Why Your iPhone Doesn't Always Show The Option To 'Decline Call'

Ever wondered why your iPhone doesn't always show the option to decline a call?

When you get a call on an iPhone, the options that appear on the screen are not always the same. Sometimes users can see the option to decline a call while other times there's only the option to answer the call.

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Your iPhone isn't trying to confuse you

After revisiting a Business Insider story from 2015, it appears that the issue is more straightforward than one might think.?

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Users who receive a call while their iPhone is locked see the "slide to answer" option and can only decline the call by tapping the phone's power button twice.?

But if you're using your iPhone while it is unlocked, you will see two buttons during an incoming call - "accept" or "decline."

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If you've spent your days thinking that this was all a random coincidence, you were wrong. In both the modes, you get the option to get a reminder to call them back or to directly send them a message in response to your inability to take the call.

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On an unrelated note, Apple's first mixed-reality headsets are supposed to launch this year, with the initial announcement expected to come in this June. Would you be interested in getting your hands on that device?

Also read:?8 Out Of 10 Best-Selling Smartphones In 2022 Were iPhones, New Report Says

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