Place a Call on Hold with iPhone
Aug 25, 2012 - 9 Comments
Did you know you can put calls on hold on iPhone? This suspends the phone call without hanging it up, but it prevents you from being able to hear the individual on the other end and they can’t hear you either. It’s a slightly hidden feature that you won’t see at the normal phone options, but here’s how to use it:
- While on a call, tap and hold on the “Mute” button until it turns to “Hold”
- Tap it again to resume the call as usual
Apparently this is only available on GSM enabled iPhones (AT&T and T-Mobile in the USA), and the Verizon and Sprint iPhone doesn’t support the feature on their networks. Users on CDMA networks can always just use the Mute feature instead though.
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Thanks for the tip. Now, are people finally convinced that AT&T’s GSM is better than Verizon/Sprint’s CDMA network?
You could add that by tapping the “Add Call” button, you can conference with up to FIVE callers by tapping the “Merge Call” button that appears when you add a call. This may be on AT&T only.
It’s a fantastic feature.
Geesh people! Not everyone is as up to speed as you are I guess! I didn’t know about the hold feature on iPhone and I appreciated the tip.
Thanks OSXDaily for bringing me up to speed on something I obviously “should have known”. ;)
Didn’t know this, but at the same time, not sure why to use Hold instead of Mute?
I guess if a person didn’t want to hear a crying baby on the line they could use this feature. I was wondering the same.
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Yes, how to breathe coming up next.
Relax, if you don’t like this tip you can ignore it.