Syncing AFTER Updating

This is really a comment for Apple. I hope someone who works at Apple reads these forums and has the authority to pass on comments ... and takes this comment as seriously as it deserves and passes it on to the right people.
It really bothers me that the iPhone does software updates BEFORE syncing. I have two problems with this.
Start with the annoyance problem:
1. I often plug in my iPhone and go to bed. I think it is reasonable for me expect to be able to unplug a charged and synced phone in the morning. Unfortunately, if there's a software update, what has actually happened is that no sync has occurred and my computer has sat awake all night waiting for me to approve (or not approve) the software installation, and it won't sync until I say yes or no. I'm often in a rush in the mornings, and I think that's common. Having to wait even a couple minutes for a sync can throw a wrench into a tight schedule. It's annoying. Why can't the phone sync and THEN ask if I want to do a software update? Then I can say no if it's a busy morning and update later at my convenience. And, while this is usually a morning a problem for me, I can see it happening at any time of day. You plug in your phone expecting a quick sync, go off and take care of something else and come back expecting to unplug a synced phoned and go ... but instead iTunes is just sitting there twiddling it fingers while waiting for feedback on a software update. Annoying!!
And the complete disaster problem:
2. This just happened to my spouse, and he's very upset, and quite rightly so. He's too upset to write his own comment. He only syncs his phone once a week. This morning, he plugs in his phone and iTunes asks if he wants to do a software update, so he says yes, why not. Well, for whatever reason the software update crashed. Just stopped in the middle saying it couldn't find the iPhone. Well, he wiggled this and clicked on that, and eventually it found the iPhone again, but it then proceeded to wipe his iPhone clean and then update the software and reload the data from his last sync, so he lost all the information that was entered on his iPhone over the last week. This would not have been a problem if iTunes had done the sync first and the software update second and since its a basic principal of computer use to back up data before installing new software, you would think that Apple would have programed the iPhone to do just that. I'd have to say that both my spouse and I are pretty darn upset with Apple right at this moment. This was a totally avoidable loss of data. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
So, Apple, please , on the next software update, fix this! Sync first, update second. It's simple really.
And while you're at it, can you time out the software update request after a reasonable amount of time and let my computer go to sleep? If there's been no yes or no click after a certain length of time, its reasonable to assume one is not forthcoming ... and really it can wait another day.

Request it here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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