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A feature I do miss in the iPhone

Started by paulmwatson · 10 months ago

When someone sends you an SMS with a number in it most phones let you extract the number and save it as a contact or call it immediately. It is a simple but really useful feature, especially when you use directory enquiries that text you the number.
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  • Martin Murphy

    1 year ago

    Can you copy-and-paste?
    I would have expected that to be available, and more useful generally.
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  • Paul Watson

    1 year ago

    No, there is no copy-and-paste functionality on the iPhone at all. Strange but true.

    Though I haven't really missed it. I think when 3rd party apps start proliferating on the iPhone that it will become a missing feature.
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  • Trevor

    1 year ago

    You've probably discovered by now that a little blue button with an arrow pops up when an SMS message contains phone numbers, email addresses or URLs. Tap on that and you'll get all kinds of options, such as 'add to contact', 'create new contact' etc. Hope this helps.
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  • Trevor

    1 year ago

    Oh, and you can just tap on the number immediately to place a call, too, from an SMS, email or web page. As above, hope this helps.
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  • paulmwatson

    1 year ago

    Thanks Trevor. It does not always recognise numbers though. Most friends don't type phone numbers in a format that the iPhone picks-up. With Nokia phones it displays all numbers and you can choose which is a phone number.
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