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Subject: how do I hold calls in iPhone 4?
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From: Jonathan E Cowperthwait <jec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 13:44
To: sjobs@apple.com

Don't need a personal SJ reply, but can you pass this down the chain? I called Apple support, first, but the tech didn't know...

During many voice calls on my new iPhone 4, the "hold" icon has been replaced with a FaceTime icon, even when I'm not talking to a fellow iPhone 4 user. During such calls, how do I put someone on hold? Yes, there's still a mute button, but these functions are discrete (which is why iOS ≤ 3 had both buttons...).

Guy who answered Apple support line could only suggest disabling FaceTime, rationalizing that I don't have too many iPhone 4-using friends yet, anyway, right?... This seems inelegant.


Thanks for your leadership on this magical product. I remain a loyal fan.


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From: Steve Jobs <sjobs@apple.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 15:42
To: Jonathan E Cowperthwait <jec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Hold doesn't do anything more than Mute.



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From: Jonathan E Cowperthwait <jec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 15:51
To: Steve Jobs <sjobs@apple.com>


So having a "hold" button alongside a "mute" button was just to round out 6 buttons on the screen? :)

Thanks for the speedy reply. Congrats on a huge launch.


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UPDATE
Real Steve Jobs wasn't quite right; and, yes, you can still put people on hold, anyway…