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A question that bugs me about these kind of locked phones: What about emergency calls?

I don't have a smartphone so I don't know how it works, but it seems from what I've seen that modern cellphones prevent people from using them for emergency calls unless they know the swipe/unlock code. Is that correct?

edit: just googled, looks like android and iphone have an 'emergency call' button on the lock screen. Fair enough.

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It should be mentioned that this creates problems of its own. Toronto Police recently released their numbers, and 18% of the calls to 911 were pocket dials created by those "emergency call" buttons. We're talking hundreds of thousands of calls clogging 911 each year, each requiring the operator listen to the whole pocket dial, attempt to make contact, call back, and if no contact is possible, send a squad car to investigate.

What we've got isn't working.

The Android "emergency call" button just brings up a dial pad. I can't imagine that causing many pocket dials.

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