Focus in the dark?

Hi all.
Either I am doing something wrong or Apple has got no idea what a flash on a phone is for.
In close to absolute darkness when I take a picture, the flash comes on for a split second and takes a photo. It does not focus on anything. The picture comes out blurry.
Even if I tap the screen then press the button, it doesn't focus.
Surely the flash should come on, the camera auto-focuses then it takes the picture? Why isn't it doing this?
Many thanks for any advice.

I totally disagree. The point of a flash is to take pictures in the dark. The iPhone flash clearly has the power to illuminate subjects in the dark, however it simply does not focus on them.
Every camera phone and every camera I have had prior to this iPhone has had no problem with this. It simply keeps the flash on for a second while it focuses or flashes twice - one for focus once for flash, the third option when the phone has a xenon flash was to use an LED to pre-light the scene for focus.
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