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I just switched to iPhone from a pixel device and I’m shook by all the spam calls. How do iPhone users deal with this?
by VectorLock 1y ago
I just switched to iPhone from a pixel device and I’m shook by all the spam calls. How do iPhone users deal with this?
- patatino 1y agoI don’t get any calls, seems to be an US problem?
- dx4100 1y agoI have my phone set to silence Unknown callers. What did you have setup on the Pixel before to block them?
- conductr 1y agoThat’s too heavy handed for me. I get valid calls that I need to answer that aren’t in my contacts. The calls they flag as potential spam and telemarketers has been 100% accurate in my experience so i wish I could just silence those
- vitaflo 1y agoUsually you are expecting these calls tho so you can turn off that feature when you do. If said person calls often, add them to your contacts.
- conductr 1y agoThey could also just easily enhance the feature right? It’s an extra if statement in the code. I get enough calls that it’s not practical to constantly edit a setting that’s like this. There’s nothing else in the settings app I change regularly, it’s mostly set and forget. It’s much better to just silence every spam call manually instead of having to go into voicemail, listen , decide if I need to respond, hope that I’m acting quickly enough that the other person answers when I ring them back, etc. i imagine this works for a lot of people. But if you get enough calls, or get urgent calls for any reason, it’s not ideal. For those that can’t imagine the use cases. Consider you are primary contact for your elderly parent. If they fall in the middle of the night you might be getting a call from any random number. Do not disturb isn’t an option and sometimes the EMS guys will call you from their personal cell phone. Even some services like home security will call from random numbers. If ask a plumber to come over, some random technician will call from their device to talk. If a potential client gets my number somehow, I’d prefer to answer versus them get my voicemail. You have to also factor in that a lot of people don’t even like leaving voicemail so they don’t leave one and I’m left guessing if it mattered that
- mullingitover 1y agoI just see if they leave a message. If they don’t, they’re sorted. If they do I can always call them back.
- VectorLock 1y agoI need calls from unknown numbers (doctors, vendors, etc.) Pixel would flag spam calls and not ring, all the unknown-but-valid callers got through without issue.
- _lvbh 1y agoiPhone user here. I put on airplane mode unless I'm making or expecting a call. Otherwise, I make it clear that email is my primary form of communication.
- dx4100 1y agoAlso, on TMobile if you dial #662#, it'll block the Scam Likely calls at the carrier.
- deepfriedbits 1y agoI had no idea. Thank you!
- stuckkeys 1y agoOh man. They start at 7AM and end around 4-5ish PM. I was hoping the war between Pakistan and India would make these stop. Jk obv. Nobody likes wars. But other than Tmobile are there similar methods for different providers? It can get so annoying. I did restrict calls from known numbers only.
- conductr 1y agoIt’s my biggest gripe. They can pretty accurately flag a number as Spam or Telemarketing but in the “Silence Unknown Callers” setting I can only silence every single unknown caller. I can’t silence every single number that’s not in my contacts. When the plumber calls to confirm he’s in route, my phone needs to ring. Stuff like that.
- bflesch 1y agoiphone has been enshittified for several years now, it seems apple engineers are not using their own phones any more. I can understand it - when you're a millionaire just from your corporate job you won't be a stressed power user of your own iphones.
- conductr 1y agoIt’s not that it got worse, this feature has just never been great. It just feels half baked , which I agree a lot of Apple software has been trending towards. That said, what has increased is the volume of spam calls. So the importance of this feature has also increased. It’s sad because this seems like such a low hanging fruit for a big improvement. At some point in the relatively recent past, they added the indicator of the caller being a spammer or telemarketer. Seems like that would have been a good time to also enhance this filter but it seems nobody ever connected the dots on that one. Or if I’m being even more cynical, some engineer actually decided he’d rather everyone see his work on every incoming spam call instead of his work quietly improving everyone’s experience
- chiggsy 1y ago>some engineer actually decided No sane person would flaunt Apple secrecy in such a fashion whilst employed there. >instead of his work quietly improving everyone’s experiBence Laughable that you feel that Apple engineers have the capacity for this kind of desire in 2025. If they did, Xcode would be way better to use. They cant even quietly improve their own experience.
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- taude 1y agoYeup, I finally broke down went from Android -> IPhone 16 Pro. I like a lot about Apple's personal security policies for their consumers vs Google, but damn, I miss google's automatic call spam detection and management. All day long my Apple phone rings, and I just have to ignore the calls.
- koakuma-chan 1y agoIf it’s says Rogers you know it’s a scam
- ge96 1y agoI never answer my phone, also turned off sound except alarms a couple years ago
- coolcase 1y ago"Yeah yeah... installing your app now... oh there is an error... will try again..."
- HWR_14 1y agoYou turn off the notifications from unknown callers? How does Android handle it?
- modeless 1y agoSometimes you need to answer calls from unknown numbers. Google's call screening feature picks up the phone before it rings and asks the caller why they're calling. If they actually give a good reason, then it shows you the reason as text and you can decide whether to hang up on them or answer. https://support.google.com/phoneapp/answer/9118387 https://support.google.com/phoneapp/answer/9118387
- scarface_74 1y agoSettings -> Phone -> Silence Unknown callers
- parliament32 1y agoYeah you went the wrong way there brother.
- ellisd 1y agoUnfortunately blocking all unknown calls is the only way to sanity. Otherwise we're talking 6-9 calls coming in ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. The calls are coming from new numbers, across multiple area codes. A few months ago I would have advised using Begone (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/begone-spam-call-blocker/id1596818195 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/begone-spam-call-blocker/id159...) to block but that only worked since these calls were isolated to blocks of area codes that were pretty safe to block like 888-XXX-XXXX, but now ZERO of these calls are using a fixed area code that would be relative safe to block.
- VectorLock 1y agoI can't block all calls, but the screening feature on my Pixel did an immense job of filtering out the spam.
- mirzuschwer 1y agoanswer the call and immediately put it on mute. they will hang up and stop calling
- philipwhiuk 1y agoDon't you have caller-pays in the US?
- tziki 1y agoI have the exact same experience. I felt like I went back to a phone from 2018.
- sameline 1y agoVerizon (and I assume many other US carriers) offer junk call identification which your iPhone can block if you have ”Silence Junk Callers” toggled in Settings > Phone > Call Blocking & Identification. https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/block-or-avoid-unwanted-calls-iphe4b3f7823/ios https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/block-or-avoid-unwant...