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iPad compatible handset/phone

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Internal phone system is being shut down and we are using a Vodafone app on an iPad/laptop. 

My issue is I invariably have a class in front of me and people call for all sorts of reasons some of them sensitive. 

Any recommendations on a Bluetooth handset that works with an iPad? 

I know that the class can still here my side of the conversation but I can control what I say it's the incoming side I want to stop them hearing. It's not helped by some lessons having the iPad screen mirroring through Apple TV and a projector. Which puts the call through a speaker.


 
Posted : 15/02/2026 9:55 am
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Do you mean headset?

You take phone calls in class?  Is that a normal thing these days?


 
Posted : 15/02/2026 11:20 am
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You need a laptop/pc with a headset. 


 
Posted : 15/02/2026 12:31 pm
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I mean handset as in an old fashioned put it to your lug, "I'm on the phone" as opposed to I'm on a teams meeting WFH.

I'm a faculty head so have to go and deal with issues in other classes and other calls. Although I'm tempted to just set the app to divert when I'm teaching.


 
Posted : 15/02/2026 1:29 pm
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Although I'm tempted to just set the app to divert when I'm teaching

You've got the perfect excuse there to avoid your classes getting disrupted and let one of the office based senior management team sort shit out! 

Or maybe the person who only thought about the cost savings of removing the phone system and not all the other impacts can step up to the plate. 😁


 
Posted : 15/02/2026 1:50 pm
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 tthew summed it up perfectly 


 
Posted : 15/02/2026 1:53 pm
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Did you try googling?  Quite a few show up and it's a fairly simple thing - any bluetooth device should work fine with an iPad 

if you're at a desk I'd be tempted by one with a usb c cable - https://www.nativeunion.com/collections/pop-phone

It's not helped by some lessons having the iPad screen mirroring through Apple TV and a projector. Which puts the call through a speaker.

That sounds more of an issue - you really don't want to be taking calls on a device you're actually using to present at the time. 

Divert all calls - tell them to use your mobile to call if it's urgent?

 


 
Posted : 15/02/2026 1:53 pm
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@b33k34 yeah tried a Google just wondered if there was experience out in the real world.

Yeah there's lots of issues around this, including using personal mobiles in case of emergency.


 
Posted : 15/02/2026 2:01 pm
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More pertinent than my previous comment, if you've already got a connected device playing the audio, that's where all sounds get broadcast. Does the Vodafone app have a setting to auto connect to a different device only for calls?

The only app I can think of as an example is Google maps that can be configured to still shout directions out of the phone speaker even when attached to the car Bluetooth. 


 
Posted : 15/02/2026 2:15 pm
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As with most schools presumably the Business Manager is in charge of IT (because it’s cheaper than paying someone who knows what they’re talking about) and as a result piss poor decisions are made about what is/isn’t a terrible idea in the classroom - using an iPad and Apple TV as the main teaching computer is one such example…


 
Posted : 15/02/2026 2:20 pm
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Thrice this past week I've said to management, "you can have it good or cheap but not usually both" 


 
Posted : 15/02/2026 2:28 pm