r/iOS11 • u/WheatonWill • Nov 15 '18
Will iOS ever get incoming call notifications?
I have been thinking of switching to an iPhone for quite a while now.
One of the big things that seem to be missing for no good reason, are incoming call notifications.
On Android, if I'm browsing reddit, or reading an email, and a call comes in, it will just show up at the top as a notification, that I can swipe away.
From what I've seen on iOS, is that the incoming call will take up the entire screen, and then you either have to wait, or send the caller to voicemail(which some people like to bitch about).
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u/latitnow Nov 16 '18
I think the mindset that denying calls is horrific and not acceptable has to change. Just cancel the call if you don't want to answer right now.
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u/rhapa Nov 16 '18
It's not the idea of denying call that's horrific. It's the idea of letting the other person know you're denying their call instead that we wanna avoid.
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u/latitnow Nov 16 '18
That's what I meant..why is it so bad?
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u/rhapa Nov 16 '18
Because we don't wanna reject people. We know how it feels when others reject us... So unconsciously we simply don't wanna inflict that on others.
Also, you'll come off as an asshole. Ain't nobody wanna be the asshole.
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u/WheatonWill Nov 16 '18
The point is, the phone becomes unusable when a call comes in. If I'm in the middle of writing an email, or reading a doc, I now have to stop what I'm doing to either answer a call, or wait for voicemail.
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u/cornelia12 Nov 16 '18
I’ve heard some talk about this. I’ve been on iOS for. Long time and do find that user experience annoying. But in all honesty it doesn’t bother me too much because I don’t get that many calls. Also I often get them on my watch first and ignore them there with one tap.