Input type='number' new validation removes leading zeros and formats number in Safari for iPhone iOS5 and latest Safari for Mac

Question

The latest Safari for MacOS and the one that comes in iOS5 has some extra validation that causes problems if the text field is not a phone number.

Case: Input text f

Answer 1

I change type="number" to type="tel" and works fine. I did some quick testing and have not found any validation or auto-formatting of the text either.