Section 2: Understanding Your PCS Phone
2A: Your PCS Phone - The Basics 18
Making and Answering Calls

Making Calls

Your PCS Phone offers many different ways to make calls,
including PCS Voice CommandSM (page 155), Speed Dialing
(page 20) and using Call History (page 69).
To make a call using your keypad:
1. Make sure your phone is on.
2. Enter a phone number. If you make a mistake while
dialing, press to erase one digit at a time. Or, press
and hold to erase the entire number.
3. Press .
4. When you’re finished, close the flip or press .
Tip: To redial your last outgoing call, press twice.
Tip: When making calls off the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network,
always dial using 11 digits (1 + area code + phone number).

Answering Calls

1. Make sure your phone is on. (If your phone is off,
incoming calls go to voicemail).
2. Press to answer an incoming call. (Depending on
your phone’s settings, you may also answer incoming
calls by opening the phone or by pressing any digit.)
Your PCS Phone notifies you of incoming calls in the
following ways:
䊳The phone rings and/or vibrates.
䊳The LED flashes.
䊳The backlight illuminates.
䊳The screen displays an incoming call message.
䊳If available, the phone number of the caller is displayed.
䊳If the phone number is in your Internal Phone Book, the
Phone Book entry’s name is displayed.