To assume my call was declined?

[EmmaH2022]

If you ring a mobile, and it goes to message after one or two rings, the recipient has declined the call, am I right? There's no way anyone's voicemail system is set up that way?
thanks.

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There can be lots of reasons op.

They could be driving and using sat nav on their phone.

They could be in a meeting.

Shopping
About to get in the bath
Cooking
Out for lunch with someone

It may not be personal/a bad reason.

@EmmaH2022 no I didn't advance search at all! I just re-read my post and realised it sounded a little harsh.

No you're wrong, if I'm in a no signal area or my phone is off, my voicemail only comes on after one / two rings and the same for my husband. It doesn't go directly to voicemail but rings briefly first. And I don't get a missed call notification because the phone is off / out of signal. The only way I'd know that someone had called would be if they told me

I mostly do it when I’m driving. A message pops up on my dashboard and I have to click accept or decline.
same on my watch. If I’m busy or in a meeting I decline.

OP you're wrong.

There are many reasons why this happens - the rings you hear when you call someone don't always corresepond to the rings on the other person's phone - have you never called a lost mobile from a land line and had the rings start on the handset before the mobile starts ringing? - so just because you hear the rings doesn't mean they do.

Obviously there is a possibility of them purposely declining your call but there could be any number of reasons why they would do so - they're on the loo; they're in a meeting; they just got the teething baby to sleep after a 4hr screaming battle, their phone rings on the loudest ringtone ever and they panic and just want the noise to stop so decline the call.. Etc etc

If I have my phone set to DND, I'm already on a call or the phone is off then it will automatically go straight to voicemail, my phone won't ring but the other person will hear a couple of rings presumably to fill the time as the system kicks in to transfer them to the voicemail system.

The same if it is bad signal so the call doesn't connect or sometimes of I'm using certain apps on my phone that override the call function - eg if I'm using my phone as a satnav and don't have my handsfree system connected via Bluetooth then if a call comes in the first I know about it is when I close the navigation and see the missed call notification on my home screen.

Often, the phone will ring at the callers end, but not imnediately at recipient end, so the caller thinks it has rung for ages, whereas it hasn't

Is it a problem for you if the receiver isn't in a position right now to chat with you? I happily decline when about to drive, or at a hospital appointment, or when dealing with a tantrming child or many other reasons... I also don't apologize for having a life and not being available 24/7.

I am with o2. My phone does this in bad signal areas. I will get the notification once my signal goes up