17"MacBook Pro & iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.4), fast but not fast enough!
i'm on vodafone in the uk.
It doesn't have to be a carrier function. My Blackberry did it at the phone level. It simply intercepted the call and dropped it or directed it to VM. Apple could allow this but isn't for some reason. I understand HTC has call blocking. Why not the iPhone?
If I had known this when I switched I probably would've never bought the iPhone 4. I always believed that Apple had more options and was more flexible. I'm finding just the opposite with my iPhone 4.
With the iPhone it does have to be a carrier function. Why Apple does not have a call-blocking feature available no one here can say, but they do not. You can comment to Apple on this if you wish via their feedback pages:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
but at this time, whether or not any of us think it should be otherwise, any call blocking must be done by the carrier.
Blocking a number can also be device dependent, so when an unwanted number is added to the phone's block list, the unwanted caller hears the ring at the carrier level and any txt messages or voice messages sent never gets delivered to the phone.
My Samsung smart phone has this feature and is device dependent. What I can do is, take my SIM card put it in my Samsung device add the number to the blocked list, somehow it registers in the SIM card, unfortunately the iPhone uses a micro SIM and it won't fit in my other phones. I have successfully blocked unwanted callers this way.
Apple can add this feature in their next OS upgrade, there is no law in any country that says you cannot block an unwanted call or txt getting delivered to your cell phone.
As of now with the iPhone user, when you receive an unwanted call, you will have contact the police and file a report, get a report number, then contact your Carrier, and request them to change your number, which is a paid service, but then imagine the mess after that, you need to change your phone number with your banks and inform your friends, which is expensive and you cannot repeatedly get your number changed, it's a pain.
Block calls on iphone 4
