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Phones have and send IMEIs. These include a TAC [1] mapping directly to a phone model. The obvious solution would be to track false (accidental/misdial) calls,
by tgsovlerkhgsel 3y ago
Phones have and send IMEIs. These include a TAC [1] mapping directly to a phone model. The obvious solution would be to track false (accidental/misdial) calls, and if a phone model exceeds some metric (e.g. 5x the median), start fining/charging the manufacturer.
This would quickly cut down on these issues and if not, could at least provide funding to staff it.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_Allocation_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_Allocation_Code
- hypercube33 3y agoI mean aren't there a majority who have Samsung and Apple phones so those would be biased to be the top two no matter what?
- lmm 3y agoPresumably you'd track the rate of misdialed calls compared to real emergency calls, not the absolute number.
- c0balt 3y agoWell, if the majority of accidental calls originate from the top n (n>0) manufactures it would be the most effective to address them. That's kinda how regulation works in many cases, see, e.g., privacy and safety enforcement in general.
- phone8675309 3y agoSounds like a great way to get Apple to fix iOS and Samsung to stop bastardizing Android.