Dialing a Phone Number

Your iPhone gives you four ways to dial a phone number and make a call:

  • Keypad Lets you dial a number directly

  • Contacts Lets you search for a name stored in the Contacts program so you can dial the saved phone number for that person

  • Recents Tracks the phone numbers of people who have called you so you can return their calls

  • Favorites Lets you select names of people you call frequently from the Contacts program

Dialing a Number with the Keypad

The most straightforward way to dial a number is to use the keypad to type the phone number one digit at a time. To dial a number with the keypad, do this:

  1. From the Home screen, tap Phone. The Phone screen appears.

  2. Tap Keypad at the bottom of the screen. The numeric keypad appears, as shown ...

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