TIP Press Backspace or tap the onscreen backspace icon (at the top of the screen, to the right of the number you entered) to delete numbers one at a time. Tap and hold the icon to delete all the numbers.

TIP You can paste numbers copied from other applications – for example, from an email message or a memo – into the dial pad.

TIP To enter +, tap and hold 0 onscreen.

Dial using the keyboard

1In the Launcher, Card view or Phone, use the keyboard to enter the

number. You do not need to press Option

to enter numbers, *

or #.

 

2

When you finish entering the number, press Enter

or tap the

 

number to dial.

 

TIP If you turn off the preference to show contact matches in the dial pad (see Turn contact match display on/off), this changes how you dial using the keyboard in the Phone application. In Phone, after you enter the number with the keyboard, tap the onscreen dial icon to dial.

Dial a favourite

See Create a favourite for instructions on creating a favourite.

1Open Phone .

2Tap .

3Tap the favourite. The call is made using the default number you selected for that favourite.

Dial using a speed dial

See Assign a speed dial to a contact for instructions on creating a speed dial.

•In the Launcher, Card view or Phone, press and hold the speed-dial key you assigned to the number.

Dial by contact name in the Phone application

See How do I add names and other info into Contacts? for instructions on adding contacts to your smartphone. You can also look up and dial contacts using Just Type (see Dial by contact name using Just Type) or Voice Dial (see Dial by contact name using voice dialling).

NOTE If you set up a Skype account on your smartphone, see Dial a Skype contact for information on calling Skype contacts.

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