… for ending phone calls. Seriously, I cannot believe how many times I try to end a phone call by hitting the physical iPhone Home button. It is how I end all other applications on the phone. But not a phone call. Even though each time I realize shortly after hitting the button that it does actually not end the call, sure enough after the following call – unless I consciously remind myself to hit the virtual red button on the screen instead – I will use the physical Home button. It just seems to be deeply ingrained in my subconscious, a) because like I said it is just inconsistent with all other applications on the iPhone and b) presumably many years of mobile phone usage pre-iPhone have left muscle memory that is very difficult to unlearn. Truly annoying. Especially since otherwise the user experience of course is mostly excellent.

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