Answering and Ending a Call

If you receive a call on your iPhone while your iPhone is in sleep mode, the screen displays the phone number of the caller and gives you the option of answering the call by sliding the arrow across the bottom of the screen.

If you are using your iPhone when you receive a call, the caller's phone number appears on the screen along with a red Decline button and a green Answer button, as shown in Figure 14-1.

Decline and Answer buttons appear when you receive a phone call.

Figure 14-1. Decline and Answer buttons appear when you receive a phone call.

Note

If you want your iPhone to display the caller's name on the screen instead of his or her telephone number, you'll need to store that person's ...

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