Text message tone sometimes doesn't sound

Sometimes I can be sat next to my iphone in a quiet room and I'm waiting for a text (reply to one I've just sent). I haven't had a reply for a while so I unlock my phone, go to my inbox and there is a new text! It wasn't showing on my home screen and there was no alert tone. Has anyone else experienced this bug? I think I've only experienced it within a threaded conversation.

I think what I've noticed (not 100% certain) is that if the messages app is still open and the phone is not locked, there is no alert, because presumably the phone thinks I am actively using that conversation screen and thus do not need to be alerted. Or maybe it makes a much quieter noise, not the alert sound.
It's quite annoying. I noticed it under both OS 3 with the original iPhone, and iOS 4 with the iPhone 4, I think.
My workaround is to manually hit the lock button after sending a text, so that the phone is forced to alert me to the reply. But I haven't tested this thoroughly.
Send feedback to Apple to try to move it up the to-do list:
http://apple.com/feedback
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