A strange iMessage bug that deletes the last word of some messages has been discovered by iPhone users, reports The Verge. There are two main phrases that are circulating online...
Attempting to send "I could be the next Obama" followed by a trailing space will result in Obama's name being hidden from the received message. Everything looks fine until you hit the "send" button, after which — on both screens — the final word vanishes and is replaced with blank space. ... "The best prize is a surprise" seems to be another phrase that triggers the phenomenon.
Interestingly, copying and pasting the message will reveal the missing word.
Users have been complaining about the issue for months and it seems to extend beyond these two examples. An Apple support thread from December detailed the problem but it appeared to be fixed with iOS 6.1 for some.
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Guest - April 28, 2013 at 1:21pm
That's because we don't need another Obama.
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Hibrid - April 27, 2013 at 4:48pm
Mine works fine
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Enderzshadowz - April 27, 2013 at 3:25am
This seems like a layout issue with the UILabels being used. I bet the layout code has a bug such that, for certain edge cases, the last word gets truncated. It's not big brother filtering your words. It's just a UI layout issue, I think.
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John - April 27, 2013 at 3:10am
Lol same happens to me
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Funk - April 26, 2013 at 9:55pm
Mine does it too
To above: did you end the sentence with a space?
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odedoo1 - April 26, 2013 at 11:37pm
I'm not surprised, say words like terrorist or explosives and they will file it with your name!!!
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P - April 26, 2013 at 9:07pm
No prob at all. What missing? Nothing.
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Slasher - April 26, 2013 at 9:02pm
What a load of Sh!t, mine works normally!
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6italia0 - April 26, 2013 at 9:02pm
Yep this issue is verified, but I don't think ill be telling anyone I could be the next Obama anytime soon though lol
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Dan - April 26, 2013 at 8:44pm
Weird! I just tried it n it did the same thing...
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HJ - April 26, 2013 at 8:44pm
The bug is only discoverable for me when autocorrect is turned ON.
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John - April 26, 2013 at 8:43pm
That's a bunch of bull cause I just tried and it worked all words were clear... Sent to like 15people and they sent the same thing
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Whatamidoinghere - April 27, 2013 at 6:48pm
Same! Either it's fixed, on random phones, or on certain models :(
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