The Verge reports some users have experienced iMessage blocking out certain words from displaying on the iPhone. If you try to send out the message “I could be the next Obama” with a trailing space, the word ‘Obama’ is invisible on your iPhone to both recipients and senders:
Another phrase that triggers the bug is “The best prize is a surprise”.
The problem affected iMessage on OS X and the iPad as well according to this Apple Support Communities thread, with the problem occurring since December of 2012.
Give this bug a try, and let us know if the bug appears on your iPhone. I have no idea if “I could be the next Harper” works or not.
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For some reason this only happens on the iPhone. My iPad can send and receive those phrases just fine.
haha just imagining how somebody would’ve discovered that
They wanted to be Obama!
Spelling error 🙂 “The WORD Obama”. First paragraph!
damn you autocorrect!
This doesn’t happen on my iphone 4 running 6.1.2
This doesn’t happen on my iphone 4 running 6.1.3 Message sent from an iPhone4s running 6.1.3
“Wtf man my mind is blown” blocks out blown.
Upgrade to 6.1.x. Problem solved. It is a bug in iOS 6.0.x on iPhones/iPod Touches only.
my iPhone 5 running 6.1.3 blocks out the words