All I want iOS 14 to have is a redesigned dialer screen

[SW3029]

My wife calls while I have my AirPods in. I tap my Apple Watch to answer the call because my iPhone is in my pocket. During the call, my wife suddenly can't hear me. Why? Because the iPhone in my pocket has the dialer screen active and a couple of inadvertent touches from my leg have tapped the mute button.

WHY DOES APPLE FORCE THE DIALER SCREEN TO APPEAR WITH A TAP WHEN YOUR IPHONE IS LOCKED AND IN YOUR POCKET??????

This is the most annoying thing about the iOS experience (and everyone thought that pre-iOS 13 volume HUD was annoying....).

I hope Apple addresses this in iOS 14.

 

[C DM]

My wife calls while I have my AirPods in. I tap my Apple Watch to answer the call because my iPhone is in my pocket. During the call, my wife suddenly can't hear me. Why? Because the iPhone in my pocket has the dialer screen active and a couple of inadvertent touches from my leg have tapped the mute button.

WHY DOES APPLE FORCE THE DIALER SCREEN TO APPEAR WITH A TAP WHEN YOUR IPHONE IS LOCKED AND IN YOUR POCKET??????

This is the most annoying thing about the iOS experience (and everyone thought that pre-iOS 13 volume HUD was annoying....).

I hope Apple addresses this in iOS 14.

Odd, the proximity sensor should turn the screen off on the phone when it's in your pocket.

 

[CrashTestWalrus]

Odd, the proximity sensor should turn the screen off on the phone when it's in your pocket.

It does seem like that should be the case, but it does not do that consistently. I think it’s because the audio source is the headset it disables the sensor. Or maybe it’s some sort of bug, but I have noticed the exact same problem in the exact same use case. When I use the watch to answer the call and I have my EarPods in. What’s fun is when I’m walking my dog at night so I can see the phone lighting up through my pants, so the screen is definitely on.

 

[nickdalzell1]

I always wondered why even making calls on the Watch ended up with the other party not being able to hear me. Always considered it a WatchOS bug, and stopped using the Watch to make calls. AirPods never seem to have this bug.

 

[Fatyank]

Crash Test Walrus said:“but I have noticed the exact same problem in the exact same use case. When I use the watch to answer the call and I have my EarPods in.”
My question is “Why is SW3029 wife calling you???”😂😂😂

 

[EM2013]

I have had this happen to me as well. Answered on my watch. Couldn’t hear anything on my AirPods or watch, even though the watch showed the call was active.

 

[nickdalzell1]

I can hear fine in my case, but the other person can't hear a thing I say. I'm not on mute I've checked. If I use Siri via my AirPods it works, but starting any call on the Watch (any series) fails to allow anyone to hear me. Answering calls on watch works fine though. 🤷‍♂️

I use wifi-calling (T-Mobile) so maybe that's breaking it.

 

[Octavius8]

Basic phone functions are to "dumb" to be considered. No one in apple considers the dialer relevant after 10+ years of basically the same rudimentary interface. There is no way to make money in the dialed app, so why invest in that?.