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Whenever you’re on two calls at once, the top of the screen identifies both
other parties. Two new buttons appear, too:
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Swap lets you flip back and forth between the two calls. At the top of the
screen, you see the names or numbers of your callers. One says HOLD
(the one who’s on hold, of course) and the other bears a white telephone
icon, which lets you know who you’re actually speaking to.
Think how many TV and movie comedies have relied on the old “Woops, I
hit the wrong Call Waiting button and now I’m bad-mouthing somebody
directly to his face instead of behind his back” gag! That can’t happen on
the iPhone.
You can swap calls by tapping Swap or by tapping the HOLD person’s
name or number.
Merge combines the two calls so all three of you can converse at once.
Now the top of the screen announces, “Bill O’Reilly & Al Franken” (or whatever
the names of your callers are), and then changes to say “Conference”.
If you tap the O button, you see the names or numbers of everyone in
your conference call. You can drop one of the calls by tapping its N button
(and then End Call to confirm), or choose Private to have a person-
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