Comment Re:Seriously? (Score 1) 70
Others have said it's still connected when picking up again.
The story I remember from childhood was this was intentional and asymmetrical -- when a person received a call at one phone, and wanted to switch which phone in the house was being used, he or she could hang up and then pick up a different phone (such as in a more private location) and continue to talk. Not true for the person placing the call. When they hung up the call was over. So there was some time window where a call stay connected, though as you point out, the microphone was not active during the switch over.
The story I remember from childhood was this was intentional and asymmetrical -- when a person received a call at one phone, and wanted to switch which phone in the house was being used, he or she could hang up and then pick up a different phone (such as in a more private location) and continue to talk. Not true for the person placing the call. When they hung up the call was over. So there was some time window where a call stay connected, though as you point out, the microphone was not active during the switch over.
