How to Receive and Send iPhone Call on iPad or Mac

With the new release of iOS 8 and Mac OS X Yosemite, many new features are available for now. One of the funniest thing I have found is that you can now receive or send iPhone calls on your iPad, iPod or Mac, which is definitely an useful functions for any iPhone owner when it’s not proper to pick up the calls in some of the cases such as charging or in low battery.

Requirement:

• iOS device with iOS 8.1
• Mac with OS X Yosemite
• Signed in with the same iCloud account
• iPad or Mac should be in the same Wi-Fi network with iPhone

Settings:

Step 1: Set up FaceTime on Mac

Open up FaceTime ->Preference-> Check iPhone Cellular Calls

Step 2: Turn on iPhone Cellular Calls on iPhone

Settings->FaceTime->iPhone Cellular Calls. This feature is only available on iOS 8.1

This is where your Settings matter. For example if you keep iPhone Cellular Calls turned on your iPhone and Mac but off for your iPad, the call will ring on your iPhone and Mac. On the other hand, if you turn off iPhone Cellular Calls on your iPhone, but leave it on your Mac and on the iPad, only the iPhone will ring.

How to Send Phone Calls on iPad or Mac

On your Mac, you have two different ways to send calls. The first method involves using the FaceTime app to make phone calls. With FaceTime you are able to look up people in your Contacts by entering in a name, email or phone number. Or if the person you want to call is not in Contacts, you are able to type in the number and click on the white phone icon to call using the iPhone.

The second method to make phone calls from your Mac, involves sending calls from apps such as Calendar, Contacts and Safari. If you have phone numbers in your Calendar, you can click on the phone number to call it. In Contacts you will find the person you want to call. You can either press on the blue icon of the phone all the way to the right of the phone number, or do a right-click on the phone number and click Call “555-123-4567″ Using iPhone. With Safari when you highlight part of the phone number, a box appears with a small arrow to the right of it. Clicking on it will give you the option to call the number using the iPhone. Note this will also work for alpha-numeric numbers such as 1-800-APL-CARE.

Making phone calls on the iPad works exactly the same way as they do on the iPhone. You are able to tap on the number in Contacts or in Safari to place the call. However, if the number is not in your Contacts or if you cannot tap on it on Safari you cannot make the call.

How to Receive Phone Calls on iPad or Mac

Now that we discussed how to send calls, let’s discuss how to receive calls. When you receive a phone call on the Mac and iPad, just like the iPhone, you will see the caller’s name, number and picture if you added it.

When you receive a phone call on your Mac, your Mac will ring and a notification appears in the upper right hand corner of your computer screen.

Clicking on Accept in green answers the phone call and you are able to hear the conversation come out of your computer’s speaker system.

If you weren’t able to answer the phone because you were busy, pressing on the arrow next to the word Decline, brings up options to Reply with Message, or it can set a reminder for you to call the person back in 5 minutes, 15 minutes, or from an hour when the person called. When you do any of those options, it stops the phone from ringing and the caller immediately gets your voice mail. If you were totally unavailable and completely missed the call a missed notification appears in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

Receiving phone calls on an iPad works the same way as receiving phone calls on an iPhone. You slide across to answer, have the options to either respond with a text message or set a reminder reminding you to call the person back in an hour. Also you receive a missed notification on the lock screen.

While on a phone call on either your Mac or iPad you can switch the phone call to go to your iPhone. You might need to do this on occasions when you need to run out, but still want to be on the phone call. To switch from your Mac or iPad to the iPhone your phone needs to be awake. You will see a green bar up at the top of the screen, that flashes with the words in white Touch to return to call. Tapping on that will switch the call to your iPhone. It works very seamlessly and the caller does not even notice any difference in the quality of the sound of the call.

Price Comparison between In-Contract and No-Contract iPhone

With Verizon for two years Contract

• Monthly Line Access: $40
• Monthly account access 2GB: $50
• Total(Before Tax): $90
• Total Monthly Pay for one line (After 17% Tax): 105.3
• Total cost (24 Months) : 105.3*24 = $2527.2
• iphone 6 16GB(With Contract): $199

Total Cost in 2 years : $2726.2

No Contract With Cricket Wireless

• Unlocked iphone 6 16GB : $750  
• With NY Sales Tax:  $892
• Monthly line Rate : $45  (3GB LTE, Unlimited Text Talk . This price is including Tax)

Total Cost 2 Years : (45*24)+750 = $1830
With NY Sales tax on iphone: (45*24)+891 = $1972

See the difference right? There are nearly $800 gap between in-contract and no-contact iPhone 6. Which one you prefer? Seems there is no doubt about that.

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iPhone 6 vs S5 vs M8 vs Moto X vs Nexus 5

Check the detail comparison below:

iPhone 6 vs Galaxy S5 vs One M8 vs G3 vs Moto X vs Nexus 5

Pre Order Day of iPhone 6

Pre-order Day: September 12 Midnight via Apple online Store.

Selling Day: September 19 via Apple retail store. There are already crazy Apple fans who are lining up in front of Manhattan retail store a week before in order to become the first one to own the iPhone 6.

First Release Country: United States, Canada, United Kingdom,  France, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan.

7 Things to Do Before Switching to iPhone 6

iPhone 6 will be available for sell a few days later. There is no doubt that millions of old iPhone users are going to switch to the iPhone 6. Then what’s to do before selling your old device? Below are a few valuable tips that you should take a look.

Tips 1: Backup your iPhone with iCloud
Turn iCloud service on with your iPhone in order to back up the data. As iCloud has only 5G storage for free so make sure only important items being selected. You can check how much storage each app takes exactly and decide whether back it up or not. How-to: Settings->iCloud->Storage and Backup->Manage Storage->This iPhone.

Tips 2: Logout your Apple ID
Your Apple ID is still in iTunes and App Store. For the sake of privacy and security, it’s highly recommended to log out your account. Open App Store and scroll down to the bottom, then tap the Apple ID button and Select Sign Out when a new window pops up.

Tips 3: Clean the dust
In most cases, you will sell your old iPhone when you got the new iPhone 6. You can ask a much higher price if your phone looks clean and pretty.

Tips 4: iTunes Wi-Fi Backup
Although iCloud backup is much more convenient, a few users may still feel it’s not very secure. For this kind of concern, iTunes comes to help.  iTunes will back up everything stored on your iPhone, and ideally there is no storage limits. You can sync iPhone with iTunes by Wi-Fi networks.How-to: Settings->General-> iTunes Wi-Fi Sync->Select a computer.

Tips 5: Check Apple Care
When you are preparing to sell your device and it’s still under Apple Care, then it will be sold at a higher price without any doubts. You can check the Apple Care Status on Apple.com  with the serial number which can be accessed via Settings->About->Serial Number.

Tips 6: Remove activation lock

The new owner are not able to restore your iPhone if the activation lock wasn’t removed. This is not fail for the buyer who paid for the old device. You can remove the limitation by turning off Find My iPhone service before selling it out.

Tips 7: Delete everything on your iPhone
No matter you are going to sell your device or exchange it at Apple retail store, it’s better to delete all things stored on the device for privacy and security protection. How-to: Settings->General->Reset->Erase All Content and Settings

Best Places to Sell Your Old iPhone

The new iPhone 6 will be public available for shipping on Sep 19, just a few days later after its media event. There is no doubt that millions of iPhone and none-iPhone users are preparing to switch to iPhone 6 from the old device when preorder is accepted. What gone to do with the old device? You can give it to a family member, use it as backup phone but most probably sells it to someone else.

There are a number of options these days for selling used gadgets online. Below is a roundup of online places where you can sell your old device for most you can get and for great safety. Make sure backup your data and erase everything possible before selling the device to guarantee your privacy is well protected.

Gazelle

It may be the first time you come across this well-known name in online marketplace. The best thing about this service is that you can sell your device at a much higher price. Let take an example, the base price for a 16GB iPhone 5 is $150, which is $50 less than what you bought it for brand new in 2012. You can even sell them a broken, non-working iPhone 5 for $70. Not bad for what is essentially a paperweight. It’s a great place to sell Apple and big brands products. But for less known devices, you have to look for some other places.

Pros: High selling price  

Cons: Limited days for quote

Apple

Surprised, huh? Actually, Apple has a recycle program for collecting old devices which has been used anymore, like iPhone, iPod, iPad, Mac or displays. Apple will determine the device whether it qualifies for reuse. If it does, that means your device has monetary value that we’ll apply to an Apple Store Gift Card, which you can use for purchases at any Apple Retail Store or the Apple Online Store.

Pros: Reputable and trust-worthy 

Cons: Apple retail gift card only as return

Craigslist

It’s the best option for offline selling. And you can sell your device for cash very quickly if you met a good buyer. However, people say they will meet you at a certain time, but stand you up. You’ll always get that guy who wants to haggle the price with you. It isn’t exactly convenient, but you can set your own price. For some, that may be worth it.

Pros: You decide the price and less risky

Cons: Time consuming and need to meet face-to-face

There are other marketplaces which are not recommended for selling iPhone, like eBay or Amazon. You can be easily scammed on eBay and Amazon is only limited to exchange your old iPhone for one of their gadgets. This would be fine if you are interested in Amazon’s products.