Hiding your phone number isn't something that I personally ever find myself doing. That said it has its advantages for certain instances - pranking is the one that springs to mind! It wasn't until earlier this week when a family member asked me how to do it that I jumped into the phone options to see how to enable it - and it's incredibly easy.
It may not be a feature that we all use everyday but you never know when it may just come in handy.
Just follow these simple steps:
- From within the phone application open settings - pull down from top bezel
- In the list select 'Show My Number'
- Toggle on or off and you're done
Although not groundbreaking it does go to show the simplicity and user friendliness of BlackBerry 10.
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