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This genius idea could eliminate telephone call anxiety for good

It could be a great way to screen calls before you answer them as well.
Oliver Haslam
19 Jan 2022

iPhone 5cSource: iMore

What you need to know

  • Some people are anxious about incoming phone calls.
  • A concept imagines a world where people have to tell you what they want before you ever answer.
  • This might not work for phone calls, but it could absolutely work for FaceTime video and audio calls.

Some people suffer from anxiety whenever they receive a telephone call and sometimes that comes from not knowing what the person who is calling wants. Wouldn't it be cool if we could know what that call is about before we answer it?

That's something that Dan Mall's wife also thought, so he set about creating a concept of what that might look like. The result is a system that has the caller enter the reason for their call before placing it. Then, that description appears on-screen when you receive the call on your iPhone. It's a simple fix for a real problem.

My wife has wanted to feature on her phone for a while where people have to let you know WHY they’re calling you, so I decided to sketch it out for fun. 🧵

— Dan Mall (@danmall) January 19, 2022

The concept also imagines a world where the iPhone would automatically send a call to voicemail if no description has been provided, adding another layer or protection.

On the receiving end, you can preview the subject of the call the person entered as a way to decide whether or not you want to take the call right now. pic.twitter.com/mSuu0LSEvp

— Dan Mall (@danmall) January 19, 2022

While it seems unlikely that this would work with standard telephone calls, Apple could definitely apply it to both video and audio FaceTime calls — although the voicemail thing wouldn't work seeing as there's no voicemail for FaceTime at all.

I think this would be a brilliant addition to iOS and I'd love to see Apple implement some version of it if only for call screening purposes. The best iPhone is an iPhone that I never have to talk on as far as I'm concerned! I can't be the only one who feels that way, surely?

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