Answering, declining and calling back
Take a call, turn one down without being rude, and find the number of anybody who called while you were out of the room.
Two buttons, and neither one can go wrong. Green answers. Red sends the caller to voicemail.
Declining a call is not a slammed door. The caller hears a ring or two and then your voicemail greeting — exactly what they would hear if you were out in the yard and never heard it ring at all. They are told nothing.
Key points
- Answer with green and decline with red, knowing the caller is told nothing
- Put a call on loudspeaker so you can write things down
- Find every missed call in Recents, in red
- Call anybody back with a single press, without dialing
What to remember
- Loudspeaker is the most useful button on a call: you can set the phone down and use both hands.
- Declining is private. Nobody is ever informed, so you may use it freely.
- Red in Recents means missed. Everything else was answered or made by you.
Try this
Open Recents on your own phone and scroll down. Notice which entries are red and which are black — that is the whole language of that screen, and it takes ten seconds to learn.
Practice: Answering, declining and calling back. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.