IPhone not automatically opening iTunes

So everything on my iPhone seems to be working fine but when I plug it into the dock, it starts charging fine but doesnt open iTunes to sync. I have to manually open iTunes and then it will start syncing. Anyone know why this is happening...err not happening?
This is my second iPhone after I replaced my first one, and the first one always seemed to open itunes when connected.

I see in your signature that you're running OSX.4.7. If that is correct, you need to upgrade to X.4.10 as it is listed in the requirements for using the iPhone on a Mac. My wife's computer was doing the same thing when she was running X.4.2 ( i think). iPhoto would pop up but no iTunes, and manually opening iTunes would not show the iPhone on the source list. Anyways, upgrading solved the issue. Hope this helps.

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