How to Make and Receive Calls with Your iPhone

To make a call with your iPhone, tap the Phone icon in the lower left corner of the Home screen.

 

You’ll be brought to a window with five icons across the bottom that provide access to the iPhone’s call features:

 

• Favorites: A list of the numbers that you call most often. To call someone on your Favorites list, tap the name once. To add a phone number to your Favorites, tap the + button in the upper right corner and select a number from one of your contacts.
• Recents: A list of your most recent calls. To call one of these phone numbers, tap once on the name or phone number. You can select to view either All or only Missed recent calls on this list by tapping the appropriate button at the top of the screen.
• Contacts: A list of your contacts. Flick or scroll up and down the list of contacts. When you find the name of the person you want to call, tap it once. The contact’s info page will appear. Tap the number you’d like to dial—home, mobile, work, etc. (For more on how to manage contacts, see “How to Add and Edit Contacts,” later in this section.)
• Keypad: A numerical keypad similar to what you’d find on a traditional phone. To use this to dial a number that’s not in your contacts, dial the number and then tap the green Call button.
• Voicemail: Access to your voicemail messages. (For more details, see How to Use Voicemail on Your iPhone.)

Once you’ve made a call, a new screen appears with icons that let you mute your end of the call, place the caller on speaker, place the caller on hold, add one or more other callers to make a conference call, access your contacts, access the keypad, or hang up.

 

How to Receive Phone Calls

Receiving a Call While the iPhone Is in Sleep Mode

How to Add and Edit Contacts

1. From the Home screen, tap the Phone icon.
2. Tap the Contacts icon.
3. Tap the + button in the upper right corner. The New Contact screen will appear.
4. Tap anywhere in the Name field (where it says “First Last”). The keyboard will appear. Enter the name of the new contact. Tap Save.
5. Tap each field for which you want to add information. Each time you finish entering an email address, phone number, or other data, be sure to tap Save.
6. When you’ve completed all the information for the new contact, tap Save.

How to Edit an Existing Contact

1. Go to the Contacts page and find the name you’d like to edit. Tap the name. The contact’s Info screen appears.
2. Tap Edit in the upper right corner.
3. Make and save any changes.

How to Add a Ringtone for a Contact

1. Select a contact from the Contacts screen.
2. Tap the Ringtone field in the contact’s Info screen. A list of available ringtones appears. Tap the one you want.
3. Tap Info to return to the Info screen.