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That is simply an incorrect generalization that ALL other GSM phones offer menu driven features for all aspects of call forwarding. Also call forwarding and all its' features and aspects are carrier dependent, meaning not all features and aspects may not be available with that GSM carrier.Answer :
Your original comment on call forwarding was that iOS didn't have a menu setting for call forwarding. It does.
I always said that iPhone offers only the most basic call forwarding while even the entry level GSM phones have settings for advanced level call forwarding. If a particular type of call forwarding is not available from a carrier, it would be greyed out in these phones. Though I obviously cannot speak for each and every GSM phone released till date, I haven't seen these features missing in any GSM phone and I have seen some in last 15 years.
Coming back to the main point, this is but one of the numerous examples how Apple can choose not to offer an easily implementable feature. I believe that the software/hardware toggle issue can only be settled by Apple and they are not going to come out with a statement (typically) unless the situation snowballs to another antenna-gate.
Going through other forums on the toggle issue, I found that this problem is present even in some of the prime areas of US and Europe. I believe that more than 50% of the users all over the world are going to face difficulties on their iphone 4S if they keep 3G activated from the carrier.
It is a matter of creating awareness on this issue.
The call forwarding features aren't missing. They are available via standard "GSM Feature Codes", though not all features will be available on all carriers. Apple isn't restricting the iPhone from any of these call forwarding features, your carrier might, but not Apple.
You are not reading my post properly and trying to defend the indefensible. I have never said these features cannot be activated through carrier codes.Disscuss This Topic at Apple Forum
I have said that Apple provides for the most basic part of call forwarding. For conditional call forwarding, one has to use carrier codes.But that is so inconvinient that hardly any one would take that route. Even if you download a app for this purpose, the experience caanot be compared to the built in features of other phones.
Apple, like all other GSM phone manfucaturers, should have provided these options in the settings menu.
