HT1349 Why doesn't Iphone have a call blocker, I am getting tired of paying for phone scam calls, why dpesn't someone make one.  When my contract is up I am going back to the Droid.

Why doesn't Iphone have a call blocker, I am getting tired of paying for phone scam calls, why dpesn't someone make one.  When my contract is up I am going back to the Droid.

dshargrove wrote:
Why doesn't Iphone have a call blocker, I am getting tired of paying for phone scam calls, why dpesn't someone make one.  When my contract is up I am going back to the Droid.
For one thing, true call blocking (ie. where the call NEVER actually connects through to your number) can only be done by the service provider at their switches.
The best a device can do is allow the call to connect, and then use the caller ID information to compare that to a list of allowed and a list of disallowed caller IDs.  That is a feature known as blacklisting, but it is not the same as actually blocking a call completely.
So as suggested, contact your carrier and ask what they can do for you.

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