Why Do Incoming Calls HAVE To Be Obtrusive?!

[Aquaporin]

The only reason people have to repeat themselves is because people come in here and tell people to get a dumbphone and an iPod Touch if "they don't want calls".

If they could actually make an argument that shuts down the OP's suggestion then this thread could die, but as long as people say blatantly ridiculous things like that, it's fine to keep it going.

The major selling point difference between the iPhone 4S and the iPod Touch is the inclusion of a phone modem and GPS (that functions quite poorly without cellular signal). If you're so ****ing caught up that your iPhone rings/changes screens when it receives a call, then you probably should not own an iPhone.

You think the iPhone should have an optional phone when it's the phone that makes the iPhone a goddamn iPhone.

 

[Calidude]

The major selling point difference between the iPhone 4S and the iPod Touch is the inclusion of a phone modem and GPS (that functions quite poorly without cellular signal). If you're so ****ing caught up that your iPhone rings/changes screens when it receives a call, then you probably should not own an iPhone.

You think the iPhone should have an optional phone when it's the phone that makes the iPhone a goddamn iPhone.

All you did was repeat the same ridiculous thing I quoted, and your last sentence was even more ridiculous.

Nobody is asking for an optional phone. Get it through your head. We want the functionality of Callbar to be a full integrated option in iOS, done natively by Apple.

See guys? This is why this thread must continue.

 

[Invincibilizer]

Jailbreaking is a terrible option. You're suggesting that people actually sacrifice the stability of their _phone_ in exchange for a minor convenience that the manufacturer could provide without compromising the stability?

Remember landline phones used to have an uptime of 6 or 7 9s. We should be aiming to reach that goal on these cellphones, not making them worse.

Jailbreaking by many accounts is a beneficial option to the phone.
By the looks of it, it seems like you have not jailbroken a device?

Please refrain from making posts that disrupt the community especially when you haven't experienced the numerous benefits of jailbreaking.

 

[Thedeathbear]

Buy a GSM iphone off contact, put in an iPad sim, and problem solved. It is a 3G iPod touch. No need to worry about those annoying phone calls.

 

[Calidude]

Buy a GSM iphone off contact, put in an iPad sim, and problem solved. It is a 3G iPod touch. No need to worry about those annoying phone calls.

Do you guys really think these posts are clever or funny? Person after person keeps coming in here only to prove they don't understand what the OP is asking for. What is the mental block people are having?

 

[onthecouchagain]

There's really no point in responding to them, Calidude. Even if they aren't trolling, they're missing the entire point of the OP.

It's still puzzling to me why people would argue against improving something.

 

[matttye]

The major selling point difference between the iPhone 4S and the iPod Touch is the inclusion of a phone modem and GPS (that functions quite poorly without cellular signal). If you're so ****ing caught up that your iPhone rings/changes screens when it receives a call, then you probably should not own an iPhone.

You think the iPhone should have an optional phone when it's the phone that makes the iPhone a goddamn iPhone.

The iPhone can do thousands of things, it's not for you or anybody but the person using it to say what is the most important feature. I hardly use my smartphone for voice calls. I mainly text or play games on it. I use FaceTime on my iPad more than the phone part of my smartphone!

What is your problem with people asking for an OPTION to have unobtrusive call notifications? You wouldn't have to use it.

 

[srf4real]

It's still puzzling to me why people would argue against improving something.

And then there's American capitalism, where they eat their young..

Seriously, I am with OP. I love my iPhone jailbroken and it is fully stable and has the features for convenience that I need and use frequently or I would not even use an iPhone. I would be irate if my $600+ smart phone gets in the way of the things that are supposed to make it smart and would shop for another brand.. today.

But this is how Apple operates. Their way or the highway.

 

[ARSkemp]

I kinda skipped a few things in this thread, but I know a couple people keep saying "if you are not going to make calls the priority then you shouldn't be using an iPhone". My main problem, like some have pointed out, is that when I am texting, emailing, or doing other things that require tapping on the screen I accidentally answer or decline a phone call when the notification pops up. Assuming that I wanted to answer it and accidentally declined the call, how are phone calls still not my priority?

 

[onthecouchagain]

Assuming that I wanted to answer it and accidentally declined the call, how are phone calls still not my priority?

Excellent point, and precisely why incoming calls can and should be more intuitive. Because if the argument from the other side is that phone calls are important enough to be obtrusive to what you're doing on the phone, then accidentally hitting decline to a phone call you want to accept because the notification was unexpected, is precisely why incoming call notifications need to be handled better.

This point really ought to end the discussion.

 

[sentinelsx]

Again i do not get why people don't like the "option" of a setting where you can either leave the default obtrusive call screen as it is, or you can change it to a green bar as OP said.

What is so wrong with options? Especially when they set the defaults to whatever most people are used to and let others tweak what they want. Win win on both sides unless you are a blind follower.

 

[tigress666]

I kinda skipped a few things in this thread, but I know a couple people keep saying "if you are not going to make calls the priority then you shouldn't be using an iPhone". My main problem, like some have pointed out, is that when I am texting, emailing, or doing other things that require tapping on the screen I accidentally answer or decline a phone call when the notification pops up. Assuming that I wanted to answer it and accidentally declined the call, how are phone calls still not my priority?

You know what? Who cares if you are using your phone mostly for stuff that is not a phone?

What business is it of others to tell you how you should use your smartphone that does a lot of things besides being a phone (hence why it is called a smart phone). There is no way I'd pay 200 dollars even for something that was just a phone. I'd barely use it. The reason I justify (after subsidy honestly) paying for a smartphone on contract rather than just getting one of the free ones is I expect it to do a lot more for me than just be a phone.

It's ridiculous that because they use their device mostly as a phone they expect everyone else's priorities to be exactly the same. Apparently they'd like to live in a tyranny where you are only allowed to do things that they approve of.

 

[/user/me]

You know what? Who cares if you are using your phone mostly for stuff that is not a phone?

What business is it of others to tell you how you should use your smartphone that does a lot of things besides being a phone (hence why it is called a smart phone). There is no way I'd pay 200 dollars even for something that was just a phone. I'd barely use it. The reason I justify (after subsidy honestly) paying for a smartphone on contract rather than just getting one of the free ones is I expect it to do a lot more for me than just be a phone.

It's ridiculous that because they use their device mostly as a phone they expect everyone else's priorities to be exactly the same. Apparently they'd like to live in a tyranny where you are only allowed to do things that they approve of.

It is called an iPhone though... not an iText, or an iGame, or an iInternet, or an iPod. It's not even an iGPS, or an iReader or an iCamera. it's an iPhone... Just by the name you can tell they view the phone as the priority. Knowing that, the consumer has the choice to not buy one. So, if the consumer buys it and doesn't like it, it's their own fault that they didn't make sure that it was what they wanted first.

 

[newyorksole]

The major selling point difference between the iPhone 4S and the iPod Touch is the inclusion of a phone modem and GPS (that functions quite poorly without cellular signal). If you're so ****ing caught up that your iPhone rings/changes screens when it receives a call, then you probably should not own an iPhone.

You think the iPhone should have an optional phone when it's the phone that makes the iPhone a goddamn iPhone.

Who said I was "so caught up"? You are severely misinformed and extremely ignorant. You clearly have no idea what is going on in this thread, but I won't repeat myself.

Never said anything about the iPhone having an "optional phone" either. But again, you keep being ignorant and idiotic.

 

[newyorksole]

It is called an iPhone though... not an iText, or an iGame, or an iInternet, or an iPod. It's not even an iGPS, or an iReader or an iCamera. it's an iPhone... Just by the name you can tell they view the phone as the priority. Knowing that, the consumer has the choice to not buy one. So, if the consumer buys it and doesn't like it, it's their own fault that they didn't make sure that it was what they wanted first.

Andddd the definition of an iPhone is? Does the iPhone not do other things besides make phone calls? Is it not weird that every App can be unobtrusive thanks to Notification Center, but the Phone App can't?

How many iPhone commercials talk about the actual phone function? OH.

Having options/choices seems to be a federal crime. Some of y'all need help.

 

[cynics]

I find this annoying too. Sometimes I'll be in the middle of something (email, text message, even tapatalk) and I'll get a call from someone but my email has priority. At the same time I don't want the caller to know I'm ignoring them.

I just deal with it but I wish I could press the home button to continue what I was doing without ignoring.

 

[/user/me]

Andddd the definition of an iPhone is? Does the iPhone not do other things besides make phone calls? Is it not weird that every App can be unobtrusive thanks to Notification Center, but the Phone App can't?

How many iPhone commercials talk about the actual phone function? OH.

Having options/choices seems to be a federal crime. Some of y'all need help.

Oh, Efff... and here i've managed to stay out of prison all this time... I do need help actually. I need to find some cheap textbooks on amazon, so if you could take care of that, i would be much obliged.

 

[astrorider]

Andddd the definition of an iPhone is? Does the iPhone not do other things besides make phone calls? Is it not weird that every App can be unobtrusive thanks to Notification Center, but the Phone App can't?

How many iPhone commercials talk about the actual phone function? OH.

Having options/choices seems to be a federal crime. Some of y'all need help.

Having an option to please every one's wish list would quickly lead to a very busy Settings app, and would be distinctly anti-Apple in the sense that they've grown their empire on providing minimalist designs that make complex tasks easy for the average user.

 

[tigress666]

It is called an iPhone though... not an iText, or an iGame, or an iInternet, or an iPod. It's not even an iGPS, or an iReader or an iCamera. it's an iPhone... Just by the name you can tell they view the phone as the priority. Knowing that, the consumer has the choice to not buy one. So, if the consumer buys it and doesn't like it, it's their own fault that they didn't make sure that it was what they wanted first.

So what? That's a name... that doesn't mean it doesn't do other stuff nor does it mean that is what some one will mainly use it for. They call it an iPad (you know, kind of like note pad but digital, hence the i instead of note) but I don't see people mainly using it to take notes or people saying it should be mainly used to take notes.

Seriously, get over the name argument, it's weak. Just cause it's got phone in the name doesn't mean it doesn't do other stuff or that some one just might find it more useful for other stuff other than the phone. Nor does it mean it is wrong for people to expect it to do other stuff well. Or else blackberries would probably not be dieing (after all they are getting less popular because they don't do other stuff besides email and phone well).

I got an iPhone mainly to replace my iPaq (you know, those PDAs that were kinda like a smartphone without the phone part... actually, what smartphones were originally based on, being PDAs with phones... as many will point out, iPhone really wasn't the first smartphone. It just made the idea more popular). The fact it was a phone just meant that there was less to carry in my purse. Before I got the iPhone my cellphone barely got any use as I really don't use the phone that much but I wanted the ability to call out without having to find a payphone. I used my iPaq a far lot more. Now my iPhone has taken that place and it just means I have one less device I have to carry.

 

[verwon]

It's a phone and the rationale is that most people prefer not to miss calls. Here's a novel idea, if calls are that intrusive and annoying, stop giving out your number.

 

[Calidude]

What is your problem with people asking for an OPTION to have unobtrusive call notifications? You wouldn't have to use it.

The irony is that many people, including Apple users, say Apple is very slow to add features or refuses to do them at all, but in this case the users themselves are acting even worse than Apple is in this regard.

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Having an option to please every one's wish list would quickly lead to a very busy Settings app, and would be distinctly anti-Apple in the sense that they've grown their empire on providing minimalist designs that make complex tasks easy for the average user.

Irrelevant. There is already a notification center. All this would do is add more options to the phone setting in that center and to make its notification have buttons for answer and ignore.

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It is called an iPhone though... not an iText, or an iGame, or an iInternet, or an iPod. It's not even an iGPS, or an iReader or an iCamera. it's an iPhone... Just by the name you can tell they view the phone as the priority. Knowing that, the consumer has the choice to not buy one. So, if the consumer buys it and doesn't like it, it's their own fault that they didn't make sure that it was what they wanted first.

Again, you people say the phone is the priority, yet you think the user should have the least amount of control over the notifications for his calls app as compared to the other apps. You have no idea what you're talking about, and you're venturing off topic with this ridiculous solution of yours.

 

[matttye]

It's a phone and the rationale is that most people prefer not to miss calls. Here's a novel idea, if calls are that intrusive and annoying, stop giving out your number.

Please tell me how you've managed to never receive an unwanted call, oh perfect one.

 

[Calidude]

It's a phone and the rationale is that most people prefer not to miss calls. Here's a novel idea, if calls are that intrusive and annoying, stop giving out your number.

Ladies and gentleman we have hit a new low with this post. Now the anti-choice brigade suggests we not give our number to people.

 

[Invincibilizer]

Ladies and gentleman we have hit a new low with this post. Now the anti-choice brigade suggests we not give our number to people.

This.


It is sad how apple fanboys are so one sided that they won't even consider options to be a choice.

At least there is jailbreaking that can relieve most of Apple's lockdown.

 

[verwon]

Please tell me how you've managed to never receive an unwanted call, oh perfect one.

I don't give out my number, very few people have it.

And I don't claim to be perfect, I've better things to worry about.