a hardware problem :(. I will try taking the case off first. I do 
>>>> have a case on there but it is a minimal case. It's a very simple 
>>>> one. I mainly have it on there for the antenna gate issue. :)
>>>> 
>>>> Christina C.
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