[snarf21]

Absolutely. There needs to be a block this user right on the accept/cancel screen. Apple also needs to track who is doing this and repeat offenders lose access to FT in general or that iTunes account.

I really don't understand why calls and texts don't have a default mode to only ring or pass through if they are from a contact. Depending on the government to prevent robo calling seems foolish. We need technology built into the device.

[nvrspyx]

They also need to change it so that an incoming call doesn’t takes over the entire screen of your phone. I could be doing something on my phone like typing this comment and next thing I know, I’ve answered a call.

[mcintyre1994]

This is still the stupidest thing having moved from Android to iOS. Why would anybody want incoming calls to block the entire UI?

[anticensor]

Because it is a telephone first and portable computer second.

[nvrspyx]

Except that it’s not...not anymore. It’s primarily a computer that can take phone calls. How many people are still taking phone calls instead of texting, messaging, emailing, or connecting in other ways via social networks? How long is the Phone app used compared to Safari on your phone’s battery settings? For how many people is Phone at the bottom of that list? On mine it is.

Finally, your point is still completely irrelevant to why it needs to take over the entirety of the screen. It could still primarily be a phone without being intrusive when you’re doing “secondary” tasks.

[andrewaylett]

But when I'm using it as a portable computer, the portable computer paradigm should prevail, which is what happens on Android: if my screen was off, I get a full-screen notification to swipe up on. If my screen was on, I get a notification at the top of the screen with buttons to accept or decline.

[merpnderp]

I'd bet money that by average customer use, the classic telephony functionality of iOS phones accounts for less than 1% of phone usage. They're used as computers first, second, and third and as a phone a distant last.

[bobbylarrybobby]

Says who?

[wlesieutre]

iOS 13 adds this for phone calls: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/06/ios-13-silence-unknown-...

Don't know about FaceTime, it's not mentioned so I'm guessing no change on that front.

[abalone]

This is a nice option but a totally different problem. It basically turns incoming calls from strangers into texts. It's for the "millennial" phone user that rarely takes calls and then only from friends. Wouldn't work with FaceTime since there is no mailbox for FaceTime (might be cool if there were though...)

No, the problem here is much simpler. iOS has features for Do Not Disturb as well as blocking spammy callers which both should help here. The problem is they just aren't implemented quite right for this scenario.

[asveikau]

> There needs to be a block this user right on the accept/cancel screen

Personally I hope I don't end up blocking a family member or someone else important because my phone is slipping around in my pocket when they happen to call.

[abalone]

Exactly. iOS does something like this with notifications where it added an super easy button right next to them on the lock screen for silencing / delivering them quietly. You just swipe left. Neat, right?

Except I accidentally hit it on an iMessage notification somehow without realizing and silenced all messages for a couple days without realizing it. Missed an important one too. Was kind of hard to undo that too.

It’s a tough UI problem.

[mathieuh]

I’m pretty sure the proximity sensor activates as soon as the call comes in, so the screen would be disabled until you take it out of your pocket.

[asveikau]

You seem pretty confident that this will work as opposed to occasionally falling in the wrong state and, a rare instance multiplied by a large number of uses, happen to somebody.

Somehow despite this pocket dialing still happens.