The Reason Why Some iPhone Calls Don't Have A Decline Option, And Others Do
Your iPhone's incoming call screen isn't as mysterious as it seems.
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At some point, everyone's been burned by their iPhone going off in the worst possible place. When you see there's no option to decline the call, it's a mad scramble to press every side button or sling the phone through a wall at the speed of sound. But you've seen the on-screen option to decline calls before, so what gives? Fair warning: it's a really simple, forehead-slapping answer. When your iPhone is locked, incoming calls display the "slide to answer" control. When your iPhone is unlocked, you get the option to answer or decline the call.
Depending on your Incoming Calls setting, Accept and Decline buttons appear in a compact banner or across the entire screen, but both options remain. No, you didn't disable anything by accident. This is simply how the iPhone operates by default,...
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